We’ve already covered our favorite allies and most memorable gaming friendships and family relationships. So now let’s look at the other end of the moral spectrum. Because you can’t really have a good adventure without some villains causing the main conflict. These guys might be on Santa’s naughty list, but that doesn’t mean they can’t…
Tag: Ratchet & Clank
Listmas 2024: Friends and Family Are the Greatest Gift of All
The one thing more important than gifts and good food during the Christmas season (as much fun as they are) is having friends and family to share the holidays with. (After all, who else is going to give you those presents, ha ha!) So it’s about time we listed some of the gaming relationships that…
Stop Telling Me What To Do!
There’s a certain pet peeve I have when it comes to games, one that has been coming up more and more as the years go on: over-tutorializing. I don’t know what exactly developers think of us, but they must not think very much considering their absolute refusal to just let us play their games. The…
Silly Scoundrels: Dr. Nefarious
Ratchet & Clank is a series known for its wacky weapons and gadgets, which is appropriately paired with some equally silly characters. It wasn’t until the third game, Up Your Arsenal, however, that we were introduced to the perfect villain for such a ridiculous franchise, the outrageously goofy Dr. Nefarious, an organic turned robot who…
Listmas 2021: The Duck’s Funniest Games
During last year’s Listmas, we spent a week discussing our favorite comedic gaming moments. This year, for the Duck’s free choice, I thought it would be fun to list some of the funniest games, in general, that I’ve ever played. After all, who doesn’t want to end the holiday season with some good cheer? As…
Listmas 2021: The Duck’s Favorite Gaming Mascots
This week’s Listmas theme covers mascot characters, those characters that are so darn iconic that they actually represent an entire company or franchise. Today’s post shall cover the Duck’s favorite examples of mascot characters in gaming, in no particular order.
Ratchet & Clank: Life of Pie Animated Short
Just a few days ago, completely without warning, a 23-minute Ratchet & Clank short aired on Crave, a streaming service in Canada. Created by the same company who made the 2016 movie, Mainframe Studios, it follows Ratchet and Clank as they stop Dr. Nefarious’ newest scheme, which involves a gun called a Portalizer that can…
YouTube Highlights: Weekly Edition #2
Hey there, good people of the Internet! It’s Friday (YAY!), and that means it’s time for our weekly YouTube review. This past week we had some great times in our continuing Let’s Plays, and we bid farewell to one that is now complete. Check out our highlights below, and please do check out UWG on…
YouTube Highlights: Weekly Edition #1
Hello everyone! Today marks the start of our new weekly wrap-up of video offerings. (So we’re no longer doing the monthly posts.) Each Friday, I’ll be posting here a few highlights from our YouTube channel, and hopefully you’ll click, like, subscribe, and share — because all that is pretty darn awesome, and it helps motivate…
YouTube Highlights: February 2017
Greetings, one and all! We’ve circled back around to the end of another month, and that means it’s time to take a look back at our month in YouTube videos. Although February is a short month, we haven’t been short on bringing you all the gaming action that we possibly can. (And more’s on the…
VIRTUAL BASTION 