By TGRStaff, on August 18th, 2009% The weather that November night wasn’t prohibitively cold – one of the few benefits to living in Texas. For the curious, the others are Tex-Mex and inordinately large belt buckles. Once I’d removed the guitar and game from the oversized Guitar Hero box, I opened the balcony sliding door of my college dorm room. [...] . . . → Read More: BITMAPS 90: Licensed Music Changed the Tune By TGRStaff, on August 11th, 2009% Gamers are uncommonly attached to the past, a trend that has manifested in kitchy merchandise and rumors that refuse to die. While I can’t pass arbitration on the infatuation in terms of objective value (ego has yet to reach such levels of entitlement), I have noticed that this behavior often obscures newer, more credible releases [...] . . . → Read More: BITMAPS 89: Get With The Times! By TGRStaff, on August 5th, 2009% The anticipation had filled the night air with magic. I’d invited a few friends over because this was going to be an event too big to enjoy alone. I’d scheduled an entire week’s worth of vacation around this night, and a Double Gulp from the local 7-11 ensured that it would be a long and [...] . . . → Read More: BITMAPS 88: Nintendo’s Real Revolution By TGRStaff, on July 28th, 2009% "Nasal drip". This phrase will be forever lodged in my memory. While I don’t remember too many sermons from my childhood church days, one stands out in particular due to its elegant euphemistic skill. Our minister described a moment from a movie in which an actor accidentally lost some "nasal drip" during a dinner scene [...] . . . → Read More: BITMAPS 87: Infamous’ Small Failures By TGRStaff, on July 21st, 2009% I heard a story recently that reminded me that behavior is truly relative. Several friends were just hanging out, all playing games on a separate computers and TVs. Upon crashing into a tree in Burnout 3, one guy – who is generally the most relaxed fellow you’d ever meet – chucked his controller into the [...] . . . → Read More: BITMAPS 86: The Reward of Challenging Games | |