Corey’s 2012 video game tell-all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been really beating around the bush on writing up game of the year stuff for 2012. I mean, it's nearing the end of February now. What the fuck have I been doing? Other than put together my nifty table on what I played and finished in 2012, I haven't written anything else. I try …

What I played in 2012

I've concluded the past few years with a comprehensive list of all the games I played during the year. 2012 is no different. I prepared a handy table that only includes games that launched in 2012, and I used my Raptr.com profile to track the hours I played. I honestly don't know how reliable Raptr's …

Hitman Hangups

I like Hitman: Absolution. I swear I do. There are just a lot of things in it that annoy the shit out of me, so I made a list of them. - No outfitting before campaign mission replays In past Hitmans, a majority of the game's fun came from replaying missions in various ways. Gaining …

The stuff I cared about at E3 and some shit that I didn’t

The Electronic Entertainment Expo came and went last week in Los Angeles. For years I've made a habit of catching up on news from E3, as it generally contains some of the biggest unveilings and surprises from publishers and developers alike for the next calendar year. I'm generally too busy to watch the conferences live, …

Portals, machines and my new oath to puzzle games

Somewhere in the middle of Portal 2, I got stuck. I can't remember exactly where — that's not important. I told myself I was going to play the game without looking up any guides to rescue me from tricky puzzles. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep my promise. I glanced at online walkthroughs a couple of times …