Holy cow did 2012 go really really fast! I’m still working on my backlog from 2010-2011 but that didn’t stop me from digging into a wide variety of really great titles this year. From Far Cry 3 to XCOM: Enemy Unknown and everything in between, it’s safe to say that 2013 is going to be dedicated as much to this year’s titles as it is to the amazing games it offers up. Top Games I’d Be Bros With 2012 XCOM: [...]
Steam wanted all of the attention apparently as it stole all of the conversation this week. First with a big change, and then with the sale that everyone loves/hates. It was announcement week on Horrible Night with two events kicking off, but we also found time to offer plenty of advice. Last Week’s Headlines Valve opens up Steam’s game approval system with Steam Greenlight Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs delayed to 2013 Be warned. The Steam Summer Sale is upon [...]
The sky glows orange from a raging inferno that was once a beautiful metropolis. Orphans run barefoot in the streets, desperately trying to flee the evil demons that gulped their parents down in large bloody bites. You look on with anger in your heart; your fists clenched at your sides, veins protruding from your forearms like the roots of a tree. You are this city’s only hope and you must act quickly or else see the world around you reduced [...]
I’ve always been an equal opportunity gamer, but can honestly admit that a certain bias still hung in the back of my mind like a closed-minded version of Fonzie, a Fonzie who kicked working jukeboxes so they’d stop functioning. This pervasive individual constantly whispered horrible things into my ear about the world of fantasy-themed games and the people who played them, spouting venom about a genre that has all but dominated the last few months of my life. The Judgment [...]
Nothing brings people together better than real-time strategy dates. Josh, Justin, Ethan and Cole go to battle for all of us in the battle of talking about video games wielding everything from the wind itself to space love to lost children. 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, [...]
When I was a young boy, I remember helping my mom clean up the house and noticing strange stickers on all of the cleaning supplies. They were a very distasteful shade of bright green and featured a simply illustrated black frowning face sticking its tongue out. Being the inquisitive youth I was, I asked her what these stickers stood for. Maybe they were the cleaning supplies that my mother didn’t really care for or perhaps the bright stickers were meant [...]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning made a splash earlier this year when it came out to party with the big boys by establishing a deep, rich world of fantasy and catching our eye. Fresh off the recent DLC release of The Legend of Dead Kel it looks like KoA is ready to give us some more with Teeth of Naros on April 17. The new DLC features the floating city of Idylla providing more than 20 new side quests, 5 huge dungeons, 3 Twists [...]
Justin, Cole and Aaron report back about their ongoing adventures in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. They try their best to avoid puns about fate in regards to making recommendations on who may or may not enjoy the game. Will their loot lust win out? 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 [...]
Meanwhile… we’ve actually been playing games. Each week we recap our recent gaming experiences and tell you what we’re looking forward to, so you can use your time more wisely than we have. It suddenly looks like we don’t have so much in common these days, but that should give you a few new ideas if you are looking for something different to play these days. Ethan (Wizardtrain187) Twisted Metal arrived into my life yesterday and made an impact that I [...]
What does it mean to be a true renegade? Josh, Justin, Ethan, and Brandon confront robots from the future, elevators, evil residents, reckonings, battlefields, and huge effects to find out the secrets of 80′s pop stars. 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, Brandon Guide: 00:18 – Intro [...]
