If the only thing keeping you in DC is a fear of change then I'd say yes, make the move.

Does Labyrinth count as a game? My father brought home a version once while he was traveling and I was instantly hooked. There's something about that game - it requires patience, stillness, precision; it's very unforgiving. I think my dad appreciated the interest I took in the game - once I'd gotten very good at it…

You're in a three-way tie for fourth place in the "Best Smelling Commenter" category. Whether that's a compliment on your aroma or your olfactory abilities I don't know.

Happy New Year Gameologicians! I trust we all survived the icy hellscape that threatened to become our tomb? Our most-commented article this week was the Newswire on the new Aliens game with 240 comments. And now, the Top 5:

Regrettably I only have an XBox right now; there's so many PS-exclusive games that I'm dying to try but which I'll probably never get the chance.

Most of my family aren't gamers so recommending games to them is a pointless exercise. The only success I've had in getting my parents to even pick up a controller was last Christmas when I convinced them to try a few Wii Sports games - we had a blast with the duelling and frisbee games but I can't imagine trying to…

Your mother and I are very proud of you, but how come you never call? God forbid we should find out about your drawings on your Facebook web journal. Also, your mother wants to know if you've met anyone.

You need to know the actual Disqus account ID, not just the display name, and you need to append the ":disqus" to the end of the tag manually. Typing "@ Spacemonkey_Mafia :disqus" without all the spaces will do it.

Bravo, @Spacemonkey_Mafia:disqus, bravo!

Hidely-Ho, neglectarinos! My apologies for my unavoidable absence last week but no worries, I've made sure to give everyone their appropriate studs, including last week's Top 5 Most Liked (which you can find at these links: One, Two, Three, Four, Five.) Due to events beyond my control I may be absent from time to…

Dragon Warrior when we got our NES in (probably) 1990. Oh it was a revelation to a nerdy, fantasy-obsessed kid like myself.

There's something about games like Baloney that are so thrilling, so subversive. Baloney, Balderdash, Call My Bluff, Malarkey, even "unofficial" games like Liar's Poker that encourage you to lie right to someone's face, they have a strange power. I LOVE that they encourage you to break the social contract, reward…

I kept expecting him to crash into a cone or a wall of toys, or just slowly teeter over. He barely looked in control of that thing.

Nice try, Illuminati. We know what's really going on.

I definitely agree with this sentiment. Hardware has improved so much in recent years, and prices have fallen so far that it's difficult for me to justify dropping $500 for what is still essentially a single-use device (yes, yes, it integrates everything, but I already have a music player, I already have a cable box,…

Well, I see @fluka:disqus and @chewbaccaabercrombie:disqus already got here before me, but I liked Saints Row 4 because its tongue was planted firmly in its cheek. This was a game that was reverent about irreverence; it was rude, crude, and boisterous. It frequently cracked jokes at the expense of video games and…

In fact you got 3 studs, putting you in a tie for third with 3 other commenters. You had a Soupy selection and a Top 5 comment. Relax, you have plenty of time to establish your dominance.

Oh, I can think of so many! A game based on Gormenghast, a first-person survival horror game where you explore a ruined castle while being pursued by a relentless killer who's much smarter than you - can you avoid all of his traps? Terror, Inc. would make a great, gruesomely Mega Man-esque game where to power…

Ahhh, sweet Friday eases the pain (Friday is my nickname for hardcore drugs.) Let's do it to it, shall we?

This weekend I'll probably be finishing up Saints Row 4 and I hope to also get some two-fisted gaming in with my gaming buddy - a multiplayer game of Civ4/Fall From Heaven, him plexing in EVE Online and me running some of Arkham City's Predator missions, because there's just something so satisfying and solid about…