Gather round, one and all…it’s time to cozy up to some YouTube Highlights! This past week, our channel was simply buzzing with creepy shadow monsters, tanks going BOOM, and the further adventures of everyone’s favorite bird and bear (on the Nintendo 64, that is). If you’re summarily delighted by what you see here, then be…
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Mass Effect Memories
This month marks Mass Effect’s tenth anniversary! On November 20th, 2007, the game was first released in North America. And what a ride it’s been for fans since then. Join me here as I share some of my memories from each game of the original trilogy. In this first of three posts, I re-examine my…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #33
Happy Friday, one and all! We hope that you’re enjoying as lovely as day as we are. If not, maybe a little video cheer will do the trick. It’s time for us to travel back through our week in videos — and this was one heck of a week! We said good bye to one…
GameStop Plans for In-Store Video Game Rentals
A few days ago, my attention was stopped short by this headline on Mashable: GameStop basically just turned itself into a Blockbuster for video games Wait…what? Is exactly what I thought. And the article that followed said exactly what the headline promised. It seems GameStop is getting in the rental game…sort of. In short, later…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #32
Hey, everyone! Thanks for coming back for another YouTube Highlights post! If you didn’t know it already, Fridays are when we share a smattering of the videos that we’ve posted over the course of the week. And it looks like we had another pretty good week, what with classic games, classic platforming, and boss battles…
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Old look vs. new style in The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Earlier this year, I played The Secret of Monkey Island for the first time. Or, more specifically, I played its “Special Edition,” which featured revamped graphics, music, a voice track, and new hint system. And what a perfectly splendid time I had. While I’ll admit that I didn’t connect with the game on the same…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #31
Is it the end of the week already?! Not that we’re complaining, but it seems that time really does fly when you’re having fun. And we’ve been having loads of fun! Between our Trick, Treats, and Feats posts and our ongoing Let’s Plays, October 2017 is so far a month to remember. Speaking of which,…
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Gifting in Dragon Age: Origins
If you’ve played even just a few hours of a recent BioWare game, you know that one of the developer’s hallmarks is personal interaction. As a character in one of its games, players are given opportunities to interact with NPCs and teammates to varying degrees, from skin deep to much deeper. The ability to personally…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #30
Hello lovely readers, one and all. It’s Friday, and I bet you’re wondering what’s been happening on our YouTube channel…? Well look no further, because it’s time for another YouTube Highlight’s post! This is our weekly series where we share just some of what we’ve been doing gaming wise. In keeping with our theme this…
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Super Mario 64’s 120 Stars
When The Duck, Hatm0nster, and I were knocking around ideas for our “Tricks, Treats, and Feats” series, a big, personal question stuck in my mind. “What are my gaming feats?” Ye olde dictionary describes a “feat” as “an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength.” Inasmuch as strength isn’t really a part of gaming,…
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