At this point you have read several Game of the Year lists from basically everyone. Therefore, I am going to keep my GOTYs short and also look ahead to 2013. Top 5 Games from 2012 5) The Unopened I wanted to utilize number five to recognize the 2012 games that are still sitting wrapped in their cellophane packaging. I have heard so many people talk about Assassin’s Creed III and Halo 4 that I can’t wait to rip into these [...]
Last year was the first year I really sat down and weighed the performance of video games and how they impacted me. This year, I sat down with controller in hand, WASD keys at my fingertips, a headset firmly placed over my ears, and I called upon the spirit of the gamer to come up with this list that kicked around my senses in 2012. H21’s Top 10 Games of the Year 2012 The Walking Dead Borderlands 2 Minecraft: Xbox [...]
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 [...]
The ghosts of old video games are strong in the recent video game tales of Josh, Justin, Ethan, Cole and Brandon. They learn once again to never go in alone when up against disturbingly familiar monsters, even if it means that you just have a spotter. 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 [...]
Brandon and JP had never planned on trying Minecraft, but the 360 release proved to be too enticing. They are joined by the seasoned Minecraft PC player, Aaron, to talk about their first impressions and plans for future adventures. 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 and/or [...]
These are the lean months, but even if May doesn’t have the breadth of releases of other times of the year, it certainly has enough standout titles to keep us busy and excited. If anything there will be plenty of shared gaming experiences to talk and that’s never a bad thing. Week of May 1 TERA – PC Fable Heroes – XBLA Awesomenauts – XBLA, PSN Week of May 7 Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition – XBLA Starhawk – PS3 Week [...]
The Xbox Live Arcade promotions must be going well as Microsoft has just announced a new grouping to go along with the House Party and Summer of Arcade promotions. Arcade Next begins on April 18th and seeks to bring another batch of exclusive (at least temporarily), quality (subjective) games to its popular downloadable video game service. We’ve been through this before so let’s get to the important stuff, the games. The two standouts have to be Trials Evolution and Minecraft. [...]
