Todd Hargosh, Testing Director

Todd's columns have appeared in many publications such as GamePro, Electronic Gaming Monthly, PC Gamer, and Electronic Games. Todd is a founding member of GiN and speaks from an "old school" gamer's perspective. Embracing the notions of all classic gaming, game soundtracks, and the original "hardcore style," he also shuns the trends he feels are ruining the game industry, such as the embracement of 3D, the over-saturation of MMOs, and misleading game advertising.

Tokyo Games Secrets

September 23, 2005 Todd Hargosh

The Tokyo Games show revealed many secrets including an aging snake, a wacky Nintendo controller and Microsoft’s major 360 launch date.

Game Review - Coded Arms

PSP's FPS Try

September 14, 2005 Todd Hargosh

Coded Arms may have quite a few flaws in terms of environments and repetitive gameplay, but the game looks good and shows that FPS are possible on the PSP.

Hardcore

Exclusive Deals Don't Mean Mediocre Games

September 9, 2005 Todd Hargosh

With the NFL season kicking off, Todd reflects on the theory that once Madden killed all competition for football games, that the franchise would go downhill. Hardly!

Game Review - Flatout

Burnout Wannabe

September 5, 2005 Todd Hargosh

Although trying to be like industry standard Burnout 3 seems to be a new sport for game companies, Flatout never really gets out of the gate.

Hardcore

Microsoft's Pricing Strategy

August 26, 2005 Todd Hargosh

Microsoft is offering two different prices for the Xbox 360, but the way Hargosh has it figured, people who buy the lower-end system are getting shafted.

Hardcore

The Lies Continue

August 19, 2005 Todd Hargosh

With Sony lying about the 2.0 PSP upgrade and retailers leaving him outside in a thunderstorm at midnight during a supposed Madden launch, it’s been a bad week.