James Chamberlin

I’ve been pretty supportive of War Thunder in my recent posts. It’s been a LOT of fun, but I’m afraid they made some major mistakes with their large v1.29.27.0 patch. Their attempts at making bombing more realistic, forcing you into “realistic” bombing approaches totally ruined bombing for me. If your approach isn’t nearly perfect, the […]

I’ve had a blast playing War Thunder over the past few weeks. The game definitely has its frustrating moments, mostly mid-air collisions (accidental and intentional) and occasional server issues, but by and large, it’s been a lot of fun. Controlling your airplane is an interesting challenge because of the Gs at play. When you’re in […]

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’re aware that Electronic Arts has come out with another Sim City game. Unlike its predecessors, the latest Sim City is entirely online. You need an always-on Internet connection to install/authorize the game and to play it. I understand why Electronic Arts would want to use an online […]

I was pretty surprised when I heard the news that Age of Empires 2 was getting a facelift. The engine is reportedly getting some tweaks to bring it up to a 1080p resolution. After watching the new trailer, I can’t say I was blown away by anything I saw. I wonder how well the original […]

Over the last ten years I haven’t played that many video games on a regular basis. The ones I have played were either for work or were just played occasionally for fun. Facebook’s explosion in recent years has introduced a lot of interesting free-to-play games, but only a few have caught my eye. For almost […]

It’s been several years since I played video games on a regular basis.  Most of the PC games that have come out in recent years just haven’t interested me in the least bit.  I remember talking with “Ogre” a few weeks ago about the “good old days” of strategy and simulation gaming, a pair of […]

Well I can’t say I’m entirely surprised. AMD seemed to never be ready to launch Bulldozer and it’s clear why: Bulldozer blows. I’m not an Intel fanboy, but it’s clear to me that Intel’s Sandy Bridge is far superior to AMD’s newest chipset release. And to my delight, someone used that epic Hitler scene from […]

When I read about GameStop opening brand-new copies of Square Enix’s new PC game Deus Ex: Human Revolution and removing a coupon from the publisher that would have given buyers a free copy of the game’s online version, I was shocked. I realize that OnLive, the online service in question, is a competitor of the […]

Just to see what the old Ensemble guys were up to nowadays I decided to check out Bonfire Studios and Robot Entertainment and I was surprised to learn that Age of Empires Online was announced just this past week. I’m definitely intrigued. I miss the ’90s. There were some great strategy games. Whatever happened to […]

Here are the pictures I promised the other day: The young man is explaining some design ideas for a ride to a man was told is a new employee, when in fact he’s actually the company’s CEO. In this instance, the CEO is Joel Manby, President and CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment. I believe this […]