Welcome back. As you can see, I have gained a level! This time around, there will be much more meat in the column, and some interesting commentary. Expect the average column to look something like this.

Hi, my name is Lee, and I’m an MMOholic. I’ve been hooked on them for about 4 years now. Some of you have probably read me before, but I’ll give a little brief rundown on myself in general. I’ve written for the site in its past incarnations (411 Games, Inside Pulse, and [...]

Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Platform: PC
ESRB Rating: Teen
Developer: Enlight Software
Publisher: Dreamcatcher
Release Date: 3/11/08

Genre: Strategy
Platform: PC
ESRB Rating: E10+
Developer/Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Release Date: 4/15/08
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Name: Lee Baxley
Nicknames: FLee, FLeedawg, The Bad Guy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Three Favorite Genres:
Role Playing Games
Driving Games
Massively Multiplayer Online games
Favorite Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Three Favorite Games:
Final Fantasy IV (SNES/PS1)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Actraiser (SNES)
Bio: Lee Baxley has been gaming since the early days of consoles, but didn’t get really hooked until the NES came out. He lost [...]

Genre: Strategy RPG
Platform: Sony Playstation Portable
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
Developer: Media Vision
Publisher: XSEED
Release Date: 3/11/08

Genre: Racing
Platform: XBOX 360 (also on PS3)
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
Developer: Criterion
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: 1/22/08

Welcome to Paradise City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Well, actually, this Paradise City doesn’t have any girls, and if you are looking at the grass, you’re going too slow.
The newest title in the [...]

Hey yo. Christmas has passed us by, yet New Years is fast approaching. I never really wax poetic about the changing of the years, because it’s just another day. I will be using it as an excuse to do a little drinking, but I’ve been doing that a lot lately. At [...]

Genre: Action
Platform: Xbox (also available for PS2)
ESRB Rating: Teen 13+ (Violence)
Publisher: Midway
Release Date: 12/12/05
Official Website: http://gauntletsevensorrows.com/

Almost anyone who was born prior to 1980 knows of Gauntlet. Released in the arcades in 1985, Gauntlet told a story of 4 heroes (Warrior, Valkyrie, Elf, Wizard) who must travel to the top of a tower, collecting treasure [...]

Hey yo. It’s only three full days until Christmas. I’m getting excited. Are you? I’m not really sure what I’m getting for Christmas, but I suspect it will involve a lot of DVDs…some with Bats, some with Vampire Slaying, some set in a Prison. And hopefully one will even contain [...]

Hey yo. Welcome to another edition of the Mid-Week Mid-Boss. There is nothing really new or special this week, just more of the same stuff that you’ve come to expect from my column.
It seems to me as if the column has been getting longer, or at least that there is more actual content [...]

Genre: Platformer, Action/Adventure
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: Teen 13+ (Animated Blood, Violence)
Developer: Rare
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Release Date: 11/7/05
Official Website: Kameo.com

Rare is a company that most gamers have heard of. They have a long and storied history in gaming. Primarily a second party developer for Nintendo, Rare has produced a long line of games that [...]

Genre: Traditional Role Playing Game
Platform: Playstation 2
ESRB Rating: Teen (Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Simulated Gambling, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes)
Developer: Level 5
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Date: 11/15/05
Official Website: http://www.dragonquest8.com/

Here in America, it’s pretty safe to say that Final Fantasy is the most popular RPG series, especially amongst the mainstream public. But in Japan, that’s not the [...]

Hey yo. Well, it’s another week. And for the record, I’m tired of people telling me I’m nuts for not selling my Xbox 360 on eBay. I’ll tell you why I didn’t.
a) I hate people that buy something and sell it for inflated prices just so they can make a buck. [...]

Genre: Racing
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Mild Lyrics)
Developer: Bizarre Creations
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Release Date: 11/16/05
Official Website: http://www.projectgothamracing3.com/

Since the early days of gaming, games involving racing cars have been pretty popular. They have changed quite a bit over the years though. Back near the beginning, one of the most popular games available in [...]

Hey yo. It’s the last day of November, and we’re in the full swing of holiday shopping season. And here I am and I haven’t gotten a damn thing. Maybe if I get them all online they’ll be here in time. I can always hope can’t I? I just hate [...]

Genre: Survival
Platform: XBOX 360
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language)
Developer: Monolith
Publisher: SEGA
Release Date: 11/16/05
Official Website: http://www.sega.com/gamesite/condemned/

When I think of games I’d play to give me a little scare here and there, I certainly wouldn’t be thinking of anything by Monolith. Well, until recently that is. They have been known [...]

Hey yo. Welcome back to the Mid-Week Mid-Boss.
In case you couldn’t tell, my excitement level is going pretty crazy right now. I don’t know why, but once I get excited about something, it just kind of builds until it lets off. Like a snowball. And right now I can think of [...]

Genre: Survival Horror
Platform: Playstation 2
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Blood, Violence)
Developer: Project Zero
Publisher: Tecmo
Release Date: 11/08/05
Official Website: Fatal Frame III on TecmoINC.com

The survival horror genre has been going strong for several years, with the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series selling very well with every release. But the Fatal Frame series has set itself apart [...]

Genre: Action Adventure
Platform: Xbox (also available for PS2)
ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood, Violence)
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: 11/01/05
Official Website: http://www.konami.com/gs/officialsites/castlevania/

A little over two years ago, Konami released Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (you can read my review here. At the time, it was Konami’s latest attempt to bring the beloved Castlevania franchise into the third dimension. The [...]