Greetings and Happy Friday to you all! Not sure how things are in your neck of the woods, but here at Virtual Bastion, winter has rightly set in. Thankfully we have plenty of games to keep us warm and toasty! And since it’s Friday, it’s time to share the warmth and send a little love…
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Listmas 2017: The Duck’s 2017 Gaming List
Merry Listmas, dear readers! With the end of the year growing ever nearer, I thought it would be fun to look back on all the games I had played in 2017. It’s been a great year for gaming, not to mention an extremely productive one. I mean, wowie! Fifteen games? How did I manage that!
Tricks, Treats, and Feats: Bottles’ Revenge
Is it just me, or is there something rather unsettling when parts of a game are cut from the finished product, but remain, nonetheless, as part of the game’s code? It’s kind of like discovering a hidden, boarded-up room on the other side of your bedroom wall, or learning that your house was built atop…
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…
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…
Unforgettable: Grunty’s Furnace Fun
I feel a golden age of gaming coincided with Rareware’s golden age during the 90’s. For me, the really good span of years for video games was between 1994-2000. Odds are, you know what I’m talking about, as I know we have a good number of readers here who love the Donkey Kong Country and…
Age Doesn’t Make a Game Dated
It was thanks to Cary’s recent post, Playing Games Past Their Prime, that I had a revelation concerning a few questions I had been asking as of late. It largely boils down to: why do some old games feel dated, while others from the same era do not? Furthermore, how is it that even new…
Kazooie Vs. Tooie
Two of my favorite games of all time are the original Banjo-Kazooie games for the Nintendo 64. I started off with Tooie and played the original afterward, and for the longest time, I firmly believed that Banjo-Tooie was the better of the two. It was a time when I believed bigger was better, and Banjo-Tooie…
Growing Up as a Gamer and Why I Don’t Enjoy DK64 Anymore
As the years go by, our tastes change. We grow out of cartoons and toy cars and dolls, and we become, well, more sophisticated, in a way. Video games are no exception. For many of us, we end up looking over our game collections years later and finding games that, while we loved them as…
#Listmas: Gaming’s Chilliest Characters
What’s Christmas without snow? As a result, for my next listmas list, I thought it would be nice to list some chilly things, particularly chilly characters. It’s surprising how many characters are fit for this most festive of seasons, so sit back and enjoy the Duck’s list of chilliest characters in gaming, good and bad. …
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