Image By Flickr user: Leon Terra (cc) At the time of this writing, details on “The Order: 1886” have just been leaked on YouTube, and most of the discussion going on about the game is centered around its length; currently rumored to be between 3 and 5.5 hours. By posting time (Sunday), the reviews will…
Author: Hatm0nster
What is a Video Game? – It’s a Connection
Photo taken by Hatm0nstar Earlier this month we decided to take on the question of “What is a video game?” and challenged our fellows to do the same. At first I thought it was a difficult question to say the least. I mean how do you come up with a definition that actually reflects everything…
Nostalgia and Crash Bandicoot
Image Captured by Hatm0nstar Nostalgia can be a funny thing sometimes. Sometimes it keeps us from seeing a old favorite’s shortcomings, but other times…other times it can do the opposite. It’s effect of making us simply accept everything in an old game can also blind us towards the nature of its strengths, and even that…
What is a Video Game?
Image by Flickr user: daveoratox (cc) What about a video game actually makes a video game? This might have been an easy question to answer back in the glory days of arcades and Atari, but in our modern era of gaming it’s a question that many of would probably rather shy away. Electronic entertainment comes…
Getting Back To It – Ratchet Deadlocked
Image captured by Hatmonster This year I resolved to finally dig into those games that I’ve been meaning to revisit over the years. The goal is simple: successfully complete one game on the list a month. Will they all be just as enjoyable as they always were, or will the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia get…
The Life of a Adventurer
Image by Flickr user: tlwmdbt (cc) The life of an action/adventure protagonist really seems like a blast doesn’t it? That’s what it seems like to me at least. Adventure games all seem to have a escapist angle to them in least some measure. We’re not ourselves in these games, but instead these improbably powerful and capable people;…
Something New: Tough Coded IV Live!
Image gathered from the Tough Coded IV Live press kit It would be untrue to state that seeing new things in video is a rarity. There are always new things being done. New art styles, new stories, new ways to interact with your enemies, and new battle systems with which to engage them. There’s always…
Finally Getting Back To It!
Image by Flickr User: clubizarre (cc) It’s been a week and a half now since we said goodbye to 2014, and I still haven’t quite gotten my head around the fact that the world has turned once again and left us at the bright beginning of a new year (just…wow!). So as you might imagine,…
You Are Red, But Red Is Not You
Image captured by Hatm0nster When I play a game, I’m used to taking on one of two possible kinds of relationship between player and character. Either the “character” is just an avatar for me within the game world, or I’m an outside observer who’s only present to guide the character through the action between story…
#Listmas 2014: 7 Very Snowy Levels
Image by Flickr user: JBLivin (cc) Merry Listmas everyone! The Christmas season may be over now, but Listmas will still be with us for three more wondrously list-filled days! As it is the height of winter and the end of the year, I couldn’t help but think about all the snow levels I’ve played over…
VIRTUAL BASTION 