May 2013
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March 2013
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Anonymous asked: Would you get Mario Kar 7 for the 3DS or Roller Coaster Tycoon for Mac?
February 2013
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October 2012
2 posts
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The Walking Dead Episode 1: A New Day
The Walking Dead is a different type of zombie game. You don’t charge through the zombie horde firing a shotgun, shouting one-liners, and doing other things that are likely to get you killed. Instead you focus on surviving, protecting those you care about, and getting along with other survivor in an infected world.
Not to say that the game doesn’t have action oriented moments. It...
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Slender is Painful to Play (in a good way)
I started playing Slender after having seen a couple Let’s Plays, so I knew exactly what was in store for me. Still the first time I played it I picked up one page, before screaming like a girl when the music started and immediately pausing the game. I really wanted to turn it off. However, I ventured on, thinking of how badly I needed to post another article before my “summer...
May 2012
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5 More Great Games That Are Completely Free
Last September I posted an article called “5 Great Games That Are Completely Free”. In that article I offered some good free games that would help kill time until the holiday season while also keeping your wallet from feeling like a teenage bulimic. Although the holiday gaming rush is over, some of us (namely me) are still very broke. So here are five more free games worth spending...
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Learning Through Games
Have you ever learned from a video game? Your automatic answer may be no, but that’s not really true. Assuming you have played Mario, then you know what to do when you see a Koopa. You jump on that bitch like a arachnophobe on a spider. This is either wired into your head either through muscle memory or known through an abstract understanding of the concept. Although the knowledge of jumping...
April 2012
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IMHO - That is Ultra Gay
Now that games are finally recognized as an art form everyone is reading more into the meaning behind them. On one hand we have theories that Mario is a Kafka-esque struggle toward an unobtainable goal. On the other hand we have a bunch of assholes saying that video games are a vehicle for the gay agenda. No, I’m not joking.
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A Florida group (most likely the Florida Family...
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Holy Crap! It's an update!
Let’s start with an explanation.
For the past couple months I was working on a website. That’s why I haven’t been updating my bliggity-blog. I was working at a site called Jablu. I encourage you to visit them if you are a big techie.
Excuses out of the way, I will be trying to update this thing every week if I can swing it. At this point in my life college has to come first. I...
March 2012
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Charity sees the need, not the cause - German...
Say what you will about the Mass Effect 3 endings, the protest that has come from them has been one of the most positive out there. They don’t flame BioWare, they use humor instead of anger, and they even send the developers cupcakes. They help others while showing the good side of gamers.
[[MORE]] Instead of being rude to the game’s develpoers, fans have some up with better ways to protest....
Why the ending of Mass Effect 3 just doesn’t work
Note: Donate to Child’s Play in the Name of new endings here .
There has been a great deal of articles about this topic, some for the original endings, some against and some neutral. I just want to add my voice to the fray.[[MORE]]
Over the course of the three games there has been an aura of hope. Shepard has always found a candle of hope in the darkness of the reaper invasion. This is shown...
Galaxy at War (Mass Effect 3 review)
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Commander Shepard has been telling the galaxy for years that the Reapers (a sentient Machine race hell bent on destroying all sapient life) are on their way. Now Shepard’s Cassandra truth has shown itself, and the galaxy must band together to survive. As Commander Shepard you must pull all the races together and save all species from...
December 2011
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Killer Kittens From Mars Episode 3 Streamlining →
An in depth look into the streamlining of RPG’s with your host Samantha Dragon. Joining us as always is William Dragon and returning guest Mason Neilson. Our Newbies this week are Stefan Shure and Morgan Mock. This weeks song is “I Want You” by Buskerdroid.
November 2011
2 posts
Killer Kittens From Mars Episode 1 Skyrim →
Our very first podcast! We talk about: the graphics, the quests, the alchemy, some pro-tips, obscure and pop culture references, we compare the game to Oblivion and decide if we like it.
GOTY? We think so.
Obscure References:
Penny Arcade’s Comic
Memebase’s Butterfly
Song: Like A Dead Pixels by LukHash
Anonymous asked: Not only do I like your blog (haha I found it) but I also am OBSESSED with you secretly. Ok here we go.. I got this idea from a Tumblr spam I got once lol.. I think you like me too and you were always too shy to admit it :3 go to crushmatches(dót)com (wtf it wont let me link regular) and make an account there. Then look up the profile 'gottagetme19' (me obviously) I left body...
October 2011
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Why do we like scary games?
“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn’t real. I know that, and I also know that if I’m careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.” ― Stephen King, Night Shift
Why do we like the things that make our hearts race, our palms sweaty, and our muscles tense? These aren’t exactly pleasant reactions, but people who like horror...
Devil May Cry Tenth Anniversery
My favorite memory of Devil May Cry is pouring tons of hours into the third game. I lost so many hours that when I closed my eyes I could still see the HUD. Every time I got close to falling asleep, Dante’s health would dip and I’d jerk awake to save him. I loved that game.
So when they announced today that they are realeasing an HD collection of the first three Devil May Cry games,...
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When there is no more room in hell, the dead will...
Dead Island is like Borderlands, except with more zombies and less humor.
That is to say it is a sandbox, it can have 1 to 4 players, has RPG elements, and a fun loot system. The game isn’t as depressing or as artistic as the trailer implied, but trailers always lie anyway. That doesn’t mean that the game isn’t fun.
The game’s plot is pretty straight forward. You and...
It's dead
’E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This computer is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s...
October Madness
For the month of October you can expect a lot of interesting coming your way!
