I wanted so much to enjoy Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. I wanted to become re-immersed in a fantastical, alternative vision of the Disney universe. I wanted to spend tons of time with Mickey Mouse and his merry band of toons searching for ways to save to save the world and maybe sing a song…
Tag: gaming
Review a Bad Game: Alone in the Dark: Inferno
It’s never been my favorite genre, but I’ll say right here that I absolutely love horror games! The best horror games elicit a real sense of dread and fear. You don’t understand what’s going on, you can’t understand what’s going on. All you can do is try to make it to the next room and…
Everyone Plays Video Games
A strange thing has been happening around my workplace: people are playing video games during their free time. Not just the usual two or three of us who bring our DS to work, but everyone seems to be hunched over their phones and computer screens, clicking or swiping away at little stacks of sweets. That’s…
My “Deserted Island” Games — Playstation/Playstation 2 edition
It wasn’t until I met my husband that the PlayStation came in to my life. He was knee-deep in Sony territory when we met. Though I was knee-deep into Nintendo, we somehow still managed to make things work. Anyway, he had amassed a large collection of PS games, some of which he didn’t play very…
My “Deserted Island” Games — Wii edition
After several months of waiting and waiting and watching, we got the Wii for one primary reason: the promise of motion control. As the household Nintendo-backer, I remained firmly skeptical up the day we bought the thing, however. I was happy enough with the Gamecube, which I wasn’t playing all that often anyway, and I…
My “Deserted Island” Games — Nintendo DS edition
I really can’t even begin to describe just how attached I was to my DS. Short of playing a borrowed Gameboy way back when, the DS was the first handheld gaming device I owned. And man, did I OWN it. That little white box went everywhere with me. It became the savior of public transportation,…
A Question of Value
I don’t trust digital downloads when it comes to buying games. It’s not the convenience or anything like that, but rather this idea that I’ve never been able to shake, or rather a question: “If you don’t have a physical copy: a disk, cartridge, or whatever else you could put a game on, can…
My “Deserted Island” Games – Gamecube edition
I had a poignant relationship with our Gamecube. We had some absolutely wonderful times together, filled with sailing, slaying, and sleuthing. But it also rendered one of my biggest gaming disappointments in the form of Super Mario Sunshine. (I tried, I really did, but it turned out to be one of the few Mario titles that…
My “Deserted Island” Games – N64 edition
Of all the systems I plan to cover during this series, the N64 is probably the system I loved the most. I received the system as a gift in the late 90s. With nothing but an ailing SNES at the time, it was the greatest gift I could have received. Through the N64 I experienced…
Community Post: Siblings as Perfect Co-Op Partners
Despite never inviting anyone in my family to actually read my blog, Pixel Bubble, they all found it eventually. The blog was originally intended for me to get rants out of my system and allow me to have the sort of anonymous freedom of speech that a personally can never really enjoy in real life….
VIRTUAL BASTION 