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The Biggest Gaming Happenings of the 2010’s

When we first started United We Game/Virtual Bastion, gaming was in a very different place than it is now. Many things that are commonplace now were unthinkable then, and games themselves were largely different in how they were designed. Even the way we engage with games is radically different these days, so…how did we get…

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We’re in this Together – Maintaining Motivation

When we were considering weekly topics for our grand anniversary, this question of “what’s kept us going?” seems like an obvious one to include. In a world where blogs come and go (so quickly sometimes, it’s hard to keep up!), longevity is something of a “golden egg.” Did it just happen that the three of…

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Check Out Some New Gameplay For Dragon’s Dogma 2!

Dragon’s Dogma 2 finally drops this Friday, but fans can check out some more of what they’re in for right now thnks to some new gameplay posted to YouTube by the game’s director: Hideaki Itsuno. Those who played the original probably already know what to expect, but everyone else should check out the video below:

Staying Motivated: Why Gaming Became My World

Seeing as Virtual Bastion has been going strong for more than a decade, with the same team of three since the very beginning, there must be a pretty good reason why we’ve kept chugging along all these years when many other blogs have long since closed their doors.  For me, I think I have to…

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Virtual Bastion Anniversary – How On Earth Are We Still Here??

Last week, instead of jumping right into the topic, I instead took a moment to reflect on the fact that ten years really is a long time. Most of, perhaps even all, our blogging peers from 2013 have moved onto other things by now, but we’re still chugging right along somehow. Why is that?

Cary’s Fav Event: Getting Sketchy with 1 Hour 1 Sketch

So, we’ve kicked off our 10th anniversary with the question what is our favorite UWG/VB event? Well, for that, I have to look waaaaay back to when we first crashed onto the Internet as United We Game. What strikes me the most is how different the blogosphere was in 2013/14. I don’t know if we…

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Pre-Orders Flood In for Sea of Thieves on PlayStation

After years of existing in relative obscurity, Sea of Thieves is back in the news as PlayStation fans flock to get their pre-orders in for the upcoming port. Both versions of th game currently sit within the top 5 of the most pre-ordered list for PlayStation, with the premium version of the game occupying the…

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