Author Archives: Brandon

Brandon Dove

Brandon is the father of two soon-to-be-gamers. He enjoys long walks through open worlds, first person shooters and well placed plot twists. Not cut out for making games, as it’s too tedious, but he won’t hold his tongue when it comes to giving a snappy review.

E32010 – XIO™ Virtual Gaming System

John Random spent some time demoing the ForceTek exoskeleton on day one of E3. The exoskeleton actually makes you feel like you’re performing in-game actions by resisting movements. This feature reinforces a player’s muscle memory so that over time, the peripheral becomes an extension of your body’s natural movement. It effectively trains you to perform [...]

[Heavy Iron] Peter Bartholow, Level Designer

We’ve been working our connections to get you guys some good interviews on jobs in the gaming industry. This week, we were fortunate enough to catch up with Peter Bartholow, a level designer with quite a bit of industry experience. Peter works for Heavy Iron, a studio that spawned from THQ back in May of [...]

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Be Proud of Your Upbringing. Represent.

I think we are going to become a regular promoter of all things from ThinkGeek. This week’s installment is a shirt that will bring you all the way back to square one. The first controller I ever laid my grubby little hands on as a kid was this beauty. With the announcement of Project Natal [...]

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Sergeant Johnson Is On The Move

We picked a winner for yesterday’s giveaway. We had a very small turnout which was a bit disappointing, but that worked out for our winner. Stop biting your nails and find out who won in the video below.

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Gamestop Preorder Bonus: Play as Sergeant Johnson

John picked up his copy of Halo ODST last night from Gamestop. Although it was a lackluster turnout, one of the bonuses that he got for pre-ordering was a code to play as Sergeant Johnson. As a special bonus to our fans, he’s decided to give that code away to one lucky reader. Submit a [...]

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Lookin’ For The Master Chief

John and I will be headed out to the local Gamestop shortly to pick up our copy of Halo ODST at midnight. I’m really hoping to run into the Master Chief so I can ask him why he got cut from this game. We’re going to be doing some “man on the street” interviews with [...]

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$20 Contest Winner

I sat down today and picked the winner of the $20 giveaway. Maybe it’s you. Check out the video to see who won! Until next time…

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Geekster Bling: Kickin’ It Old School

Whatever you do, don’t buy this. No one will be your friend if you do…EVER. Unless you’re a rapper…and a gamer…and happen to loooooooooove space invaders. I saw this on ThinkGeek.com, and couldn’t resist. I mean it’s pretty awesome if you think about it. Ok…confession time. I really want one. I would totally wear this. [...]

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Giveaway! $20 In Download Content

We’ve decided that it’s about time for a giveaway. Starting now through Friday, Sept 18, 2009 at 11:59pm Pacific time, every comment on this site, retweet of our approved tweet (see below), comment on our Facebook page, and subscription to our YouTube Channel will be counted as an entry to this contest. There is no [...]

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Did Video Games Make You Violent?

We’ve all been affected one way or another by video games. But sometimes parents, government and other organizations like to point the finger at video games for the violence in our society today.

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