The nostalgia tag

Thanks to Audrey Nicsik, this week I will be doing the nostalgia tag. I’ve included some of my old favourites from when I was younger that I was completely obsessed with back in the day, that bring back that exciting feeling of nostalgia.   1)  The GameBoy Advanced SP Remember this little guy? After the original GameBoy…

Play! A Video Game Symphony

The music that has been created for video games from The Legend of Zelda to Super Mario Bros. has come to life with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra! This symphony has been revered as epic and incredibly elevating, perfectly capturing the adventure, heroism and triumph in video games. I’m proud to be part of the video…

Battlefield 3 Preview

Battlefield 3 is trying to become the new king of first person shooters and this game looks great. It uses the new Frostbite 2 engine so we can expect realistic animations, huge maps, great lighting, and destructible environment. Of course we don’t yet know how the game is going to play; we can expect a…

Halo: Reach video game review

After a week of gaming, I think I am ready to review Halo Reach. So let’s start with online multiplayer. There are countless game types a player can choose from. So this will satisfy the wants of any gamer (you can even have racing games).  It is basically the super fun Halo 3 multiplayers, with…

Halo: Reach

There are a lot of happy Xbox gamers today. Why? Because today is the release of Halo Reach, the most anticipated video game of 2010, and the final Halo game by Bungie. This game is a prequel to the Halo series, and Bungie has incorporated into this game everything that is loved about the Halo…

Passing up gaming

Our generation today is blessed with many technological advances… or should I say technological distractions? And one of our favourite distractions? Video games – from MMORPGs (Massive Multi Player Role Playing Games) to the individual gaming platforms that every teen seems to own nowadays. But what do XBox 360, PlayStation 3, and the Wii have…