Saving the best for last.

Dragged through denial.

Lost in translation.

Greg Maletic's pinball documentary shows me the flashing lights.

Finding my way through the maze when time is scant.

Did Santa bring us coal, or delicious candy?

The defense rests.

I really don't like this game.

Sometimes your choice is no choice at all.

Finely marbled.

Werking with nostalgia.

Is it possible to hate and love a game at the same time? S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is simultaneously totally perfect and totally wretched, but the parts that are worth puttering through are damn-sure worth puttering through.

Like a plucky young reporter, I have to stand up to the media and fight for what I know is right. Sometimes a game just doesn't deserve a 9.4, no matter what IGN says.