Archives tagged: gaming

Half-Life 2 Episode Two Review

The long awaited HL2:Episode Two arrived with little fanfare. After waiting for its release this past year, low and behold I stumbled across it – a month after its release! How could this happen? At first I thought that (oh crap) the game must be getting bad reviews…but after devoting a weekend to rediscovering Dr. [...]

Gamers & socializing

I watched a very simple, but thought provoking mini-documentary a while ago about online gamers made by a British art student in which he shows us a brief view into the life of gamers. I thought about the dynamics he chose to portray and based on what I have experienced about LAN parties, gaming friends, [...]

Get your girlfriend to play…

Tried and true tips from a female gamer
Since I’ve been a girl gamer for a long time (well most certainly a girl longer than a gamer!), I often get asked, “how do I get my girlfriend to play?”, or “geez I wish I could get my girlfriend to play but she only likes puzzle games” [...]