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X-Rays, Joysticks and Fatalities

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There were many, many games I wanted to test run at PAX East and Mortal Kombat was at the top of my list. I have been playing MK since the first game and even reminisced this weekend about playing it in college under the tutelage of another fellow student and soon surpassing the master at his own game. I can bring up past memories of Sports World in Paramus, NJ and how me and my cohorts reigned supreme during the MK II and III days amidst a sea of noobs. While I’ve owned just about every console version, none of

Ask The Apple Geek: Should I Hold Out For The iPad 3?

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I have a rule of thumb with technology, one I’ve broken many, many times, and that rule is this: Don’t wait. If you really want something, and can afford it, buy it. If you’re holding out for a gadget to reach a final, all-encompassing level of perfection, you’ll die in the process. Yes, in six months something new will come out that will make your once-shiny device lose its luster. Then, another six months will pass, and they’ll put out something superior still. When the original iPad was announced, I ordered it immediately. I knew my friends were right when

Winter Never Changes

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Winter The seemingly endless months of January and February have the unique distinction of being the most boring time of the year for videogames. The big rush of the Fall and Christmas seasons have long passed. We are now left with a faint memory of triple-A title releases as we all hold fast till the first one drops in 2011. However, there is always that one game that is released in the winter that everyone thinks is the best game ever. Last year was Mass Effect 2. Critics exploded with delight with the idea of another BioWare game. Granted, what

Call of Duty: Black Ops Do Not Pray For Easy Lives, Pray To Be Stronger Men

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Call of Duty: Black Ops brings back to the series what has been missing in the past few games, a sense of realism. Whether it be the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba or battle in the Quang Tri province of South Vietnam, Call of Duty games have made a practice of using real historical scenarios and locations in the telling of their single player campaigns. This holds true, except of course for the last two games. 

Stu Horvath

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Email: stuhorvath@unwinnable.com Twitter: @StuHorvath XBL: Saint of Fools      PSN: SaintofFools Stu Horvath is the captain of this ship of fools, contributor to Wired, former videogame critic and photo editor for the New York Daily News (review index), one-time Crispy Gamer contributor, photographer (portfolio) and general cranky bastard. He is an enthusiast of things pulpy and weird, well versed in most things geeky and obsessed with things old and abandoned. He likes hats, has presided over three weddings to date and often jokes about worshiping Cthulhu. He also thinks that writing about himself in the third person makes him sound like