The nuzlocke challenge - #01 Elders are nice to me
Hey! I know I haven't written in a while but there just isn't much going on in this town, watching some of your old battles on my room's T.V. is pretty much the only thing that keeps me from dying out...
View ArticleWhy I Can't Wait for Rayman Legends
2013 has been a pretty rough year. From Lara Croft's story of survival in Tomb Raider to Joel and Ellie's grim, dark adventure in The Last of Us. And looking ahead in the year we still have to deal...
View Article31/31 Day 24: Advice To New Bloggers
Hello everyone and welcome to day 24 of my 31/31! Today’s blog is a blog that I thought about doing for a little bit of time lately, and is something that I hope people can find really helpful....
View ArticleWhy I chose the PS Vita over the Nintendo 3DS
What's better?I know I haven't been consist with my blogs in a long while and I am going to explain why. My gaming hiatus was completely accidental. I have tried to find opportunities to play games...
View ArticleComic-Con: A Narrative Account of Geek's Paradise
Ever since I became a “core” gamer, I have always wanted to attend a convention with video games in mind, where I could play the latest and greatest. After three years of missed opportunities and...
View ArticleThe Inquisitive Blogger 24/31: Whatever Happened to the Video-Game Movie?
It's clear that video-gamem movies haver suffered their own amount of trials and tribulations. All the same, is there no hope for games on the silver screen? The recent option buy out's studios have...
View Article31/31 Day 11001: The Ten Most Significant Deaths
SPOILERS FOR SKYWARD SWORD, METAL GEAR SOLID 3, BIRTH BY SLEEP, GOD OF WAR, HALF-LIFE, ASSASSINS' CREED II, PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY, DISHONORED, AND THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOUYou read that right....
View Article1 for the Fun, 2 for the Challenge, 3 for the Trophy?
Developers have learned to become excellent con men. They trick the player into thinking something is their idea, when really the developer...
View ArticleRETRO REVIEW: METAL GEAR 2.
Metal gear 2: solid snake is the triumphant return of the smash hit series. You play as solid snake, A member of special forces unit FOXHOUND. Now FOXHOUND has a new leader Roy campbell, Who brings...
View ArticleI was thinking today......maybe Microsoft should have just stuck with it.
Microsoft have billions in the bank. The Xbox brand is a extremely small percentage of Microsoft's worth. If they really wanted to push their agenda, they could have just went with it. IMO, they...
View Article(31/31: Day 9) Space Ninjas Don't Need Half-Shells
Warframe is one of those games that really, really shouldn't work, and yet it does. A third person shooting/brawler alone is ambitious amongst the sea of gray-brown cover based shooters, but Digital...
View ArticleCalling All Superheroes! (And Villains?)
With the relatively recent success of Injustice: Gods Among Us and the increasing hype for WB Games Montreal's Batman: Arkham Origins, I was just thinking about comic superheroes/villains in gaming....
View ArticleWhat's The Next Halo?
This isn't exactly in many people's minds, but, with my stamina for Halo running low, I think that this is a good a time as ever to analyze some of the games that are going to come out soon. And what I...
View ArticleStopping to Savor the Story
No journey is "typical."Most of the time, when people are trying to argue that gaming ought to be taken seriously, they try to argue that video games are "art." Considering that there is such a wide...
View ArticleHow To Identify Counterfeit Game Boy Advance Games
I recently set out on a mission to buy a used copy of Pokémon Emerald. Being a 10 year-old title, I wasn’t surprised to learn that my local used game stores didn’t carry it. So, as any proactive...
View ArticleHow important is the audio experience in gaming?
Audio. Something that has made it's way into many of our favorite past times. Driving a car around aimlessly? Why not turn on the radio/load an 8 track into the player! Watching a movie? You can't not...
View ArticlePokemon White- Mini Series Part 7 I redid part 6 cuz I didn't save
I totally goofed up last time I played and didn't save the game before turning off the system. So I had to redo it all. To my luck this helped me out since I found out that cave is a dead end with an...
View Article31/31 Day 25: Memories: My Nintendo DS
Hello everyone and welcome to day 25 of my 31/31! Today’s blog is another entry in my “Memories..” series. The console that will be covered today is my Nintendo DS. I had actually hoped to do...
View ArticleA Triumphant Return x 2
I have been away for so long, I feel like the new guy all over again. For some of you, my name may not even be recognizable. I would like to imagine my presence has been missed by those who do/did know...
View ArticleThe Inquisitive Blogger 25/31: What Did We Learn Today Players?
I've come along way on this 31/31 blog and come today, it felt only right to learn a little for a change, or rather, for you to learn something. Yes, you! Video-games aren't just about play, they're...
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