Thanksgiving (i.e. today, if you’re celebrating) is a day to honor the three F’s – family, friends, and food! And let’s face it, as much as we enjoy our families and like our friends, food is really where it’s at today. In my household, the day is pretty much defined by festive meals and various…
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I’m Grateful For: Certain Life Changes
In celebration of Thanksgiving, we here at Virtual Bastion have decided, in the spirit of gratitude, to discuss some of the things we’re thankful for in the world of gaming. As I thought over my life, I recalled several things about my early years as a gamer that I’m grateful for…or am grateful that have…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #83
Happy Friday, friends! It is that glorious time of the week where we take a moment to share some of the best o’ the best from our week on YouTube! And what a week it as been! While we bid adieu to the adventures of the Kongs in Donkey Kong Country Returns, we welcomed them…
Super Mario Odyssey was…Wow
Though I’m about a year late, I am thrilled to have finally gotten the opportunity to play Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo’s newest and most innovative console yet. Though I had a rather unhappy history with Mario’s first 3D outing on the N64, Super Mario 64, that doesn’t mean that I don’t prefer playing as…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #82
Hey everyone! Glad to see you with us on this wonderful Friday, because it’s time to share more weekly highlights from our YouTube channel! We’re back to featuring just a couple ongoing things, namely 3D platforming in the form of Donkey Kong Country Returns, along with classic gaming in our “Nostalgic Notions” series. With the…
“Fun” and Games: An Elaboration
In my post last week about Red Dead Redemption II, I made a passing reference to the fact that I didn’t think the game was fun. If we take the definition of “fun” in its strictest sense, that which provides amusement or enjoyment, I suppose I was wrong. Because RDRII, especially now that I’ve played…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #81
Hello, folks! We’ve come around to yet another Friday, which means it’s time to offer up some gaming highlights from our YouTube channel! Even though we closed out our Let’s Play of Luigi’s Mansion this past week, there are still plenty of scares to go around in our “best of” video featuring the game! Catch…
First Impressions of Red Dead Redemption II
Last week, the week that marked the release of Red Dead Redemption II, one of the most anticipated games of the year, I tried my darndest to stay away from spoilers. I had seen all I needed to know from Rockstar’s trailers and gameplay teasers. But between the “100-hour work weeks” controversy surrounding Rockstar and…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #80
Happy almost-Halloween, everyone! The scariest day of the year is closing in, so why not celebrate by watching our YouTube Highlights? Okay, so maybe that logic doesn’t quite add up, but still. We are celebrating in our own way with an ongoing Let’s Play of Luigi’s Mansion. Follow along as Luigi cleans up a very…
Rare Scares: You Can’t Judge a Mechanical Shark by His Steel-Plated Exterior
The shark. One of nature’s most misunderstood animals? Or an unfeeling, destructive force of the seas? Maybe it’s best not to judge, especially since folks who have played Banjo-Kazooie know all too well just how tough it can be to be a shark, and a mechanical shark that’s used as a garbage disposal, at that….
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