Author: Tim Taylor

As I sit here reviewing my ramblings on the subject of video gaming, I’ve noticed one very distinct common thread among nearly all of my articles. I talk almost exclusively about the $9,000,000 big-business corporations that collide and interbreed to form something that I tend to lump together into an

Passwords. Let’s face it: they’re terrible. As a staple of online security, passwords are often too weak or too widely used. A properly complex, completely random password is very hard to remember. Additionally, even if a password could be completely random, chances are that it would be used across multiple

Today, I want to talk to you all about a little something I like to call the Sonic Fan Base Effect. This really shouldn’t ring a bell for anybody, since I made the term up, so let me begin my explanation (like always) with some background. The Sonic Fan Base

Let me make sure that one thing is crystal clear: It’s only October. The date of publication of this article is October 5. Halloween is the next major holiday, followed a month later by Thanksgiving. Why is it, then, that my mind remains absolutely fixated on Christmas, which is almost

Let me make sure that one thing is crystal clear: It is September. The date of publication of this article is Sept. 28. Halloween is the next major holiday, followed a month later by Thanksgiving. Why is it, then, that my mind remains absolutely fixated on Christmas, which is more

Today, it’s likely that a good portion of you with eligible cellular contracts are, even at this moment, standing in line at an Apple, Verizon, AT&T or Sprint retailer, waiting for your chance to fork over $199 plus tax for something that Apple wants you to think is the greatest

Or you could just play video games. That works too. Summer is one of the best times to catch up on the never-ending pile of new releases that have stacked up throughout the past school year, and efficient time management can see ten to 20 games beaten in the three

Despite the sales of Call of Duty and other American franchises, we all know that the best video games come from Japan. If you’re a gamer, you are either nodding in approval of this statement or shaking your fist at my effigy in rage, provided you have stalked me sufficiently

Tell me something, fellow gamers: why do we play games? I can think of hundreds of cynical answers to that question right off the bat, but I want you to think seriously for a second. Why play games at all? Not just video games, even, but any games? Why engage

Since December 25 of last year, when I received a Galaxy Nexus smartphone, I have been an early adopter of Google Wallet. I am very proud of this fact, to the point where I will go out of my way to shop at retailers who support this technology and make shameless plugs for Google Wallet