I Begrudgingly Purchased Tiger Woods ’09
Pinback I begrudgingly purchased Tiger ’09, still smarting from the horrid experience that was Tiger ’08, but hoping against hope that at least some of the “this one is much better…
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Braid: Non-Spoiler Review
IÂ have completed the game (with the exception of some secret, hidden content I’m now learning about from the Intertubes), and so will now present a NON-SPOILER REVIEW. I will…
Pinback Sells ICJ on “Boogie Nights”
Boogie Nights. Really. Top ten? Why that one? Sell me on Boogie Nights, I’ve never seen it. Well, alright. I’ll try, anyway. Of course, it can be a difficult sell,…
Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #0
#0: Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor (2008) As I said before, this list is “genre based”, in that I tried to make sure that no basic gaming genre…
Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #1
#1: Civilization IV (2005) My history with the Civilization games is checkered at best. I remember when the original first came out. I was right there in line to buy…
Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #2
#2: Rollercoaster Tycoon (1999) Before there was Mall Tycoon, and Zoo Tycoon, and Crackhouse Tycoon, and Auschwitz Tycoon, there was Rollercoaster Tycoon. Let me start the review with the end…
Acceptance – Phantoms (2005) review
Ice Cream Jonsey I bought this CD off THE BAY, as it was only $3 and I have been listening to a rip of it virtually every day for the last two years.…
Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #3
NOTE: The game originally scheduled for this slot was CounterStrike. But then I thought, well, that’s not really fair to Half-Life, which could also be right in the same spot.…
Civilization vs. the Bard’s Tale
Let’s break down the Civilization games versus the Bard’s Tale ones. I am intentionally not including the Xbox Bard’s Tale game from a couple years ago, nor am I considering…
Pirates! review by Pinback
I’ve now spent several more (okay, at least 10 more) hours with the game, finishing one career, starting another, and here is my status report: I am totally obsessed, and…