Brandon Strader

The year was 1987… While certain individuals were wasting their time “being born”, others were off starting a legacy that would last for generations.

I’m talking about the Final Fantasy series, of course. This game was created by Squaresoft in 1987 as a last resort for a failing company, but ended up changing their future. It made the name ‘Squaresoft’ synonymous with RPGs… (more…)

This is just a quick shout out in support of this really cool game a friend worked on. It’s called Kaleidoscope, and it was released on the Indie Games platform on the Xbox 360. I’ve got to say this is easily the most colorful game I’ve played on the Xbox, and yes, I have played Beatles Rock Band. (more…)

This past Tuesday, two big games came out: BioShock 2, and Dante’s Inferno. I went with Dante’s Inferno, and I am really glad that I did. I enjoyed this game a lot, and I’ll probably have a lot more fun with it in the future. The re-playability is insane, and the Resurrection mode (new game+?) will help me max out the rest of my stats and such.

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My parents are insane. Well, maybe not, but there has to be something wrong with them to be able to put up with me for as long as they have! Plus music is not a very cheap hobby.
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I have been a writer on the staff of Maelstrom since Issue #43 in March 2006. Over the years, I’ve had a really great time writing about a huge abundance of diverse music. I used to spend so much money buying CDs, which has lowered to about 0 to 5 CD purchases a year at this point. Last year, I bought Darkest Hour, Muse, Dream Theater, and that was near the end of the year, but I digress.

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