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Reus Reflex Review: Intelligent Design Intelligently Designed

05/22/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Reflex, Reviews

Reus caught my eye a few months back due to its charming graphical style but it was its unique take on “god games” that really sucked me in when I finally got a chance to play experience the title. Where as most of the games in this particular genre put you into the shoes of a powerful deity with unlimited power over creation, Reus makes influence the most important tool in shaping your world. It Takes 4 In Reus, you control 4 elemental giants [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Ultratron and Sweet, Sweet, Retro Revenge

05/16/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

While the cheapest and dirtiest of us gamers left all of you hanging by going on vacation, I have come to your rescue. Unfortunately, I come to you with bad news. The robots are going to win. We should accept it now and probably just get as much pleasure out of them as we can before they become self-aware and fulfill the prophecy foretold in Puppy Games latest retro arcade shooter, Ultratron. Do not get too sad though as there [...]

Taking Offense: Monaco Fails at Forcing My Friends to Cooperate

05/15/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

This is just you and me talking, here, but I know we have the same problem. Our friends suck at video games. I, myself, am complete bad ass when I’m solo, but some games just cannot be handled alone. When I heard about the co-op heist game, Monaco, I was immediately nervous about playing it. I have always wanted to take part in a well-planned and surgically executed bank caper, but I knew that it would require intense strategy and [...]

Don’t Starve Lowers the Incentive for Real Life Chores

05/07/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

I’ve worked from home for the last 8 months and have been playing Don’t Starve off and on for the last 6. Despite spending less time with the latter, I’ve come to find out that I’m way better at completing the tasks set before me in the charming survival simulator than I am with completing tasks on my real life chore list. This is much to the chagrin of my wife as she struggles to understand why collecting sticks, pulling [...]

Gaming Lifestyle: Why I’m Not Getting a Gaming PC

05/06/2013
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by Cursed Guest in: Editorials

While we recently created a few more members of the PC gaming family here at Horrible Night, making the switch from consoles still has some very real hurdles. Nicole Zeckner of the culture blog, Pure Geekery took a long hard look at purchasing a gaming PC and ultimately decided against it and here is why: After a very long hiatus, I’ve recently remembered how much I love playing video games. And as I played more and more a little voice in [...]

Radio Waves for 05/03/13

05/03/2013
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by Aaron McNeal in: Editorials

It’s happening, folks! We just hit May, but the storm of awesome movies is fast approaching and it starts with Iron Man 3. This usually means that gamers can expect the usual product placement of soda cans, fast food and rushed tie-in video games. Like death, taxes and split-second bathroom urges, this is inevitable. What’s less expected is how dedicated I’ve become in clearing out my backlog while the release schedule is light. In keeping with the “man” theme, I [...]

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Rated Review: Standard Setting Cyber-Expansion

05/03/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Rated, Reviews

To say I was excited when I first saw the trailer for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon would be an understatement; blowing a load would be far more accurate. Yet this blown load wasn’t the normal load I’ve been known to blow in regards to the medium of electronic entertainment. This was a load that had been building inside of me since I was a child, screaming to be released but unable to do so despite the best efforts of [...]

Cry of Fear Reflex Review: I’m Out

04/29/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Reflex, Reviews

I’ve always been under the impression that I enjoyed scary games, going as far to criticize modern survival horror for forgetting their roots and galloping down the action aisle. After playing Cry of Fear for about an hour last week, I’ve come to the realization that I like the idea of horror games way more than I like the application of them. That is not because Cry of Fear is a bad game but because I’ve apparently lost my edge (aka I’m [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Deadly 30 is 30 Days of Zombies Nights

04/25/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

After playing through BioShock Infinite, I had my doubts about whether or not people of vastly different backgrounds could actually come together for the common good of humanity. After playing Deadly 30, I’ve come to the conclusion that people of vastly different backgrounds can come together to accomplish a task, as long as that task involves non-human entities trying to take over the world. You start off this side scrolling action/defense mash-up as a lone WW2 era American GI of [...]

God Mode Reflex Review: As Simple as Exploding a Skeleton Warrior

04/22/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Reflex, Reviews

I have to admit that I probably wouldn’t have picked up God Mode if a.) Justin Lacey didn’t suggest it and b.) it was more than $9.99. That being said, I’m glad that those two conditions contributed to my latest purchase as God Mode is a pretty good example on how to do a budget game right. Whether that’s a compliment or a dig will depend entirely on what sort of gamer you happen to be. We Were Dead, Now We’re Fighting [...]