You’ve probably already noticed the theme change, but there are a couple other updates I want to do this month. I’ll be reviewing Dead Island, and talking about scary things. I’m also going to try to get a podcast up this month! We’ll have to see how it goes, wish me luck.
September 2011
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I Didn't Ask for a Deus Ex: Human Revolution...
The eight deadliest words for any work of fiction are as follows, “I don’t care what happens to these people”. That is the problem with Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Let’s back up a little bit. Deus Ex is a futuristic RPG set in the year 2027. Humanity is taking huge leaps forward and not everyone agrees with the changes. You play Adam Jensen a troubled ex-cop who now runs...
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Walk Down That Lonesome Road All By Yourself
I have played 84 hours of Fallout: New Vegas and this last three were some of the best.
In case you haven’t been paying attention to the lore, let me fill you in. Lonesomeroad is the last story DLC for FNV. The last three DLC have given bite sized pieces of a story involving The Courier and a man named Ulysses. Ulysses has been searching for the Courier through out the Mojave and now you...
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Gaming on a Budget, A How To Guide
Last week I wrote about 5 Great Free Games. This week I’m going to continue the trend with some more tips that can help you save money and still play games this season.
Make Friends With Other Gamers
This is an obvious one to anyone who started gaming at a young age. Back in grade school if you can’t afford a new game and your best friend had games you’d never played, what did...
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5 Great Games That Are Completely Free
We all know that our wallets are due to take a beating this fall, so here are some great free games to play while your wallet prepares to purge.
Symphonic Tower Defense
The most recent addition to the outpouring of Tower Defense, this game reexamines the genre while combining it with the rhythm genre.
The game is broke up into individual songs in which you as the conductor must keep the music...
August 2011
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You ain't in this alone. That's a promise....
Bastion is an Action RPG in which your character, “The Kid” tries to survive the apocalypse. You must try to save a dead world and try to save the other survivors as well. It sounds like a standard post apocalypse game. It is anything but standard.
The story starts off easily and a little slowly. As you start to play you’ll notice something strange. The...
If your Life had a Face I Would Punch it (Scott...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has both a great series of books and a pretty good movie, but is the video game release good as well?
The short answer is no. Fans of the graphic novel will remember that it had a lot of subtext. Scott wasn’t just trying to save the princess and kill bad guys. He was growing up, learning about responsibility and overcoming his hangups, while...
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IMHO - The 5 Flaws that Must be Fixed for...
I loved Borderlands. The quirky sense of humor, the gratuitous shout outs, the sheer amount of weaponry, it even had fun Co-op. However, the game did have some flaws.
These are the five things that I think need changed for Borderlands 2.
Dueling
I know that Borderlands is a Co-op game, but occasionally a team member can be downright annoying. Especially when they steal a weapon that was...
July 2011
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We’re Under Attack, What a Surprise (DA:2 Legends...
The first thing you’ll notice in this DLC is that all the voice actors reprise their roles. It is the best thing about Legacy. Which says something right there.
The combat has been improved. No longer will you finish a battle only to have another wave fall from the sky. No longer will battles be pure hack’n’slash. You must fight tactically (even on the casual difficulty). Of course this doesn’t...
Fear and Loathing in Eden
Taken from the diary of Samantha Dragon, June 30, 2011 she seems to have been attempting to follow the style of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
I am just past the tutorial, an fraction of the way through the level, when the game starts to take effect. I feel lightheaded, perhaps I should stop, but I can’t.
Beings made of light attack by the dozen. Sometimes they are obvious and I attack...
June 2011
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In The Trenches (Trenched Review)
Have you ever played a tower defense game and thought, ‘This needs MECHs and MAD SCIENCE’? Have you ever seen a tower defense game and thought ’This would go well with a Third-Person Shooter’? No? Well, you should have! Double Fine just released Trenched, a game that combines all that with a whole lot of weapons. Does Trenched live up to other Double Fine games like...
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It’s the end of the world as we know it (Avalon...
You as the hero (a boy or a girl) are given the Book of Prophecy and the responsibility that comes with it. Along with four elemental spirits that are chained to the book, you must protect the book and you must record all the monsters, people, and flowers of the world, so that the new one can be created.
Every time you record a person or thing you can look at and mess with their code. Some...
May 2011
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IMHO-The Bechdal Test for Video Games
While playing Call of Duty: Black Ops something occurred to me; there wasn’t one woman in this game. It was a fun game, but there was not a single named female character in the game. This isn’t a new problem in video games, but it even though it’s been talked about over and over again it is still a major problem. To address this we need a video game version of the Bechdel test.
The Bechdel Test...
April 2011
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Black Ops is the Best Call of Duty Game Yet
When I decided to review COD: Black Ops, I was sure I would hate it. After all, the Call of Duty franchise represents everything I hate about gaming. It comes out with one game a year that’s really just a mildly changed variation on a theme. It’s bland, overly macho, and pretty clichéd. Black Ops had these things, but it also had something surprising. Black Ops had a good story.
The story puts...
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IMHO – The Five Most Creative Achievements of the...
Very often while playing games I see achievements that don’t really mean anything. Like achievements for completing a part of the story. Or achievements that require hours of grinding to attain. These are occasionally fun and are really just there to up your Gamerscore. However there are achievements out there that give you an opportunity to look at the game and maybe just achievements themselves...
Dragon Age 2 is not the Spiritual Successor to...
Most people who played BioWare’s fantasy epic Dragon Age: Origins may remember that it was meant as the spiritual successor to an older BioWare CRPG called Baldur’s Gate. DA: O was an expansive, fun RPG that held onto its classic roots and allowed for strategic gameplay. It was easily one of my top ten games. Now it’s a little over a year later and Dragon Age 2 has already come out. The game is...
