Ron Burke

Long time readers of the site are aware that I was severely injured during the military.  I lost more than 75% of my hearing due to a massive explosion that also ruptured my ear drums, snapped tendons in my ankles, damaged my knee, and whipped my head to the pavement.

The team at Gaming Trend are giving away eight codes for the recently-released 4X strategy game, Warlock 2: The Exiled on Steam! While you check out the videos over at the Steam Store page, check out this quick description: Warlock 2 is a turn-based strategy game of fantasy warfare. Rival

Everyone around you is partying, slamming Overdrive energy drinks, and pulsing with the “untz untz untz” coming from the stage as a smarmy Fizzco rep slings their latest sugar buzz. You? You are the loser in the janitor uniform, getting to pick up trash and their discarded cans. Your life

Near where I work in Scottsdale Arizona there is a McLaren store.  I see absolutely gorgeous McLarens zipping around while I dream of a world where I could afford one.  Well, until that happens I’ll have to enjoy it in the upcoming game from Slightly Mad Studios, World of

It isn’t all Dragon Age and Rock Band drums for me – my real-world job is even more geeky than that.  I’m the Manager of Production Network Engineering for one of the largest companies in the world.  I’ve been in the Network world for nearly twenty years, so

Growing up in southern California and now living in Arizona, I’ve been to Disneyland nearly every year of my life.  I dread the parking, the ever-rising ticket prices, and the long lines, but the second I cross the entrance on to Main Street USA all of that is forgotten.

Alien was released on an unsuspecting audience in 1979 by director Ridley Scott.  The beginning of the movie moves at a glacial pace, setting the stage for the feast of incredible cinematic storytelling that fills the third act.  Everything from the slow descent and landing sequence of the Nostromo to

If you don’t immediately know the name Shinji Mikami, he and others at Capcom are the reason why we have survival horror games in the first place. Credited as the force behind the Resident Evil series, Shinji-san went on to help build the likes of Devil May Cry, Phoenix