My Work
REVIEWS
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Tales of Monkey Island Episode 3: Lair of the Leviathian
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
SBK: Superbike World Championship
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Tomb Raider Underworld: Lara’s Shadow DLC
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Make The Grade!
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
LittleBigPlanet (my first major one!)
Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 2 (my very first professional review!)
FEATURES/EDITORIALS
Top of the Trash Bin: The 5 Best Worst Games of 2009
The 10 Most Formulaic Games of 2009
Interactive Discomfort in Modern Warfare 2
Drake’s Banter Shines In A Sea Of Robotic Dialogue
Site Spotlight: Good Old Games
Top 14 Most Embarassing Video Game Movie Moments Of All Time (co-written with Sinan Kubba)
Top 10 Most Embarassing Video Game Cartoons Of All Time (co-written with Sinan Kubba)
Top 10 Beat-Em-Ups That Need to Make a Comeback
Recycling Good Games (reusing old engines to provide new experiences)
Left 4 Dead Textcast (a text-podcast where we discuss the successes, failures, and future of a particular title)
TGR Game of the Year Awards 2008 (Best Shooter, Best Sports/Racing categories)
TGR Roundtable: Metal Gear Solid 4 and the Future of the MGS Franchise
Super Retroid: Silent Hill (memories of gaming days long past)
AnimeFest 2008 Cosplay Gallery
PODCASTS
I have settled into the second chair on the Big Red Potion podcast, which is a weekly discussion of various video game topics. I appear on episodes 2 & 5 as a guest, and then on every episode from #6 onward as a regular. I also edit and manage the Big Red Potion Surplus site feature. You can find download links for all of them at the site below:
I have also guested on a few podcasts, which are linked here:
GamerNode’s VS Node Podcast Episode 7: The Resolution Revolution
TheGamerScene’s Scenecast Episode#4
The Digital Cowboys Independence
GamerDork UK 14: Bins, Trains & Cawffee-mobiles
Digital Cowboys Episode 123: Beatles Rock Band and Big Red Potion
GAMEPRO ARCADE
EA Announces Madden NFL Arcade, Blitz Fans Rejoice (GamePro.com)
Forza 3 Free Launch Day DLC: 10 Cars. 2 Tracks (GamePro.com)
XBL Indie Darling Weapon of Choice Gets Encheapened
DLC News: New IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey content bombards Xbox Live and PSN
XBLA News – New Axel & Pixel trailer shows off stunning art, release date
Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH brings it’s long name to WiiWare soon
Pearl Harbor gets trilogized for WiiWare
Arrrr! Talk Like a Pirate Day brings a free Tales of Monkey Island episode
Sheet Music Plus helps people trade-in their plastic guitars for real ones
DLC News: Cheap Street Fightin’ & Hard Rockin’ Metal
THAT VIDEOGAME BLOG POSTS
All of my TVGB posts are archived here!
PREVIEWS
E3 2009
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks Preview
Lord of the Rings: Aragon’s Quest Preview
Operation Flashpoint 2 Preview
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Preview
Warner Bros. Press Event
NY Comic Con 2009
New York Comic Con 2009 Cosplay Gallery
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Eyes-On
Ready 2 Rumble Revolution Hands-On
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Hands-On
Batman: Arkham Asylym Hands-On
Others
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
MONTHLY DIGITAL ROUND-UP
An overview of the downloadable games and content that were released that month (Discontinued in June)
EDITS
Articles written by others that I have edited for public consumption
New Super Mario Bros Wii Review
Sam & Max: Beyond Time & Space Review
Heroes of Newerth Beta Preview
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Eyes-On Preview
Tony Hawk: Ride Feet-On Preview
Demon’s Souls Hands-On Preview
Need for Speed: Nitro Hands-On Preview
Aliens vs Predator Eyes-On Preview
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Hands-On Preview
Mass Effect 2 Hands-On Preview
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Hands-On Preview
Golden Sun DS Hands-On Preview
Assassin’s Creed II Eyes-On Preview
Splinter Cell: Conviction Eyes-On Preview
Batman: Arkham Asylum Hands-On Preview
Dexter E3 2009 Hands-On Preview
Bioshock 2 Developer Demo Impressions
Jumpgate Evolution Hands-On Preview
Red Faction: Guerilla Hands-On Preview
NEWS
Riddick Release Date and Demo Confirmed (My first scoop!)
Bioshock PS3 (only linked it because of the picture)
LittleBigWorkshop Open for Business
Vigilante 8: Arcade Crashes onto Xbox Live This Week
World at War Beta Now Public On Xbox 360
Red Alert 3 PS3 Rejoins The Fight
NEW CONSOLE BUYER’S GUIDE 2008
Xbox 360 Wii PS3 DS PSP Multiplatform
TGR BLOG POSTS
Gears of War 2 Launch: Staten Island Style (my experiences buying Gears of War 2 at a Staten Island Midnight Event)
Red Ring of Death Backup Plan (what a boy must do when his console kicks the bucket. The promised Haze article will eventually make its way to this blog)
THE EARLY STUFF
WARNING: The following pieces were created before I had done any professional writing, and I can not attest to the quality of the work. In other words, I was a noob and the below most likely sucks. Read at your own risk.
No More (Memorable) Heroes (my first attempt at a feature article where I talk about how boring character designs has gotten)
Silent Hill Homecoming “Review“
The Return of the Expansion Pack
Silent Hill Returns Home (Impressions of Homecoming)
I also help maintain the “Your Name Is Awful” blog with a few friends, had a line of mine quoted on my favorite gaming blog Joystiq and that weeks Joystiq Podcast…
