Author: Billy White

Billy White writes the weekly Time Waster review for GiN. As you might expect, this makes him the embodiment of procrastination at GiN, which works out perfectly since his job is to find fun ways to waste time. Billy came up with the idea behind GiN's Weekly Time Waster when he realized that a lot of great but smaller games don't get the attention they deserve. It helps that he spends a lot of his free time spelunking the Internet for the best browser based games. When not "wasting time" Billy likes to delve into the world of RPG's, and it doesn't matter what type of RPG it is. From Elder Scrolls to Final Fantasy and all the way to tabletop RPG's, Billy loves them all. To go along with this, he loudly proclaims to anyone who will listen that Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross are the two best games to ever exist and hopes that one day his write-in campaign will convince Square Enix to revisit the series.

A Tactical Victory!

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together may be a remake of a much older game, but on the PSP, it really turns heads as a solid, good-looking tactical war game with heavy RPG elements.

Weekly Time Waster: BattlePaint

BattlePaint takes a unique twist on the normal idea of top down shooters by making you defeat paint! You’ll be sure to waste a lot of time with this one!

Lord of the Copycats

The latest Monster Hunter, wait, we mean, Lord of Arcana game borrows heavily from other titles. Not that this is a bad thing but don’t expect anything really innovative.

Weekly Time Waster: Glittering Success!

GemCraft Labyrinth is a tower defense game that throws out gun towers for gem towers. This game is filled to the brim with gem combinations and strategy so that you’ll be playing it for hours.

Crying Tears of Joy (and Frustration)!

Following on the heels of the stunningly beautiful original game that melted PCs everywhere, Crysis 2 hits the ground running for both PCs and next generation consoles. But is this advanced shooter worth the hype?

Kingdom Hearts Should Not Be Re-hashed

While our reviewer loves the Kingdom Hearts series, he finds that Re:coded just doesn’t quite measure up to the other games. Instead, we have a mix of re-hashed and half-baked ideas.

Friendship Force 5!

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 5 is the latest of the card-dueling titles in the Yu-Gi-Oh world. Although the story line here is a little weak, the card battles are intense.

Chainsaws + Zombies = A Good Day

Fixing many of the problems of the first game, Dead Rising 2 lets you use your noodle to fight zombies, you know, by building mega weapons using leaf blowers and chainsaws.

Tag Team Trouble

Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi Tag Team tries to mix up the normal fighting found in Dragon Ball games with the addition of partner controlled AI. Yea, that always works out well.