Ghouls and Glitches: Revisiting the Sony/Bethesda Relationship
Bethesda and PS3 mix together about as well as oil and water. And the resulting games are about as fun as trying to escape drowning when the oil on the water is on fire
Category Archives: Video Games
Xbox One Update – The Whole Internet Connection Thing
Some updated post-reveal news from Xbox about the One and always-on
OK Kids, Let’s Talk Xbox One.
As we all probably have been guessing for a while, the traditional game console as we know it is over, and the war for your whole living room gets real.
The Last of Us; Infected Trailer
I really wish I still had a PS3 just to play The Last of Us. This trailer is a couple of weeks old now, which makes it a fossil in internet time, but it still deserves a look from those of you who haven’t seen it. I really like the concepts that Naughty Dog is putting into this series. Having beaten the entire Jak and Daxter series and the first two Uncharted games it’s easy to trust them with smart, fun, and engaging games.
Oh Nintendo, Why Do You Confuse Me So?
Nintendo is not having a press conference at E3 this year. Trimming the proverbial fat with their direct-to-customer Nintendo Direct videos, or is this a major misstep in the Wii U’s infancy?
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Update on my Adventure)
I pop the disc in and a large update is immediately required. I have heard that this update touched up the graphics a bit, fixed a slew of bugs, and made the AI more aggressive. I begin playing on Ultimate Badass difficulty. My first impression is that the graphics are akin to a first generation title (meaning it looks like it’s about 6 years old), but that they aren’t terrible. The first chunk of the game is actually very compelling, giving a good atmosphere that caught me with a couple of well-timed jump scares.
Warframe Review
I try my hand at Warframe, a new online third person shooter that’s currently in open beta right now. Will this one be the online co-op shooter we’ve been waiting for, or is it another Huxley?
Teaching History with Time Travel
In which I ruin another great science fiction sub-genre by turning it into a learning opportunity.
What Even Defines an RPG Anymore?
The term RPG has come to encompass a myriad of titles and genre subsets and it now begs the question “What is an RPG? Is that genre even a useful classification anymore?”
A True Keyblade Master
Ansem is all about the Darkness. He wants to live in it, be it, and create an entire kingdom bathed in it. Welcome to the Kingdom Hearts fandom! It took me quite a while to unscramble my brain and organize all the time travel so I will touch briefly on all four incarnations and then sum up on why this person is the perfect embodiment of all evil and deserves to burn on a pyre.
Putting the Reviews to the Test
Tonight I embark upon a quest to play a game that critics have panned as, “an awful game” by Kotaku, “unfinished” by IGN, and “get away from this bitch” by Destructoid.
Did You Miss It? – Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
At long last, Luigi’s Mansion has been given a sequel on the 3DS. The result? It’s a delightfully comic and eerie adventure, one that takes the innovation of its predecessor to beautiful new heights.
The World’s Biggest Game of PONG hits the Philadelphia Skyline
How do you kick off Philly Tech Week 2013? How about a record-setting game of pong on a 29 story building for all the city to see?
The Evil Within
IGN got the scoop on Bethesda and Shinji Mikami’s new survival horror game that promises to be “true” survival horror. We shall see…. No gameplay is featured in the debut trailer, but the bloody four-armed woman looks promising.
Video Games Live. Oh man.
I decided to indulge in the classier of video game arts and go to Video Games Live, the go-to traveling symphony featuring solely video game music. And it was incredible.
Bioshock: Infinite Review
In the future, when people argue about whether a game can be a vessel for conveying themes or considered art, I hope Bioshock: Infinite will be part of the conversation.
Microsoft Creative Director Doesn’t Deny Always-On Rumors, Tells us to #dealwithit.
Microsoft Studios’ Creative Director Adam Orth slung some arrogant and naive hash over always-on rumors for the next Xbox. Microsoft needs to start giving us answers, and not treat us like morons.
PAX East 2013 Part 3 – Dive Kick, Elder Scrolls Online, Heroes and Generals
We wrap up our PAX East 2013 coverage with Dive Kick, Elder Scrolls Online, and Heroes and Generals
PAX East 2013 Part 2 – Transistor, Rain Slick 4, Duck Tales Remastered, KH 1.5 HD Remix
Day 2 of PAX coverage rolls on with Transistor, Penny Arcade’s On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4, Duck Tales Remastered, and Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix
PAX East 2013 Report Part 1 – Watch_Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Saints Row IV, and Last of Us
PAX East has a bevy of tasty titles to sample from. Let’s start off with Watch_Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Saints Row IV, and the Last of US
nVidia at PAX East: Project SHIELD Hands-On
My thoughts and experiences on nVidia’s Project Shield mobile gaming device with a hands-on at PAX East 2013
The Greatest RPGs You Haven’t Played (Part II)
On the last installment of The Greatest RPGS You Haven’t Played I left you with a thrilling turn-based RPG in immortal steampunk adventure land, as well as a strategy-based RPG set in the trenches of something suspiciously like World War II. We must press onward today into the recesses of bargain bins of game stores everywhere in the hopes of finding the great unplayed RPGs of years past!
PAX East Panel Postmortem: Game Designers are Defining the Next 50 Years of Education
Steve Swink lays out how the future of education and preparing this generation for the world’s complex problems can be solved through educational games at PAX East
5 Games I Enjoyed the Floppy Out Of
Happy Sunday, everyone!
I was actually preparing a wholly different article (a Sucks to Be a Noob), but personal tragedies didn’t allow me time to complete it properly so I am sort of cheating with this top 5 list. No worries though, we won’t become a Newsarama type of site, where all you see are top 10 lists!
The Greatest RPGs You Haven’t Played (Part I)
I have been spending my recent gaming time going through the great RPGs of past years; games with rich and compelling worlds, well-written characters, an engaging combat system, and a beautiful soundtrack. I’m certainly excited for the new horizon of the gaming industry, but there are some games that I will always hold close to my heart .These RPGs are not major blockbusters like Final Fantasy XIII or Skyrim. They may have caught your eye once or twice, or were recommended to you by a wise friend, but you were too busy blasting halos with your gears of war to pay attention. So I thought I would share some of these wonderful games with you before the next generation systems are released and you spend all of your gaming time enjoying their 3D compatibility, super HD resolution, motion controls, six-layer axis controls, pineapple dongles, and other such things.
