2012 has been an interesting year for me when it comes to gaming. There were months where I hardly had time to play (getting married takes a lot of your extra time) and there were months where it seems like all I did was play. I don’t consume games at the rate that Justin L. does when he BUYS ALL THE GAMES, but I got my hands on a wide variety of games throughout 2012 that ran the gamut. Gamuts. [...]
Defining ninjas is apparently a touchy subject as there are varying expectations of these secretive warriors. Justin grills Ethan about all types of video game ninjas from the loose cannon ninjas to supernatural ninjas and ninjas in bat costumes. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video game, genre, news headline, or industry story. It features a rotating cast of up to 3 members of the Horrible Night writing staff [...]
The video game backlog is always there, always daunting, sometimes mocking, never flinching, but often spectacular. Justin, Cole, and Josh discuss techniques for navigating their backlog, their greatest discoveries, and games they wish had stayed buried. The Horrible Show – Join the editorial staff of HorribleNight.com as they discuss a variety of entertainment-focused video game topics. This show was recorded live on Twitch.tv/HorribleNight. Live podcasts are featured monthly. View the archived video. Thanks to Twitch User Verdian_ and Twitter User [...]
Josh, Ethan and Justin invite Aaron along to work on their relationship skills through snarky D&D, building villages, killing orcs, dropping dreams, hearing geometry, wing manning for weasels, transforming, taking back the crazy city, and more. Super Gaming Best Friends: the podcast where Horrible Night writers and friends get caught up on their latest video game adventures and then get to know each other better by discussing off-topic interests. Show Notes Cast: Josh, Justin L, Ethan, Aaron Guide: 00:18 – Intro [...]
The history and the present state of superhero video games are starting to have a lot of similarities. Justin, Ethan and Josh look to their favorites and the missteps to try to solve the Superman problem and give superhero fans the games they deserve. The Horrible Show – Join the editorial staff of HorribleNight.com as they discuss a variety of entertainment-focused video game topics. Show Notes Cast: Justin L, Ethan, Josh Guide: 00:25 – Intro 03:10 – Game Industry Shout-outs [...]
As the game industry gets older, so do its players. Now that my generation is either entering into or is in its thirties, we have jobs, families, and other hobbies we tend to day in and day out. Lately I’ve tried getting back into a couple of open world games like Skyrim and Dead Island, and I came to the cruel realization it’s been so long since I’ve played any of them I felt old and lost on what I was supposed [...]
Friendship is fragile. Josh, Justin, Ethan, and special guest game developer, Jon Lietz test the limits of their friendship through space, ziggurats, acronyms, sneaking around, angry deities, and forgotten super heroes. Will SGBF be changed forever? Super Gaming Best Friends: the podcast where Horrible Night writers and friends get caught up on their latest video game adventures and then get to know each other better by discussing off-topic interests. Show Notes Cast: Josh, Justin L, Ethan, Jon Lietz Guide: 00:19 – [...]
It’s no secret that there were no shortage of great games this year. The tone was set early when I blew through a solid sequel with no standout flaws in Dead Space 2. Throughout the rest of the year there wasn’t much separating these games. I found myself with around 22 games that, in most years, would make my overall list and aside from one, none of them was a standout. That’s when I realized I had a wonderful problem [...]
While I can’t say that I’ve played every game that was released in 2011, I have played more games this year than any other. A lot of my time was spent playing games released in 2010, so it’s hard for me to separate the two years. That being said, I’ll be catching up on Mega Release Fall well into 2012 so next year won’t be much different. Colefacekilla’s Top 6 Games of the Year 2011 Portal 2 Uncharted 3: Drake’s [...]
2011 was a much better year for me than 2010. I learned how to use Twitter, I got to go to PAX, there were a crap-load of really great games and I met my future wife. (Author’s Note: that list was not arranged in any particular order of importance like the one below, for the record). I also learned that while some games can make phoenix-like returns to awesomeness after a decade, other games should just stay dead. I learned that [...]
