Calling all hip hop practitioners, it’s that time again. Last night the CBS television show “Cold Case” took it back to the bridge, Philly style in it’s latest episode “Read Between The Lines.” Philadelphia has always had rapper contributors from the Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff all the way to The Roots. As hip hop still remains a f...

Recently, I came across a blog titled "BGirlKenya: A Girl, Her Life & Her Music" and was amazed to find not only an avid hip hop lover, but a female who KNOWS her hip hop. The 1st post that managed to catch my attention was an analysis of the age-old discussion: who's better? Jay-Z, the witty lyricist from Marcy or Nas, the poetic visionary tha...

Owen Good of Kotaku.com just wrote an article on minority gamers and the experience they have with gaming. Gary, Fergus and me AB were quoted throughout the whole piece. If you happened to be one of those readers from Kotaku and you disagree with something we may have said. Lets have an adult conversation about it right here. But for those who have...

Ask a typical gamer to name the 3 handhelds that’s currently on the market and chances are they'll say the DS and PSP before going awkwardly silent then looking at you like you're a fool. To be fair its not its not entirely their fault, Apple themselves have done a terrible job at promoting the iPod Touch as a games platform. Now I know what you'...

Final Fantasy XIII is the upcoming role playing game/RPG  in the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII Compilation  by Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix. The game is due exclusively in Japan for the Sony PlayStation 3. However in North America and European territories, it is due for the PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 ...

Here it is, the final part of my editorial which I hope explains why Metal Gear Solid is the greatest video game story ever told. In the previous part I touched on the emotional impact, and the character development in the games. In the final edition I would like to compare the story to other video games and show just how generic the stories are in...

In part one I spoke about how the Metal Gear Solid story really hits home when it comes to the facts and the reality. This defiantly has a significant impact in the story's execution; after all if your playing something that feels so real, and so true then it is only going to grip you into the illusion even more. With that being said, this week...

This will be a three part editorial on why the Metal Gear Solid franchise is to me, the greatest story ever told in a video game. When Metal Gear Solid 1 for the PlayStation 1 came out I was around 13 years old and thus too young to understand the awesomeness of this game. However when Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for the Playstation 2 arriv...

Ever since it's merger with PC giant Blizzard, Activision has quickly become my most hated publisher. It seems as if every other week they do something completely obnoxious that has me scratching my head wondering what the fuck is wrong with them, whether it's buying out Genius Products solely to hinder the release of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, or f...

If you value all your big purchases like I do, then you know that maintaining your product is a must. If I throw money at something then I want to make sure I treat it the utmost care, because nothing annoys me more than one of my consoles breaking down after spending so much money on them. Now nothing can prevent those red rings on your Xbox 360, ...

In last week's Demise Of Nintendo feature I explained how Nintendo has lost their place in the hearts of hardcore gamers and has continued to alienate their mature audience by devoting the majority of their resources towards appealing to a new generation of gamers, a generation consisting mostly of females, housewives and old folks. For the remaind...

Music in gaming had been unappreciated in the early years of the industry. With the rise in innovation and gameplay in video games came the rise in the music as well. I consider video game music an art in itself. When I get tired of listening to the repetitiveness of other genres of music, I often find myself visiting websites like ocremix.org and ...

Nintendo fanboys deserve to be praised. We fell in love with the company back in 80's when they released the original NES. We supported them throughout the early 90's when Sega's Genesis came into the market. Most importantly, we stuck by them during the 3D era when the N64 and Gamecube both got the holy shit kicked of them by the PSone and PS2 res...

The other night I was going through my game collection looking for stuff to sell for ramen noodles and shrimp, when I happened to notice my PSP sitting in the corner wrapped in a plastic bag. I started to reminisce on all the good times that I have had with it and realized that I rarely even played the thing since owning it. Besides the occasional ...

What's good people, as we know gaming has become such a huge international pass time these days that it's easy to get addicted. Hell even I have to admit that sometimes I become a straight up nerd when it comes to video games. So I decided to hook up the Ten basic symptoms of Game Addiction, lets hope no addict suffers from all ten of these at one ...