Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been documenting my life as it has become with the addition of the marvelous Elgato Game Capture HD. My first post in the series was all about the decision that led to me getting the Game Capture HD. My second post highlighted my experience using the device to capture…
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The Experience, Part 1: The Elgato Game Capture HD – Capturing from the PlayStation2 and GameCube
Following up on my post from last week on attaining the Elgato Game Capture HD, this week I’m going to go more in-depth into the experience of actually using it. One caveat: I will be discussing its use relative to capturing from the PlayStation 2, GameCube (here in part 1), and PC (next week in…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Atlantis (1982) – Nostalgic Notions
Greetings, good people of the Internet! I’m very pleased to share with you the first in what we hope will be a long line of videos celebrating the wonders of retro/old-school gaming. The series is titled Nostalgic Notions, and I start things off here with the first of what will be eight videos (posted weekly…
The Choice: The Elgato Game Capture HD
If you didn’t know it already, United We Game has now fully entered the gates of video production! Well…mostly fully. I mean, we’re trying our best given that we all have lives outside of UWG. Not that those are of any interest to anyone, so I digress. A couple months back, The Duck of…
Games and that “in between” time
In what state of mind do you start a new game? Are you a blank slate, ready to receive whatever situations come your way? Or is your brain roiling with questions and concerns? Will you like the game? Will the characters be enjoyable to play? How long will the game take? What special stuff will…
Xenoblade Chronicles is over, and I’m…happy?
In early 2013, I made an attempt to play Xenoblade Chronicles. This was on the heels of finishing The Last Story, so I was in a JRPG mindset, and a pretty good one at that. But the timing just didn’t work out. After finding out that I’d need well over 60, 80, 100 hours just…
Happy 30th Birthday to Super Mario Bros.!
September 13, 1985, was a great day. Upon it a plumber appeared without delay. Perilous was his journey to save his one true love, Peach. Easily, though, he stomped goombas and koopas each. Rage quitting the game was common, it’s true. But Many a gamer still sought to come through. And Awaiting Mario at the…
Wasting Time with Purpose
When Angry Birds first appeared, I soared with the best of them. When Candy Crush Saga crushed the competition, I gladly got under the steamroller. When The Simpsons Tapped Out infiltrated my screens, I tapped, tapped, and tapped some more. I sliced things up in Fruit Ninja and Cut the Rope, ran for my life…
Just when I thought it might be time to turn in the Wii U…
My relationship with the Wii U has been complicated from the start. When it was first announced, I was confused. When it was first released, I was curious. When its commercials saturated my vision, I was frustrated. When its games trickled out, I was bored, except when it came to Super Mario 3D World,…
It’s Never Too Late to Learn Something New (in a Video Game)
It happened this past weekend. Around eighty-five hours into Xenoblade Chronicles, I learned something new. I learned how to control a different character. Okay, so maybe it’s not that remarkable, or at least, the act wasn’t. But the feeling that came with it was. It was a strange feeling that combined triumph and stupidity. I…
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