Gaming off the Beaten Path

It's been a long time coming, but I knew this was going to have to happen eventually. I've had a largely positive year of reviews so far, with one very obvious exception. I've been thinking a lot about this topic ever since I reviewed Ballz 3D, and a recent quest on Channel 3 (which is an amazing social media platform that you should join if you haven't already) has kept the gears turning. I've played a lot of games in my lifetime, some great, most at least good and a few bad. But there are a select few that sink far below bad, titles that are absolutely horrible, abominable experiences that make my stomach turn just thinking about. It's time to talk about the games that are the worst ones that I, personally, have ever played. Before I get into it, I have to lay down a few ground rules. First, these are all games that I have actually played. This won't be a rehash of all those other "worst game" lists, though a few of the games the frequently popu...

With all the hate the 5th generation gets in the internet age, it can be easy to overlook just how important that era in gaming was. For those that weren't there, or those that don't remember, the jump from the 4th generation to the 5th was an absolutely huge deal. Minds were absolutely blown by then-revolutionary 3D graphics and increasingly arcade accurate ports. In North America, this was the first time where CD based consoles were considered the norm, a major change from the cartridge dominated 3rd and 4th generations. But one of the more overlooked aspects of this era, at least for console players, was the massive increase in more adult oriented games. It's not that there weren't 4th, 3rd, or even 2nd generation titles featuring this kind of content, because there were. It's just that they were surprisingly uncommon. Of course, this phenomena was fairly console exclusive, violent games or games with other "adult" themes were pretty dime a dozen on P...