At the humble age of 3, TJ ran away from his parents during a vacation in Colorado. They found him in an arcade, standing on a chair, playing Neo Geo's World Heroes. Years later, TJ has a passion for video games across most all genres and is particularly interested in the cultural shifts and trends of video game development. When he's not playing around on PCs and consoles, he's writing creatively and working on short stories and ideas for novels or checking out bad movies with a few friends over a few drinks and some laughs, whichever comes first.
T.J. Denzer
10 Greatest Gifts For Your PlayStation 4 Pals
We’ve brought together the most stellar of PlayStation 4 offerings in one place to arrange a gift guide that will leave any PS4 player joyous and merry this season.
Halo 2 Helped Lay the Foundation For Modern Online Gaming
It was on this day in 2004 that Bungie attempted to capture lightning in a bottle a second time with the release of Halo 2.
Balance of the Force: The Best ‘Star Wars’ Cosplay
We may be far removed from the original days of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Darth Vader, but those stories are nonetheless timeless. If anything, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was proof enough that almost four decades later, the world is still ready to have intergalactic larger than life heroes and villains that tell a fantastic story.
Perhaps most importantly, the Star Wars universe, both core and expanded, is an incredibly rich tapestry of characters that provide endless opportunity for cosplay. In celebration of the characters we are quite familiar with and those that are a little more obscure, we’ve gathered a grand array of cosplay here in one place.
The Final Station Review (PC)
The Final Station challenges the player with scarcity and survival and weaves just enough context to make the world built around it interesting.
Breaking Down the Bat in Batman: Arkham Asylum
it was on this day in 2009 that the stars aligned and a starving fan base finally received the definitive Dark Knight experience it had longed for in the form of Batman: Arkham Asylum.
How GoldenEye 007 Made the Console FPS Relevant
It was on this day in 1997 that Rare released GoldenEye 007 exclusively for the N64 and opened the discussion on both the market of console shooters and the more “realistic” approach that would culminate in numerous hit franchises later on.
10 Video Game Mascots We’d Love to See Again
With time passed and few new players present in the market, we think these mascots deserve another chance to show what they can do. These are the 10 video mascots we’d love to see again.
Donkey Kong Jr. Flipped the Script on a Classic Formula
Today in 1982, North American players saw their chance to continue the rivalry of Mario and Donkey Kong with Donkey Kong Jr.