2011 in Video Games (and my 2011 Game of the Year)

[caption id=“attachment_5240” align=“alignleft” width=“150” caption=“Team Fortress 2”] [/caption] Civilization V (75 hrs) - What can I say about this game that I haven’t said already? This is the series that made “One More More Turn…” famous and it still works today. If I were to start a game tonight, I would not go to bed at a reasonable time. Team Fortress 2 (70 hrs 45 min) - This game is almost as addictive as Civ 5....

January 4, 2012 Â· 4 min Â· EricMesa

Tetris: An Introspective Review

Tetris is the first video game I was unable to shut off on command. Players of Sid Meier’s Civilization are familiar with the problem of “one more turn”, similar to the bookworm’s “one more page”. Tetris was my first “one more turn” game. I first played Tetris when I was five or six and received my Gameboy for my birthday or Christmas. [caption id="" align=“alignleft” width=“237” caption=“Tetris on Gameboy, the definitive version in my eyes”] [/caption]...

October 7, 2009 Â· 11 min Â· EricMesa