My wife is awesome. As one of my birthday presents in June, she brought home a huge stack of comic books dating from 1988-1989 that someone had left in the giveaway pile near her office. Surprisingly, almost all of these were in mint condition, and whoever left them apparently once had a devoted crush on…

From Gamezebo: True to its name, Space Empires: Battle for Supremacy has some lofty ambitions. A spirited Facebook port of a 17-year-old cult PC franchise seasoned with a dash of Farmville, a hint of StarCraft, and a thick topping of Imperion, Space Empires was developed by Nvinium Games in the hopes of bridging “the gap…

From Gamezebo: Whatever happened to the days when developers who wished to rip off popular games would at least make some attempt to mask or redesign their “inspirations?” No, that’s not Mario, we’d hear; that’s Swordless Ninja. That’s not Scrabble, we’d hear; that’s Words With Friends. In Plants VS Aliens, the influence of both Plants…

Final Fantasy XIII knows it’s beautiful. Whether it’s flashing split second masterpieces of technical beauty in the form of carefully individualized scuffs and creases on leather holsters or flirting with eerily realistic depictions of hair swaying in the wind, Square Enix’s latest creation seduces its players with one jaw-dropping display of beauty after another. At…