Sometimes I get the feeling that game designers hate me. Either that or they don't actually listen to some of the stuff that they put in the games. Alarms, ridiculous sound effects, and just plain grating sounds that just make me want to reach through the screen and throttle the person that composed...

Ahhh, Monday.. Best day of the week or the absolute worst? I can never decide. Some cool things are going on around here though, on a more personal note, I passed a kidney stone! YAYYY!! If you’ve never had one, maybe you’re not an old fuddy duddy like myself or maybe you’re health...

While most of us here at 4cr spent February playing our games all quiet-like and mannerly, Shaun insisted on treating his aparment complex to some hardcore Rock Band action. His neighbors were none-too-happy, however, and after the break you can see proof in the form of a hand-written ‘please ...

Sure, “game of the year” lists are there to reward the best games out there. They are also, however, great big popularity contests. The best selling or most hyped games outright overshadow a bunch of obscure games that deserve some small bit of the spotlight. That’s where our list comes in. He...

Picross is Nintendo’s name for a certain genre of picture logic puzzles. Wikipedia has a pretty good explanation, and it’s easy enough to find places where you can play them online (this site seemed like the best of the first page of search results): the game consists of a grid, together with a ...

Well, 2007 is almost over, and I think we can all agree that it was an awesome twelve months for gaming. Over the next week, we’ll be taking a look back at the year that was, so stay tuned. For now, continue reading to find out what we played during December — not to mention how crazy Be...

I'm at my parents house in sunny Orlando, Florida in the US of A this week and I've armed myself with but two titles for the Nintendo DS—The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and my constant DS companion Picross DS. Actually, I may have stashed away a PSP and a copy of Jeanne D'Arc in my suit...

Following a Team Fortress 2 bender last night that saw me kicking insane amounts of Spy ass with my Pyro's flamethrower skills and a tutorial on Soldier rocket-leading techniques from my roommate, I can't imagine us doing anything but stealing enemy intelligence all weekend. I've also finally unwrap...