Working on Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Living with the members of Organization XIII every day in the slick, post-modern “World That Never Was,” it’s easy to start feeling a little underdressed.
Lost Planet 2 Announced on Xbox LIVE
Capcom announces Lost Planet 2 for the Xbox 360 via a promotional trailer debuting exclusively on Xbox LIVE. DanBirlew.com has the footage for your viewing pleasure.
No Time for Games!
My current book project has me so tied up that I’ve been unable to finish my RE5 online guide or blog about other issues. Meanwhile, I bought a bargain price copy of Silent Hill Homecoming from NewEgg.com, just about the best tech store online. All I’ve had time to do is watch the opening video [...]
Resident Evil 5 Demo Walkthrough: Shanty Town
A walkthrough for the Shanty Town stage of the Resident Evil 5 demo by strategy guide author Dan Birlew.
Resident Evil 5 Demo Videos: Shanty Town
HD quality videos of the Resident Evil 5 demo, recorded and shared by strategy guide author Dan Birlew.
True Blood Season 2 Starts June 14
At times intense, but mostly quirky and humorous, True Blood is a real joy to watch. The vampire storyline often takes a backseat to all the dumb situations the human characters get themselves into.
Okay I admit it… I’m LOST
Season 5 of LOST delivered, and then some. Season recap and theories from the season finale of the most controversial show currently on television.
It’s the End of the World…Again
If the world really does end because of some epidemic, people won’t say that the Bible or the Mayans predicted it, they’ll be pointing at Stephen King.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In strikes a harmonious chord of balance, a tale of teen angst and adolescent love with more charm and “truth” than most other vampire movies of late.
Shenanigans on Lost
One Lost episode ends with the death of a pivotal character long before he becomes a pivotal character. The next episode begins with the producers taking it all back. Psych! Read Dan’s analysis and compare the facts.
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume Guide
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume is an engrossing and challenging turn-based strategy RPG with hundreds of hours of game play. Get the guide today!
Star Ocean Second Evolution Strategy Guide
After co-authoring the official strategy guide for Star Ocean First Departure on the PSP, picking right up with the next game seemed natural enough. Michael Lummis and I took much the same approach to Second Evolution as we did on the previous guide. Inside the book you’ll find complete maps with item callouts, pickpocket lists, [...]
Star Ocean First Departure Strategy Guide
Shipping now is my latest official strategy guide for the video game Star Ocean First Departure for the Sony PlayStation Portable. Co-authored with fellow vet Greg Sepelak, the book covers this great remake of the original game in the series.
First released by Enix in 1996 for the Super Famicom in Japan and developed by Tri-Ace, this [...]
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 on June 19th
Wow, it’s been a long time since I logged in here to give you some news. But I finally have a new book on the shelves. My new guide for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 hits store shelves on Tuesday, June 19th. Just like the guide for the previous fighting game in the series, this book [...]
Complete Guide to the Wii
Dropping today is my new book, You and Wii: Everything You Need to Know, a complete guide to the Wii hardware. Topics in the book include how to set up your living room or playing space, how to configure the Wii menus, and how to connect the Wii to the internet in the most basic [...]
Book Signing: Neoncon 2008
I‘m proud to be a Guest of Honor at Neoncon 2008, hosted at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on November 1, 2008. Neoncon is Las Vegas’s biggest and best gaming convention, with attendance mushrooming from year to year. Attendees engage in dozens of RPGs and tabletop games. Neoncon is now expanding [...]
Dan Birlew Interview Posted at GameCouch.com
Terry Bosky interviewed me for his GameCouch.com blog. The subject of the interview is the strategy guide business, the process of writing, and my future plans. Please have a look!
AIDS Walk
My wife, Laura Coronado Birlew, is participating in AIDS Walk Las Vegas 2008 along with her co-workers. If you would like to make a donation, please click here. It’s amazing to me that after more than 20 years of AIDS society, there is still no cure for this disease. Laura’s walk takes place April 20, [...]
Interview at Capcom’s Community Blog
Capcom just posted my interview regarding Devil May Cry 4 and the strategy guide I am currently writing. You can view it at Capcom’s Community Blog.
Layout Update
I‘ve officially changed the themes and layout of my blog and my forums to darker, cleaner, smoother themes. It took a few days to clean up the css and make some personal modifications, but the site should now be working good and looking great in both IE and Google Chrome. I think IE probably still [...]
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