The Fun Havers Club is a web-comic started by GameJudgment author Perry Jackson and his friend Cary Frank. It showcases their awesome artistic ability and makes fun of videogames in web-comic form. This week’s installment introduces us to the comic’s main characters, Zach (brown guy, headphones) and Trent (white guy, d-Pad shirt), two gamers wondering what happened to all the classic game titles. Every week (on a date that still needs to be determined) you can read the latest comic from the Fun Havers club, right here on GameJudgment.com. This week’s issue tackles the classic NES title, Balloon Fight. If you want to learn more about Fun Havers Club, catch… (more…)

Final Fantasy XIII is the only video game I have ever returned to a store. Yes, it was that bad, and I absolutely hated it. Square Enix, why are you releasing a sequel to a game that was generally resented by even Final Fantasy’s most hardcore fans? It just doesn’t make sense. When I was younger, the release of a Final Fantasy game always seemed like a special occasion. New entries in the franchise came out every few years and gamers everywhere were certain each Final Fantasy title would offer quality, narrative driven gaming. Now it feels like a new Final Fantasy title comes out every few months and, most… (more…)

It’s been a awhile since I’ve played a Resident Evil title.  In fact, I haven’t followed Resident Evil Revelations’ development much at all. I did, however, end up downloading the 3DS demo from the eShop on a whim.  I admit that I didn’t expect much, figuring it would play similarly to last year’s Resident Evil Mercenaries.  To my surprise, Revelations is a much  better game. I should also mention how glad I am that Nintendo has finally started releasing demos (although the fact that they can only be played 30 times is a little ridiculous). I’ve always believed that game demos are the best way to convince consumers that your… (more…)

There’s no doubt that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is a great video game console.  It’s provided me with years of entertainment.  My friends and I have played countless hours of multiplayer.  I have enjoyed every minute I’ve spent with my Xbox 360. Unfortunately, the Xbox 360 is not a flawless piece of hardware.  Most gamers are familiar with the Red Ring of Death that has plagued the console since its launch.  I personally fell victim to the Red Ring of Death (commonly referred to as RRoD) three times.  The first time I got the RRoD was towards the end of 2006. I wasn’t covered to get my Xbox fixed  -  Microsoft’s… (more…)

On January 2, roughly 150 Foxconn workers threatened to commit mass suicide in Wuhan China.  They had climbed onto the roof of the factory where they were paid to produce Xbox 360s.  Foxconn, which also produces products for Nintendo, Sony, Apple, and more, has a history of employee suicides dating back to 2010. When I learned of the 150 Foxconn worker’s plight, the first thing I thought was, “this is pretty disturbing.” I figured things must be terrible if people threaten suicide  because of their working conditions. Add the fact that last year there were about seventeen people who decided to take the plunge into nothing, fourteen of them making it the last… (more…)

I’ve always had a strange attachment to the Halo franchise. For me, Halo: Combat Evolved was the game of high school. Everyone was playing it and cafeteria conversations always somehow ended up being Halo related. But lately, I can’t stand the franchise. I tried getting back into Halo: Reach’s multiplayer last night and got absolutely destroyed. But that wasn’t the only reason I wasn’t having fun. It doesn’t matter if it’s the multiplayer or the single player, I think I just have what I like to call Halo fatigue. I’ve played a lot of Halo: CE in my life and have spent countless hours with friends messing around in local… (more…)

Today, sites across the Internet are taking a stand in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) – two pieces of proposed legislation in the U.S. Wikipedia, N4G and Reddit are but a few of the big names taking part in a worldwide protest against what many feel is the threat of free and readily available information from across the globe.  This isn’t the first time an online or even offline group has protested the PIPA and SOPA acts, but the way in which it is being done is indeed clever. By showing people what the two pieces of legislation will lead to: the… (more…)

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is a great console backed by a reasonably reputable company, but lately Xbox Live has experienced serious security issues. Reports dating back to October 2011 state that some Xbox Live members have had their accounts hacked and stolen right from under their noses. The common factor in all of these cases has been FIFA 11 and FIFA 12. Even if the Xbox Live member has never played FIFA it shows up on their account as a recently played game with associated downloadable content. An Xbox Live friend of mine recently had her account hacked as noted on her blog. It started when she noticed unauthorized Microsoft purchases via her… (more…)

To all those who are playing Skyrim I raise my hand in salute.  For those thinking about it that haven’t played other Bethesda made games such as Fallout 3 or other Elder Scrolls entries like Morrowind, Oblivion, etcetera – keep in mind this game can be downright addictive. The game’s ability to grab and hold your attention is, for the most part, a good thing.  You can spend over a hundred and fifty hours in-game and still not run out of things to do.  Skyrim’s ‘Radiant Story,’ designed to create random quests for players to fulfill on the fly, means that technically you will never run out of quests.  (I… (more…)

I created a list in August 2010 entitled ‘The Never Ending Console vs. PC Debate.’ The piece detailed my reasons for being a console gamer as opposed to being a PC gamer.  I’m here today to hang my head in shame and let the PC community know that I’ve seen the light. Well, sort of… I’ve never been one for claiming that a specific gaming platform is superior to the other.  In fact, I feel that the last post was taken slightly out of context, yet I do admit that from the beginning it implied consoles were superior. I’m going to take the three points I mentioned before and discuss… (more…)