It is finally here! Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is now available on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC; the game is $14.99 or equivalent. Also, if you love the music for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon check out the soundtrack on iTunes for $9.99. For those who do not know, the game was developed by Ubisoft, and you do not need Far Cry 3 to play Blood Dragon. The game brings back good memories of a past generation, while adding the new with the old. While playing the game you can see things like VCR tracking, and there are a number of movie quotes used throughout. Read the full story

Are you a fan of games that bring back many good old memories? Do you pride yourself on being good with movie quotes? Then the next game you should be looking forward to is Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. You do not need Far Cry 3 to play; in fact the two games have little to no crossover in the storylines.

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The year is 1997. It’s a dark time to be a frog. The traffic is relentless and there are crocodiles and sentient lawn mowers everywhere. One wrong move and I could become a chew toy. I make my way quickly across the road, weaving in and out of traffic. I finally make it across and try to make it across the water…only to jump at the wrong moment and dive into the calm stream, causing me to encounter a violent death. Read the full story

Way back in 1995, I was introduced to a new kind of carnage when Team 17 released their squiggly war-game, Worms.  Now, this was a time when Mortal Kombat 3 was the baddest thing in the arcade, Alanis Morissette had her hand in her “ironic” pocket (obviously not realizing the difference between a coincidence and true irony), and the whole world was obsessed with the trial of O.J. Simpson (I never cared; Nintendo was more entertaining).  We were hearing that violence, no matter the source, would corrupt us.  That freezing a person who disagrees with you, and then shattering them into a thousand pieces, is just not an appropriate coping mechanism… Blah, blah, blah.

I was still a hard core SNES/Gameboy player, and had barely begun using my computer as a source for games.  A few lunch table friends of mine were always showing me fantastic games: Bolo, Dark Castle, Lemmings, Hexen; I was fascinated by them all!  PC games were an entirely different experience from console gaming, and Worms was to be no exception! Read the full story