Author: Alex Williams

Hey, everyone! I’m back! … … … *crickets chirping* … … (Ahem) Anyway, for the confused, I’m back after taking a week off. And by a “week off”, I mean not doing the news and focus on the Hints Board and write some reviews. Yes, my “weeks off” still involve me contributing things to the…

Hey, I’m writing a news column! The occasion? YES! It must be Friday! So, it’s Alex Williams here once again to end your week! I recently picked up both Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 1 and 2. The first one is coming by mail, but I already have the second one. I tell you, it’s pretty…

Greetings, and welcome to a sort-of condensed Friday report. College ate up plenty of my time, and online racing in Project Gotham Racing 2 at up even MORE of that. So, there’s not much here. I’m allowed an off-week every once in a while, right? In any case, big news in my family as my…

Welcome to 411MAX! The column that’s called 411MAX because if I called it “Gamer’s Pre-Hangover,” “The Hitchhiker’s Almanac,” “End-Of-Week End-Boss,” or “Thank God It’s Friday,” someone on the staff would be VERY angry with me. So, what’s new with me, you ask? (Even if you didn’t ask, I’m going to tell you. Deal with it.)…

Welcome to the Friday News known 411MAX! For those who don’t me, the name is Alex Williams, and I’ll be your host as we get to what the hell happened during the course of this week! But before we begin ANYTHING, I’d like to address the Friday news spot. A “State of the Column” report,…

Welcome to the news report that almost wasn’t! As some people know, I’ve recently returned to the wonderful world of college classes. Which includes lots of reading, writing, and fair amounts of ‘rithmetic interspersed in between. As of Wednesday night, I became bogged down right from the beginning. VERY bogged down. Every class assigned reading…

Welcome to my last Friday of no college obligation before the spring semester begins! And I actually have TIME to write an introduction this week, as opposed to LAST week, when I had a bunch of stuff to do in a very small time frame. Which stinks, because I had a bunch of cool stuff…

Hi, guys! I have no time for a wonderfully witty opener. So…consider the column open, and ON WITH THE NEWS! TOP STORY: Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Announced For The US! It may be a week late, but it’s still the most important news story of the week. All the next-gen consoles could have been releases…

Welcome to Friday! The glorious day that is the dawn of a new weekend. A weekend of goofing off. A weekend of slouching about. A weekend of doing NOTHING…except playing games. Things happened over the past week. Good things, as a matter of fact. For one, my DDR skills have improved far beyond what I…

Well, well, well! It looks as though I have the honor of welcoming all of you to the new year at 411Games! This is such an HONOR! No, really. I mean that. Anyway, this is Alex Williams, and this is 411MAX. I’m glad you could join me today as we kick-start the new year at…

Allow me to be the first to wish everyone here at the 411 the happiest National Returns Day EVER! Found an N-Gage or a copy of Tomb Raider in your stocking? Aside from questioning Santa’s horrible sense of humor, just dump the crap at wherever he got it from and get what you REALLY want!…

It’s Friday again! So guess what? It’s time for the Encore Extr…(ahem) Let’s try this agian. Old habits die hard. It’s Friday again! So guess what? It’s time for 411MAX: News News Revolution! Back after ONE FULL WEEK, I’m here to dish out the news you crave so much! Just in case you weren’t reading…

Greetings, salutations, and (RANDOM GREETING #6: FILE NOT FOUND)! It’s time for the Encore Extra Stage! This report should be better (and longer) than the one on Tuesday. After all, I promised a look at the Spike Awards, and the Haikus are here. Plus, there’s going to be a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT at the end of…