As part of an optional test protocol, we are pleased to present an amusing fact: This new boardgame is now more valuable than the organs and combined incomes of everyone in *subject hometown here.*
Continue ReadingThis video is a hoot! And watch to the end for a little Black Mesa fun.
Continue ReadingThere isn’t much I could add to this video, except to warn anyone who hasn’t played the Portal video games that there are spoilers for both in here — though the ones for Portal 2 go by quickly enough they …
Continue ReadingFor Christmas I was lucky enough to receive several gift cards for our buddies over at ThinkGeek.com. What did I buy, you ask? Portal paraphernalia! Thinkgeek.com has the largest selection of my and my son’s favorite two-player action puzzle game …
Continue ReadingMy Pokemon mentor once said to me, “The family that games together, stays together.” He couldn’t be more correct. A few weeks ago I shared with you how my husband and I balance being parents and gamers. My husband and I …
Continue ReadingIf you’ve played Portal 2 solo mode all the way to the end, you’ve heard the excellent end-credits song “Want You Gone,” Jonathan Coulton’s follow-up to “Still Alive,” his justly famous song from the first Portal. Well, a fan named …
Continue ReadingWarning: This article contains spoilers for the video games L.A. Noire and Portal 2. It’s time that video game players stopped giving game makers a pass for playing tricks on them that they’d never put up with if the graphics weren’t …
Continue ReadingWarning: This article contains spoilers for the video games L.A. Noire and Portal 2. It’s time that video game players stopped giving game makers a pass for playing tricks on them that they’d never put up with if the graphics weren’t …
Continue ReadingThe long journey begins with a single click — your thoughts gone awry — as you enter a new virtual world beyond imagination. You take your first few steps into this place. It looks like you’ve been here for a …
Continue ReadingWe’re making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. [Thanks to GeekDad Dave Banks for suggesting this as a POTD.]
Continue ReadingThere you are. Let’s say you’ve finished Portal 2 and are not sure what to do next. The solution is simple. Buy this shirt and become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Inspired by the most awesome shirt ever …
Continue ReadingI spent Tuesday afternoon listening to my kids shouting back and forth between their rooms and chortling. Turns out they had each downloaded Portal 2 to their respective computers and were comparing notes. (They didn’t have to fake a sick …
Continue ReadingA post from GeekTeen John, the Ceceri family resident gamer: Remember that scene in A Christmas Story where the main character excitingly decodes a message given to him over the radio, only to find that the message tells him to …
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