Image by Flickr User: Justin Taylor Banjo-Kazooie is a bright and sunny game, we all know that, we all accept that. However, upon closer inspection I’ve realized the game could (maybe should) have been terrifying to those of us who played it as young children. It’s all there, and out of the game’s sunny context,…
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Take a Look: Newbie Blogger Initiative 2014
Beginning May 1st, the third ever Newbie Blogger Initiative will begin. This is an important blogging event, as it is the one that made me start blogging back in 2012. Every year since, the NBI has held a single month-long event to promote newbie game bloggers with their first blog experiences. Its community-first attitude means lots of experienced advice, people more…
UWG Top 10: #8 – BioShock
Image Gathered From Flickr User: Charlie NZ I almost didn’t play BioShock. After having loved this game ever since picking it up in 2007 (has it really been that long?!), the thought of never having played it almost doesn’t seem possible. Yet this is true; Back when it first came out I very nearly passed…
Community Post: Mario, You Lead and I Shall Follow
No matter how many times Mario’s adventures are hashed and rehashed, games that prominently feature that famous plumber, his princess, and that evil dinosaur we call Bowser, remain fresh, fun, and playable dozens of times over. Mario games are level-driven games — you’ve got to make your way through stages or levels in a series…
Glitches That Involve Freezing and the Rage They Cause
Today’s post is the last of my little glitch series, until I experience enough new ones to write another post about them. Won’t that be nice? Ahem, this time I discuss freezing, quite possibly the worst glitch ever. You can’t work through it. It just happens, and there’s nothing you can do. Nothing. Games never…
What Exactly is a “Video Game” Anymore?
Image by Flickr user: Christopher Schnese It would be an understatement to say that video games have changed in the 42 years since Pong! first began making the medium popular. Indeed, since then games have progressed from moving lines and dots to full 3-dimensional worlds built to feel alive. Along with the visuals, the objectives…
Glitches Involving Wackiness
Today’s post focuses on my favorite kind of glitches, the silly ones. These ones fill me with mirth and make game errors not so terrible. Enjoy these hilarious (and mildly amusing) glitches. That’s an order. Unintended mutants: “Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams”, I found, enjoys a good freeze now and then on my somewhat…
Glitches Involving a Disappearing Act, With no Magicians Responsible
Today’s addition to my little glitch series is a common one, when things just mysteriously vanish. Mysteriously. Sometimes, the world falls apart around you: This happens in “Spyro” games I played on the Cube. For me, it was quite common in “Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly” for the ground to disappear in the second world, the…
Link’s Bag of Goodies: My Favorite Items from the Zelda Games
Hey all! Have you enjoyed our lists of favorite items from Zelda games this week? If you haven’t read them already, be sure to check out Hatm0nsters’s post from Sunday and the Duck’s post from Tuesday. As I get to do the week’s final post, which may or may not be a good thing, I…
Glitches Involving Injustice
Today the Duck is continuing my little glitch series with a description of glitches involving injustice in this already unfair world. These glitches involve the unfair deaths and restarts that can sometimes be as amusing as they are frustrating. Sometimes, your characters end up in another dimension (at least, they might as well be): In…
VIRTUAL BASTION 