How I learned to let go of (some of) my comic book collection for the good of mankind

Videogames and comic books have gone mainstream without losing their edge. For fans, there has never been a better time to enjoy these passions. 

I was sitting at the bar in my favorite Japanese restaurant just days after 20 children were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Being a gaming journalist is a cool job. No doubt about it. You are correct to envy us. However, it’s not all drunken E3 parties and late night multiplayer battles with game developers and celebrities. We play games for a living, of course, but for every Far Cry 3 there’s a Hello Kitty’s Island Adventure […]

I moved into my wife’s apartment shortly after we met. On the first day I brought a bottle of Knob Creek and my Xbox. I asked her where she kept the TV. She opened a closet door and rolled out an old Magnavox. The screen was covered in candle wax. The knobs – that’s right, […]

There are many things no one tells you before you have kids. Just as well, there are things you’re not supposed to admit when you’re a new parent. The hardest pill to swallow is that a newborn baby is all work and no play. There’s not much you can do but keep them alive.

Everyone else in the house is asleep. After a fine dinner out with my family I am alone in the basement, watching The Amazing Spider-man on the 60” Plasma HDTV I bought myself for my 40 th birthday.  

My daughter is a pretty girl who will grow into a beautiful young woman. I don’t know if she’ll be a beautiful booth babe at nerd conventions or a beautiful police officer stepping on necks (I know which one I’d prefer). But she will be beautiful.

I worry about my son.

I still have the Atari 2600 my brother gave me when I was seven years old. It works perfectly. I routinely host Warlords tournaments in the wee hours after dinner parties at our home.