Infinity

Just this moment finished "Bioshock Infinite." Yes, it's as good as you've heard. Play. Play now. At this point I've o...

MGS5 Trailer

Hey, remember that "Phantom Pain" thing that everyone immediately knew was "Metal Gear Solid 5" but they wouldn't co...

The Book

If you were at Escapist Movie Night at PAXEast this past weekend (or you caught an earlier reveal during the Desert Bus charity event) you a...

WOO-OO!

Holy shit. As far as game announcements go, it'll be REALLY hard for the rest of PAXEast to top this . WayForward? You are the hope of ...

Off To PAXEast

I'm officially en-route to the weekend at PAXEast folks, so if you're there feel free to say hi and if not follow my Twitter @the_m...

SUPPLEMENTAL: "I'm Sorry (But EA Should Be Sorrier)"

So, then. In the making of this series, March has basically been a gigantic non-starter. A blizzard scuttled at least two weeks of shooting,...

D&D Arcade Games Coming to XBLA/PSN

Well, whaddaya know? Capcom decided to do something decent for retro-gaming; broken clocks and all that: Their two classic (and somewhat rar...

OVERBYTES on Tropes vs. Women

Now available for viewing by all, an overall appraisal on the first episode of "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" and it's atte...

Tropes vs. Women launches first episode (UPDATED!)

Oh hey, remember that kickstarted webseries that people freaked out about because a woman was talking out of turn about man things, then dec...

Sterling on Cage

Not that I ever thought I'd have performed the definitive "takedown" of David Cage; but if I or anyone else HAD harbored any ...

"OVERBYTES" Takes On The PS4

Playstation 4 has been announced. Underwhelmed? You could say that.

Glenn Beck: Video-Games Responsible For Sandy Hook Massacre

Oh, fudge. (Hey, while you're hear, have you watched our new episode yet?) Y'know, for awhile there I was a little worried that the ...

EPISODE 82: "Never Grow Old"

The recent East Coast blizzard slowed production a little bit, but the show must go on! Here, The OverThinker responds to Warren Spector and...

Nintenception

It sounds like a backhanded compliment, but really the "Mario & Luigi" RPG series ( Superstar Saga, Partners in Time and Bows...

OVERBYTES: "A' la Carte"

A new OVERBYTES argues on behalf on a new way for buying games digitally:

Perfection

Little sick of gaming-nostalgia mash-ups? Me too. But this? This is FUCKING BRILLIANT.

A Humble Hope For Help

So... I generally avoid using the Blog(s) for things like this, but wide nets need to be wide. I'm looking to get in touch with people i...

Enemy

hat-tip: Polygon Below, video of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee. Mr. Alexander's stated position therein: "...

Your Daily Reminder That Ralph Nader Is a Terrible Human Being

BTW, have you watched our New Episode yet? Anyway... Ralph Nader - the man who helped give you 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency - ha...

Wonderful 101

Well!  "Wonderful 101"  is undoubtedly the most "video-game-ish" looking video-game I've seen in quite sometime. I ...

EPISODE 81: "Let This Be The End"

New episode, now available on Blip: Our subject this week (inspired in part by Mr. Croshaw ) is whether or not we really, really need yet a...

No Fear

I'd like to spend all day engaging people about this, but the fact is I have a shit-ton of deadline-driven work to do that's only go...

Brownshirts in my backyard

The town of Melrose, Massachusetts has become the latest gang of idiots to start-up a "violent games buy-back" program... though, ...

"It Even Has A Watermark..."

Good lord, how did it take this long for someone to do this!?

Brownshirts Back Down

Polygon reports  that the small town of Southington, CT has abandoned it's internationally-reported - and widely-derrided - plans for a ...

MAGFest Panels

Had a great time at our innaugural MAGFest, the Game OverThinker/MovieBob Q&A Panel of which is now available on Blip in four easily-di...

Everybody Watch Jimquisition Now

Today, my friend and colleague Jim Sterling is a hero: NOTE: Graphic imagery from 1:20 - 1:49 The Escapist : Jimquisition : Desensitized ...

I Don't Want To Game On This Planet Anymore

Y'know, it's funny. When I created The AntiThinker, he was supposed to embody an exaggeration of the absolute worst in gamer culture...

EPISODE 80: "Collect Calling"

The new episode is now up on Blip! The OverThinker counts off five "classic games" compilations that need to get made already. RE...

Brownshirts (Update)

(Re-post to correct coding error in original post) hat-tip: POLYGON. This is how it begins... I "get" that grief is a powerful emo...

Brownshirts

(original post moved to NEW LOCATION to correct a programming error, now found HERE )

2013

A New Year's wish from me to Capcom and whoever the hell owns what's left of THQ...