NBA expert Andrew Riche and gaming expert Maurice Pogue go “Boom-shaka-laka!” all over you as we discuss how an early 90’s video game changed everything. Andrew Riche: It’s amazing to…
Author: Maurice Pogue
With his FSU Seminoles and San Antonio Spurs both winning championships in 2014, Maurice's friends want him to "go in" with them on the possibility that his 49ers will win in a calendar year. But he isn't *that* kind of gamer. Holla at him.
The Wall of Shame
On October 1st, I began a(nother) fast from video games. I did not do so arbitrarily, nor did I do so “willingly” in the sense that I knew that it…
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You Part 3: The International 2014 Adjournment
If TI4 were a snake, I would have been bitten. One day, I’m logging on to DotA 2 to see if any of my friends are on so we can…
Backloggery Beatdown: Mark of the Ninja
Credit for wallpaper image goes to SuperbWallpapers Some hardcore gamers fancy speed runs. Others might do zero death runs. During the 16-bit era, I enjoyed performing no-shuriken runs in Shinobi…
Backloggery Beatdown: Valkyria Chronicles
My wife is trying to tell me something but I shush her because she is interrupting a midgame cutscene that it is reminiscent of Aerith’s death in FFVII (though she…
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You Part 2: The DotA Life
In case you have not read my previous post, let me just say that DotA is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Valve certainly thinks so. When the company released the compendium for The…
Backloggery Beatdown: Papers, Please
In between rounds of DotA 2 and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, I decided that my fill my “other” gaming time with games that would not occupy a significant amount…
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You: Confessions of a Video Game Addict [on DotA (2)]
In January 2013, after a nine game losing streak in solo ranked DotA 2 matches or so (because I lost count and would rather not remember) I told my wife…
Backloggery Beatdown: Gone Home
SPOILER WARNING for those unfamiliar with Backloggery Beatdown. These are not so much reviews as they apotheoses of my passion that is gaming. Gone Home hosts a narrative that readers…
