Video Games, Books, and Meryl Streep

I recall sitting in my parents’ living room, watching a television personality interview actress Meryl Streep.  It was not the type of program that my family and I would normally watch, but we were waiting for some gritty crime movie or another to begin and had flipped to the interview in the interim.  Anyway, there was Ms. Streep with her perfectly sculpted blonde hair, in her usual sophisticated decorum.  And here was the interviewer, a seemingly ancient man with a shiny pate.

“You’re known for having exquisite taste in movies.  What do you think of all these superhero movies that are littering the cinemas, these days?” the interviewer asked (or something to that affect; it was many months ago).

Perfect, blonde Meryl, who hasn’t aged a day in decades laughed and proclaimed, “Well, I don’t watch those movies!” as if it were the funniest joke in the world. Read On »

Thoughts on Capcom’s Remember Me

Our memories make us who we are.  Day to day, we exist by calling upon electrical signals stored in our brains in order to function.  What would happen if we couldn’t trust that stored data?  What if it was stolen or even changed?  Who, then, would we be? Read On »

2013’s Spring Lineup Is The Best Yet For This Generation’s Consoles

It used to be that the early months of a new year were the perfect time to sit back, relax and catch up with the releases of the previous year that you may have missed. Not so with 2013. Following an already stellar Fall season for gaming, which saw such releases as Dishonored, Assassin’s Creed III and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you’d expect publishers to take it easy on us game-playing (and reviewing) folk, and give us some breathing room. Read On »

Gamer Living’s Top Picks and 2012 Game of the Year

With 2012 firmly behind us, we at Gamer Living decided to throw in our votes for the 2012 Game of the Year.  Whether it’s the story that grips your heart and tugs you along for a long epic journey, the dazzlingly realistic visuals, mind-boggling gameplay, we all have different ideas of what makes a game The Best.  Read more to see if any of our staff agreed on which game should take home the Game of the Year award. Read On »

Sony Announces Classic White PlayStation 3 Coming To Retailers

Sony today announced that the PlayStation 3 will be available in a Classic White finish at retailers starting this January 27th.  Read On »

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Release Date Announced

Capcom today announced that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be launching on the Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo 3DS platforms on March 19th in North America and March 22 in Europe. Read On »

Injustice: Gods Among Us Release Date and Battle Edition Revealed

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that Injustice: Gods Among Us will be releasing on April 16th on the Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.  Read On »

2014 Corvette Stingray Makes Its Debut On Gran Turismo 5

With the announcement of Chevrolet’s new Corvette Stingray being unveiled at the North American International Auto Show, Sony has announced that the vehicle will be available as free downloadable content for Gran Turismo 5 this Tuesday, January 15th. Read On »

Finding The Inner Balance of a Video Game Review

I didn’t start gaming because I thought it was fun. I did it because I broke my leg. In grade three, I shattered my ankle in three places and was in a cast for almost four months. This was the beginning of the end for me. As the youngest of four and the only girl, I wanted to be just like my brothers. So much so, that even after grade three, I continued – almost yearly – to break at least one bone doing stupid stunts or trying to be good at sports. I’m not good at sports, but just try and keep up with me at Mario Kart – I dare you. Gaming seemed to be the only thing I could do to be better than my siblings, and through many frustrating hours of falling into random pits of doom, or getting lost in the Forests of Hyrule, I became obsessed. For as long as I can remember (and as much as my family insists), I have always had an overactive imagination. This only tightened the grip games had on me, and brought me to where I am today. Read On »

Top Ten Video Games for Kids

Entertaining, educational, high energy or great for quiet times, video games are the perfect way to give kids a range of activities. From budding Disney princesses to wannabe Jedis, there is a great range of games out there. Read On »