Rookie of the Year: The Road Not Tekken By Matt Marrone • November 14th, 2011 The Rookie of the Year plays Tekken 6 and becomes fascinated with a character whose origin story may truly be a first in videogame, nay, storytelling history.
Rookie of the Year: Three Strikes and I’m Out By Matt Marrone • October 31st, 2011 The Rookie of the Year downloads a demo of Major League Baseball 2K11 for Xbox – and immediately gets demoted all the way back to Single-A.
Rookie of the Year: HD? Try 2D6 By Matt Marrone • October 10th, 2011 The Rookie of the Year plays Dungeons & Dragons for the first time in 25 years and decides it says something about the American Dream. But what?
Rookie of the Year: The Biggest Loser (Part II: Presidential Fitness) By Matt Marrone • September 26th, 2011 The Rookie of the Year uses Lose It! for iOS and Fable II for Xbox to solve childhood obesity (or at least his own).
Rookie of the Year: Wii Envy By Matt Marrone • September 11th, 2011 The Rookie of the Year has stopped playing with his Wii. Here’s why.
Rookie of the Year: The Voice of God By Matt Marrone • August 29th, 2011 Matt Marrone is enjoying Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade title Bastion – leftover Microsoft Points, disappointing voiceover and all.
Rookie of the Year: Road To Rule By Matt Marrone • August 15th, 2011 Rookie of the Year plays Fable III – and smokes Unwinnable senior editor Charles Moran. What’s more satisfying than leveling up in Fable III? Leaving Chuck Moran in your dust.
Rookie of the Year: Use Your Allusion By Matt Marrone • August 1st, 2011 The Ayn Rand-inspired BioShock has Matt Marrone flashing back to his days as a lit major; he suggests other classic literature be turned into videogames.
Rookie of the Year: The Biggest Loser By Matt Marrone • July 19th, 2011 Matt Marrone wants to change his life (and get healthier). He turns to the iOS app Lose It! and Fable 2 for inspiration.
Rookie of the Year: This Was A Triumph By Matt Marrone • July 5th, 2011 The Unwinnable Rookie of the Year, Matt Marrone, doesn’t care that the cake is a lie. He is an unabashed Portal fanboy now thanks to Valve’s Portal 1 and 2.
Rookie of the Year: Blood Brothers By Matt Marrone • June 21st, 2011 Matt Marrone played Left 4 Dead 2 on XBox Live for the first time and wound up killing Ken Lucas in a hail of bullets… a lot.
Rookie of the Year: Grandfather Theft Auto By Matt Marrone • June 6th, 2011 Matt Marrone is new to next gen consoles. He just started playing Grand Theft Auto IV and remembers his first adult videogame – Leisure Suit Larry.
Rookie of the Year: The Walking Dead By Matt Marrone • May 23rd, 2011 Matt Marrone, a new gamer, plays the Valve multiplayer shooter, Left 4 Dead 2. Now he loves killing zombies. Will his new-found blood lust ever be satiated?
Rookie of the Year: Hell’s Kitchen By Matt Marrone • May 9th, 2011 In this edition of Rookie of the Year, Matt Marrone plays Gears of War, muses about Super Mario Bros. and almost burns his apartment down.
Rookie of the Year: The Newlywed Game By Matt Marrone • April 25th, 2011 Matt Marrone hasn’t had a TV for years. Now he owns an Xbox 360 and Fable II. He has only just begun his journey.
