Roo drags himself away from Sid Meier's latest in order to give his (somewhat organized) thoughts on Civ 5 and how it compares to the other entries in this storied franchise. Like a clock speed double microchip, who's number one in Civilizatioooooooon?

After spending more than a month in the world of Star Trek: Online, Roo has a few more thoughts to add to his initial impressions of the game.  Now that it's officially launched, does he still believe it's worth playing?

Yes.  Yes you can.  And apparently my limit is 130 British pounds sterling.

Yeah, I know there's no way I'm going to get it even at that price, but now I can at least say I was there.

After spending a few days of quality time with the Star Trek: Online open beta, Roo (our resident Star Trek nerd) gives his thoughts.  What's good?  What's bad?  And is it worth your time and wallet fodder?

Since we're not only nearing the end of another year, but a whole decade, I've been inundated (as I'm sure you have been) with top 10 lists coming out of varied orifices from people ranging from ESPN to creepy uncle Joe down the street - who kind of put me off with his "Top 10 Ways to Decapitate Clown in 2009" list.  Though I'm not surprised that #4 involved an iPhone app made for just such a purpose.

Anyway, I'm going to join the list-mania, but only in the most half-assed way possible.  Partially because I'm sure you're sick of all the Top 10's, and partially because I'm lazy.  Here's my pick for the Top 1 Greatest Game of the Decade, as decided solely by me.  Greatest doesn't mean the most popular, most hyped, my personal favorite, or even the best in terms of gameplay.  To me, it's a game that helped define what many other video games became during the same time period.  So without ado, my pick is...

A late Merry Christmas everybody! So it's all over and Christmas Day came and went. Now of course Christmas isn't about vidogames... but let's face it, it's the biggest videogame holiday of the year. Here's hoping you got all the games/hardware you were looking for. I know for myself I got an HD webcam so I can start on some video work of my own for the site! I've got a few ideas that I hope to start poisting right here on the blog section so stay tuned. Also I need to work my way through Resident Evil 5 finally... We'll see how those two prioritize themeselves. :)

Now Roo got me thinking about some Christmas memories in gaming. I realize that all of us probably have more than a few favorites from years past that bring warmth to our hearts. I have to say my favorite Christmas for gaming was probably about 12 or 13 years ago. A few months before the holidays my family had purchased a Philips CD-i. We mostly used it for movies and music with a few games but nothing really in particular. Well that Christmas, we got a crapload of CD-i stuff that just made myself and my two brothers go ape. We even got the digital video cartridge which gave the machine the extra horsepower it needed to run FMV like a champ. Armed with our new(er) games like Lil' Devil, Kether, and Who Shot Johnny Rock?, my brothers and I were in an FMV induced coma for the next three days. We also gained great expertise in positioning the IR sensor for the light pistol just right so you could actually hit something in the shooting games.