Author: Bryan Berg

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 04.10.03

    Hey. Have you Thanked God It’s Thursday yet? Islanders 3, Ottawa 0… AAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m Bryan Berg, and I’m here to bring you the latest happenings in the world of video games, not to mention the other goodies you’ll find. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. Midway Midway, the company known for creating ridiculous…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 04.03.03

    Hey all. Thanks for stopping by. Welcome to the first Thank God It’s Thursday News Report of the month of April. Bryan Berg here to bring you the latest in the gaming world. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for last week’s column on two accounts. The first being that it sucked.…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 03.27.03

    Hey. Welcome to the “My Life Is A Complete Fucking Mess” edition of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. Bryan Berg here to provide what gaming news has come out of a very slow week. The other guys weren’t kidding – there is seriously NOTHING out there. Feel free to read on, of course.…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 03.20.03

    Good day. Welcome to the world’s greatest cure for insomnia, the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. I’m your host with the least, Bryan Berg, and I’ll be bringing you the news that matters… to me, anyway. This time of year is the greatest of the year. First of all, every day has a nickname.…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 03.13.03

    Welcome to another edition of the news report that makes you contemplate suicide, the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. I’m Bryan Berg. And I’m no longer the new guy! I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Lee Baxley to the vaunted 411 News Report staff. Let the hazings begin. And on…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 03.06.03

    Welcome to the first edition of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report under the 411 Mania banner. Bryan Berg here. The site has really improved a whole lot since the Monday relaunch. The layout is very impressive, and the new additions (i.e. the Flash games) are more than welcome. The site, as a whole,…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 02.27.03

    Hello all, and welcome back to this third installment of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. I’m Bryan Berg. By now, you know what to expect – bad news written poorly. Enjoy! Def Jam: Vendetta Because the people demanded it, Electronic Arts has finally finished its Def Jam: Vendetta game. It will be “dropping”…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 2.20.03

    Hello, and welcome to this extra-special “I Just Bought a GameCube” version of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. I’m Bryan Berg and I’ll be bringing you the news on what’s happening in the gaming world. And it isn’t much, to be perfectly frank. First, I’d like to thank both of you who sent…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 02.13.03

    I bid you welcome to the first edition of the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. Though I hate Thursday with a passion, I will try to make it better for all of us by reporting on the video game news that matters (or is really easy to make fun of). So keep your expectations…

  • The Silent Majority 02.07.03

    Imagine, for a minute, that the Game Boy Advance did not exist. Odds are, you wouldn’t lose a tremendous amount of sleep. After all, any game worth anything would just be made for the GameCube. In this way, you wouldn’t really be missing anything. While you’re imagining this, also consider what keeps the Game Boy…

  • The Box Score: Super Bowl Edition!

    Hello, and welcome to The Box Score, brought to you by 411mania.com 411mania.com Pre-Game Show Apologies are in order for last week’s column. I was unaware until after the fact that Greg Biekert is currently playing for Minnesota. Whoops. I’d like to apologize for that. The default rosters aren’t exactly accurate. You’ll find later on…

  • The Box Score: NFL Conference Championships

    “I actually found myself talking about your column during last Saturday’s Eagles game.” – 411’s own Bebito Jackson. The PS2 version of NFL 2K3 correctly predicted all four matchups with greater accuracy than I ever could have envisioned. The flow of the games and the margins of victory all seemed to be very close to…

  • The Box Score 1.11.03: Sunday’s NFL Playoff Games

    Thanks to Yip, Lucard, and Chambers for lessening my insecurities in regard to the concept of this column. I thought it was a dumb idea at first; everyone else thought it was gold. So thanks for the reassurance and, of course, keep ’em coming. That said, a little more about the purpose of all of…

  • The Box Score: Saturday’s NFL Playoff Games!

    Teaser: Can NFL 2K3 accurately predict the NFL playoff games this weekend? Santana Moss came into his rookie season with the New York Jets a feared player. He’d had quite a history at the University of Miami, but that’s not how he built his reputation as an NFL player. It wasn’t by playing in the…

  • Review: Rocky

    Rocky System: Playstation 2 Genre: Boxing Publisher: Rage/UBI Soft Release Date: 11/20/2002 The first Rocky movie was released to an unsuspecting movie audience in late 1976. Its depiction of a down-on-his-luck boxer, Rocky Balboa, who gets the chance to shock the world was a masterpiece and earned the “Best Picture” award for its efforts. Rocky…

  • Thank God It’s Thursday News Report 07.17.03

    Hello once again! You’ve come to the right place for Thursday gaming news. I’m Bryan Berg, and you’re reading the Thank God It’s Thursday News Report. Tomb Raider Well, we all know Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness sucked. You even read Bebito’s piece on how the developers knew it sucked. Now, the heads are beginning…