I’ve just finished browsing through Arthur’s Hall of Viking Manliness’ 10 Manliest Video Games of All Time, and I have to say, yes, the list is indeed full of manly video games.
How did the guys up at Arthur’s Hall come up with the idea of giving the world such a list of video games? Shatner (yes, after William Shatner), Arthur’s Viking Assistant, gives us the details:
I had a discussion with Arthur the other day regarding the question, “Are video games manly?” While wasting your life away on a couch playing video games isn’t quite as manly as killing small animals …read more

Okay, okay, wait! Before you bash my head in with that axe after showing you a bad video about Gordon Freeman’s adventure in the world of Super Mario Brothers, I want you to take a look at these videos and tell me which is better:

Well, regardless of which video you choose, one thing’s for certain: They’re both better than the video I showed you in my previous posting, Gordon Freeman in Mario Land.
My only beef with the guys who did the modifications is the way they presented the world of Super Mario Brothers. Come on! The game Super Mario Brothers …read more

Ever heard of crossovers? In comic books, sure, crossovers are a dime a dozen. In the past dozen or so years, we’ve seen crossovers within the same universe, like Superman versus Lobo for the DC Universe and Spiderman versus The Hulk in the Marvel Universe, and between universes, such as the DC versus Marvel crossover, which has resulted in the creation of the Amalgam Universe.
Waitaminute! This blog isn’t about comic books! Duh! It’s about retro and classic video games. So where are the crossovers in the video gaming realm? Believe it or not, the most well known crossover in this …read more

And you thought you were good! I found this great video about Half-Life and its main protagonist, Gordon Freeman. At first I thought it was a speed run, since the title, “Half-Life in 60 Seconds,” implied something of the sort.
Well, I was wrong. It’s even better than a speed run. Go check it out:

I used to co-own an Internet gaming cafe with a group of friends, and before it was called that, the small shop had been a simple network gaming cafe, where we congregated for serious slugfests after work (yes, we had day jobs).
And by “serious slugfests,” I meant SERIOUS because every member of our eight-man barkada (a local slang used to describe a group of very good friends) needed to vent the daily stress associated with day jobs.
Yes! What better way to de-stress after a hard day’s work than video games. Our favorite “de-stresser” was Counter-Strike, which gave us countless hours …read more