Today’s addition to my little glitch series is a common one, when things just mysteriously vanish. Mysteriously. Sometimes, the world falls apart around you: This happens in “Spyro” games I played on the Cube. For me, it was quite common in “Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly” for the ground to disappear in the second world, the…
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The Eighth Console Generation: Will the Duck Buy…the PlayStation 4?
Hello, everyone, and a soon to be happy New Year’s! Ahem, after discussing the Wii U and the XBox One, it only stands to reason that the Duck will now be discussing the successor to the PlayStation 3. Can you guess what it’s called? Yes, that’s right, the PlayStation 4 (talk about creative titles…). I…
Glitches Involving Capricious Audio
A little while ago, Cary wrote a post about some glitches in a damaged copy of “The Last of Us” that ruined the game for her, which got me thinking about how much fun I have talking about glitches, no matter how bothersome they can be. Because not all glitches are purely upsetting. Some can…
Resonance: Giant Monster in Wait
Video from Youtube user: gmaster2647 The Duck was listening to some music from a most beautiful game, “Okami”, and when I heard this one song, I immediately knew it needed its own Resonance post. This song, called “Giant Monster in Wait”, had quite an impact on me when I first played the game, and it…
The Potential Future of Playstation’s Past
Ever since Sony acquired Gaikai from David Perry back in June of 2012, there has been speculation as to what the consumer electronics giant will do with the streaming service. First thought to be a sort of upgrade to the Playstation 3, then assumed to be a cloud media server for the PS4, Sony’s president has…
Anchoring the Vita
Earlier last year, one of my co-workers was part-timing at Best Buy as a gaming ambassador. He had the opportunity to borrow a display unit of the PS Vita and show it off to his friends and family. I guess the hope was to encourage consumers to pick one up on launch day, or just…
My Bullshit Review Scale
Part of why I read reviews is to decide whether or not I should play/buy a game. Games cost money and with a regular 9-6 job my time is limited in what I can play. I have to make that count. Also, I like reading reviews! If I’m going to play a game from start…
Heroes And Villains: Console Gaming
Every year at E3 we have the so-called “winners” and “losers”. It’s usually a distinction of who you’re a fan of and your personal taste in games, but this year was very different wasn’t it. Sure we still had a “winner” and a “loser”, but in the wake of Microsoft’s awful announcement of the Xbox…
Some Backwards Thinking
Like so many others at the start of a new year, I made a short list of resolutions with the ultimate goal of getting my life in order. At the top of the agenda: clean out my stuff from the parents’ basement. The task was meant to be a sort of gift to my mother,…
100 Theme Challenge No. 6: Break Away
(The Duck currently has a bunch of posts started but incomplete. My brain is feeling lethargic today. So I am posting below a recent post from my own blog until I get these posts done. I have been writing different topics from the 100 theme challenge, and this is #6. Behold!) Okay, today’s 100 theme…
VIRTUAL BASTION 