Recent writings on toys, games and movies

Writing once every other week is about all I can handle these days, thankfully that’s all I’m required to write over at TMA Toys. Here’s a short list of articles since last summer, a few of my favorites. You can check out all of my articles on my author page.

Sega World Rally is not what it could be

I love arcade style games and I love racing games, and more often than not the combination of the two provides a lot of fun. So when I saw that a version of Sega World Rally was hitting the arcade I was looking forward to fast and furious racing action, but unfortunately my expectations were not quite met. Continue reading

Finally, a PC in the living room

Our (new) TV has more ports than I knew what to do with…until now. We’ve had the TV for just about a year and I feel like I’m just starting to take advantage of it. Unfortunately, this new avenue of geeking out may require some additional hardware…but it’ll be worth it. Continue reading

Split/Second blurs by other racers

Split/Second is one game where the demo does not do it justice. This game and Blur were released around the same time. I played both demos and Blur seemed like better game so it was there that I placed my bet. While I didn’t bet entirely on the wrong horse, Split/Second is more of what I was looking for, even if I didn’t know it. Continue reading

Castlevania, whipping itself back into my heart

Castlevania is one of my favorite video game franchises. Fond memories of playing the first three games on the NES cemented it as a “classic”, but not until this week’s release of the demo for the latest Castlevania game did it really hit me why it’s such a fun franchise. Continue reading

Netflix, resistance is futile

I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. Now I might argue my case for days before I make that admission, but you can’t argue with facts. And the fact is, Netflix is awesome. I had my doubts but after as little as two days with Netflix it has come to be that resistance was futile. Continue reading