Like many players, I usually move on to the next conquest when a new release comes to my doorstep. That are some games that you go back to over and over even though your game library keeps growing. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has the magic stuff that keeps me coming back for more. I sat down pondering why this is so when many games seem to have some sort of shelf life in my personal library. Doing It Right Perhaps the [...]
As you may have gathered from my review, I really enjoyed Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. I thought the gameplay was fun, albeit a bit buggy, and being able to revisit a high-definition version of Raccoon City is something I’ve dreamt about since the last time I did so in Umbrella Chronicles. Additionally, the reappearance of a certain Umbrella security operative by the name of Hunk made me recall the insane amount of time I spent earning the privilege to [...]
On draft day, a lot of prospects were compared to the great football players of yesteryear. When we talk about the greatest football games of all time, nothing compares to Tecmo Super Bowl, a game released just a little over 20 years ago. Simple is best Tecmo Super Bowl is the gold standard when it comes to simple football games. The pure simplicity of Tecmo Super Bowl is what made this game so popular. Modern football games contain pages and pages of plays to select [...]
My girlfriend and I had recently discussed our loathing for Valentine’s Day and so we decided not to do anything special for it and just treat it as a normal day. That being said, I couldn’t help but want to do something special for her after seeing everyone on my Facebook wall doing sweet things for their loved ones. I remembered that Rhythm Heaven Fever was coming out and the various gaming media were touting its glory and that my girlfriend LOVED the Rhythm Heaven game for [...]
By the age of 24, I’d pretty much given up on video games. I was more interested in strengthening my DVD collection than owning the latest consoles and games. Plus, I didn’t have enough income to bolster both collections so ultimately, one had to suffer. That is…until I started working at a bar in Davis, CA. After every shift, a group of us would head over to one of two apartments, one conveniently located directly on top of the other. The [...]
It is the summer after my sophomore year in college. I had received Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty the previous Christmas and had yet to beat it. In fact, I had barely even played it. For any single player game focused on story I had to be alone with no distractions. That was hardly possible in a dorm room shared with a techno-loving, pizza-grease-licking weirdo who listened to the Scorpions’ Wind of Change seven times in a row one [...]
I need to talk today about a moment that is important in the life of every young gamer. When we’re young, we have all sorts of influences on our gaming habits. We may have parents who play, older siblings we watch play, or even friends at school we play with. At some point later you gain your independence and play a game that will be yours and yours alone. You’ve picked this game because you just think it’s fun. You [...]
The strategy game genre has made me question myself as a gamer more than any other genre. Most of the games end up pushing my brain and multitasking abilities to the point where I freeze up and can no longer process how to keep playing the game. Others have an exploit or two that always works so I become bored with the game and move on. Forget multiplayer, as nothing is worse than getting schooled before you even knew you [...]
There was a time when all I wanted to do was play video games. That time hasn’t really come to an end, but this was when I was a younger gentleman. I would choose my friends based on their interest in the medium I love. When I was playing city league baseball in my hometown, I made a new friend. I went to this friend’s house one day to hang out, only to find that he lacked a video game system [...]
I’m all about achievements, but I rarely go after the multiplayer ones. Most of them require a ridiculous amount of playing time and I just don’t have that much time to commit to a single game. Unlockables rank even lower on my list. I’ve never cared about special skins, or different ways to dress up your character, let alone in a beta. My interests online lie strictly between my boomstick and your face. Somehow Epic managed to change my mind with the Gears [...]
