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…
Category: Gamer’s Life
It Finally Happened. I’m Now A Huge Fan of the Nintendo Switch
It was inevitable, I suppose. While I’ve never counted myself as a member of the hardcore Nintendo fandom, the fact is that I practically grew up with Nintendo. My first encounter with video games came with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. My childhood dentist had an NES in his waiting room,…
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Zelda Tricks from OoT to BotW
I always find a certain satisfaction in discovering new ways of doing something in my favorite video games, especially when my methods involve a trick the developer never intended us to employ. While I avoid anything that involves glitches or other exploits, that doesn’t mean that some of my tricks aren’t mighty useful nonetheless. You…
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Getting Tricky with Banjo-Tooie
As far as gaming goes, trick or treating can take on a whole new meaning. Gaming’s a treat, especially when you’ve got a few tricks up your sleeve. The longer you’ve been playing a game, the more likely you’ll have some tricks that will help to make the game a bit easier, and there are…
[Revisited] A Possible Destiny
Well I finally caved and picked up a copy of Destiny 2; it was inevitable I suppose. I’ve only played a little bit so far, and I’m mildly surprised to say that I’m enjoying it so far. At launch, it’s far and away better than the original Destiny was at launch. So much so that…
The Epic Tale of How the Duck Brought the Banjo Games to Youtube
We’re a bit over two years into our Youtube channel. Starting out, there were certain games that were a big priority for me, even if recording them wasn’t always the easiest thing to do. Two games that were high on my list were Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie, which, long story short, are coming to our Youtube…
Toxicity Brings Everyone Down, Even the Developers.
Earlier this week, the team responsible for updating and maintaining Overwatch released a new “Developer Update” video. This wasn’t the typical video game update though. Instead of discussing new features and bug fixes, the video instead focused on the ever-increasing amount of “toxic” behavior in the community. It turns out that cheating and verbally abusing…
My Gaming Nemesis: Kingdom Hearts
Last week, The Duck of Indeed published a great article on tackling her gaming nemesis, Super Mario World. She was not wrong in recounting just how difficult a game it was…and still is. (I tried my hand at it not too long ago, and oh, it’s cute, but it is not as easy as I…
Yes, I Am Still Playing FFXII
Over the past however many months, I have been posting the occasional updates on my progress through Final Fantasy XII and my quest to improve my general RPG-skills. Well, at this point, I have seriously been playing this game for probably a good year now. Maybe more. Probably more. I’ve lost track. All I know…
Super Mario World: Conquering my Nemesis (I Hope)
The old-school Mario games have always been the bane of my existence as a gamer. When I first started working through my parents’ collection of Super Nintendo games many years ago, each game gave me varying levels of challenge. Over the course of a year or two, I would eventually finish some games and progress…
VIRTUAL BASTION 