Nelson Schneider - wrote on 09/30/12 at 02:38 PM CT

Previously, I discussed Valve’s beta test of Big Picture Mode for the Steam gaming platform. While Big Picture Mode goes a long way to homogenize the PC/console gaming interface, much like the 7th Generation has homogenized PC/console gaming libraries, ...

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 09/23/12 at 01:50 PM CT

Some attentive members of MeltedJoystick have already noticed this, and it was announced through our Press Release system. However, I would now like to officially announce that the MeltedJoystick database now includes PC games.

Why add PC games to a site created by console gamers, for console gamers? This site was built by two...

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 09/16/12 at 05:06 PM CT

I recently went through my cabinet of PC gaming paraphernalia to take stock of what games and peripherals I had accumulated and to see if any of it still worked. While I decided to hold onto the boxes of floppy disks containing games I was never able to play, the other pile I discovered quickly found itself dumped into a sack and hauled-off to the GoodWill: Controllers.

I’ve always preferred g...

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 09/09/12 at 01:13 PM CT

Ever since code combers first found embedded references to Xbox Live in the Windows 8 source code, I’ve been excited about the prospect of Microsoft finally doing right by their firstborn child and giving Windows some proper gaming attention, instead of lavishing mountains of praise o...

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 09/02/12 at 02:51 PM CT

Welcome to another look into the near future. September is now upon us, and the Summer Game Drought is officially over, with a deluge of new releases. But is this the long awaited rainfall we’ve been awaiting, or is it a downpour of acidic pollution? I’m leaning toward the latter.

The FPS drought has finally ended with the multi-platform release of “