image by Flickr User: marioanima Nostalgic individuals like myself often like to look back and reminisce about the good old days of gaming; When effort was put into every single game and large publishers didn’t know about the phrase “annual release”. Yep, those were the days alright. No crummy movie tie-ins, template games, or silly…
Author: Hatm0nster
Dealing with the Backlog
Ah the gaming backlog, ever-present and never diminished. For those of us who like to keep current, and especially those who enjoy a good steam sale, the ol’ backlog is something that we never seem to completely escape is it (not to mention those time sinks we call “multiplayer games”)? It sounds like a bad…
Is It Worth Playing: The Wolf Among Us
A couple months ago, I had the chance to play “The Wolf Among Us” by Telltale games. I wasn’t looking forward to the game, not really. I’d played Telltale’s acclaimed “Walking Dead” season one, and it just didn’t “click” with me. It was interesting to be sure, but it was missing that “game-y” element. In…
Merry Listmas: The 3 WORST Gaming Moments
Hello all and merry Listmas! For those who don’t know, Listmas is a multi-blog event masterminded by our friend C.T. Murphy of Murf Vs Internet. It’s a wonderful time of sharing, story-swapping, and lists! Oh such wonderful lists! Keep an eye on CT’s blog and United We Game from now until the 25th, as we’ll be…
Merry Listmas: My 3 BEST Gaming Moments
Hello all and merry Listmas! For those who don’t know, Listmas is a multi-blog event masterminded by our friend C.T. Murphy of Murf Vs Internet. It’s a wonderful time of sharing, story-swapping, and lists! Oh such wonderful lists! Keep an eye on CT’s blog and United We Game from now until the 25th, as we’ll…
The 5 Best Unusual Zelda Items
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m a major Zelda fan! I love the stories, the gameplay, the way they manage to mix in a bit of the familiar with something new for each entry in the series. It’s usually everything I could want in a game. What’s intrigued me about the…
What Does Nostalgia Do To Your Games?
Something I like to do from time to time is read a retro review from one blog or another, or even in Game Informer back when they used to do those. It’s fun to see if an old game you love holds up in the modern age. Whether they do or not varies from writer to…
Replay Value With Limited Time
Games are judged on several qualities: Gameplay quality, Graphics, music, story, and of course replay value. The more hours one can spend with a game, the better. More replay value means more value for your gaming dollar. But how important is replay value when time is something a gamer doesn’t have an abundance of?
Leveling Up “Leveling Up”
Introduce leveling in games (its a staple how we’ve learned to gauge our progress, etc) The idea of “Levels” been a part of gaming virtually since they first began. It’s how we know we’re advancing through a game, it’s the idea of progress. Be it levels of difficulty, character levels, or even just the difference…
Resonance: Sinister Shadows
The music for Kingdom Hearts covers a wide spectrum of emotion and tone. It’s whimsical, charming, exuberant, forlorn, sinister, and just about everything else in between. The common factor to all of it however, is that it’s always dramatic. In each case it has a sense of grandeur and wonder that few, if any, other games…
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