Metacritic - Hurting Your Decision On Buying Games?

I can remember back in the days when you would rush to your latest supermarket to pick up a copy of your favorite game magazine (I use to buy GamePro every month) to read up on the latest games. I would always skip to the reviews first to see what games deserved my money and which ones were better off at the bargain bin or rental. Back then, people had trust in the reviewers working for game magazines such as GamePro and EGM. Not sure what made people stop trusting reviewers but now there is one almighty source for you to see if the latest game is worth your time....Metacritic. Read more →

Review: Halo 3 ODST

With Halo 3 two years old and Halo: Reach not coming until late next year, Bungie decided to release something for the fans to keep them occupied in the meantime. Halo 3: ODST is their way to tell a story leading up to the events in Halo 3, will this be enough to tide the fans over?

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Game Store Etiquette (What We Want From Their Employees)

Recently, I have been working part time in a video game store called Gamerdoc. It's my first time working in the video game retail biz and so far it has been pretty sweet. We have all heard the horror stories of people working at Game Stop and the pressure of getting pre-orders but nothing like that has happened to me at Gamerdoc. Since it is a franchise store, we have a lot more freedom with what we can do and how we approach customers. Read more →

Review: Tales of Monkey Island: Siege of Spinner Cay

With the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island, I was introduced to the wonders of not only a excellent game, but point and click adventures as well. The first episode, Launch of the Screeming Narwhal, was from start to finish a wonderful introduction to the Monkey Island universe. I had fun all throughout the episode and the puzzles where challenging enough for me to ask for help a couple of times from my good friend Jonathan London from Geekscape since he is a HUGE fan of the original game.

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