I enjoy watching video games being played almost as much as I enjoy playing them. Though the act of watching games can border on frustrating, especially if/when the temptation to become a backseat gamer sets in, more often than not I find it perfectly fascinating to watch another player maneuver within and manipulate a game….
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Beginner Tips: Using the Xbox One and PS4 Record Features
To me, one of the best aspects of this new generation of systems is how easy they make capturing video gameplay. For those of you who have been playing games for a while, I’m sure you can pinpoint a few times where you do something great or see something totally crazy happen in a game…
Lead, and I shall more than likely follow
My current game rotation consists of the following: Metroid Prime LIMBO Guacamelee (thought it’s been several weeks) Pokemon LeafGreen Looking over my list, it occurred to me that the varied games on this list have one thing in common: they are mostly directionless. LIMBO actually sticks out the most in this regard as it contains absolutely no…
Using Games to Get You in the Mood to…Play Games
Many of us have been there. You know that some gaming time is coming your way, be it an hour or seven, and you psych yourself up for it. You plan to jam through game after game after game! Defeating old bosses, facing new ones! Finishing that one game from your backlog that’s been bothering…
One Week On- EA Sports UFC
Image by Flickr User: Joao Paulo Lages I’m not quite sure why, but i’m always a sucker for these wrestling type games. I think it goes back to my younger days when i was a big fan of the WWE, but even now, about 10 years on, i still really enjoy the games, whether it…
Metroid Prime, IT’S GO TIME! (And this time, I’m serious.)
It seems the right combination of inspiration and timing have struck in the midst of my gaming life. At the beginning of this month, my colleague Hatm0nster wrote Finishing Final Fantasy VII, in which he discussed who determined he was to complete this classic game. After reading, it made me think of how I, too,…
Relationships in Games: The Loner, The Rebel
Sometimes the best relationships we have in games don’t involve other characters. Sometimes the road traveled alone is the best path, the most fulfilling path, the most sensible path. For every game that offers plenty of opportunities for teamwork and romance, there are dozens of others where these choices don’t exist. Your character — the…
Taking a step back to look forward
As the summer gets rolling, my time with games grows thinner and thinner. Just this past weekend I turned on the ol’ 360 to play a little South Park: The Stick of Truth for the first time in nearly 3 weeks. I picked up a couple new games in Steam and put in a few minutes of gameplay,…
Relationships in Games: The Romance(s)
The forming (and breaking) of intimate relationships between characters has become something of a hallmark in modern games. We muddled about by ourselves in games for years prior, taking on the toughest of enemies either alone or with a ragtag group of new-found “friends” with vacant backstories. Enter in the likes of story-heavy games, such…
One Week On- Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is a game that i had been really looking forward too for quite some time now, in my eyes it’s one of the few games to have been released on next gen consoles that actually offers something new, and by that i mean it’s probably the first big new franchise to hit the…
VIRTUAL BASTION 