The Video Game Revue

Introduction

I play video games a lot. I certainly don't play more video games than anybody else (I have a day job, after all), but I definitely cover a lot of territory. What's more, I care about video games, possibly more than anyone else I know. To me, video games are the new media; they are a form of artistic expression still in its infancy, like photography or radio was almost a century ago. I want people to know that video games are not merely some cheesy form of light entertainment--that there is real substance to them. So, I have created this blog for the sole purpose of ranting and writing short blurbs about video games.

For the most part, I am going to try to post primarily suggestions of video games that gamers should play if they want to broaden their horizons and become more "hardcore." This blog comes at a time when video games have reached a new critical mass in popularity, and the video games that are being made for the masses (those appealing to the lowest common demoninator) are drawing most of the attention and leaving some more artistically valid video games in their shadow. This is not to say that I'm going to focus my attention on new games; any game at all that I think deserves mention will be mentioned.

My primary realm of experience is with NES, SNES, PlayStation (PSX and PS2), GameCube, and PC games. I hope to rant a lot about games from the 90's and some from the 80's, as well as present day. I'll do my best to present my honest opinion about games that I have a lot of experience with, and not simply early impressions of games that I've only just begun to play. So check back once in a while, if you want to learn more about video games.

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