Are video games simply becoming entirely too real? Well, for some of us out there, this is part of the new attraction. And yet, it begs the question; “When is real, too real?”

After last week’s little hiatus, I was prepared to end the year with a few countdowns.

Now that I am actually sitting down to write my last column of ‘05, I’ve had a little change of heart.

I recently turned 18, and that has caused me to reminisce on the past a bit.

Nothing too utterly serious, but at the same time not merely idle daydreams. I started at it! magazine back in my eighth-grade year, and now I am a senior.

When I started writing, my territory was mostly video-game reviews. Video games used to be my thing; I used to love video games. [Read the rest]