And here were are, the perhaps not so grand but most definitely controversial finale! RECAPS: PART 1 PART 2 And now on with the final batch of awards... Worst Trend-Macrotransactions Free to play games are fully entitled to have microtransactions plastered all over them because we never have to give them a pretty penny if we choose to play. Sure, progression may be painstakingly slow and some o...
Just a recap of the previous category winners: PART 1 PART 3 2013’s 2012 Game of the Year-Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (Deadliest Warrior) Favourite Mod I Played-Ultimate Apocalypse (Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War-Soulstorm) Diamond in the Rough-Volgarr the Viking Best Soundtrack that is not Metal Gear Rising’s OST-Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon And now for Part 2's awards! Backlog Shame-Super Mario 3D Worl...
PART 2 PART 3 For the sake of not cluttering up a single page, as well as saving people from reading over 5,000 words in a single blog, I've decided to split up my awards into different parts. I don't know how many there are going to be (hint: probably 3), but the subsequent parts will be released sometime before the year is over...I hope. With that said, I hope you can muster up the energy to...
I can generally count the number of genres I have no real interest in on a single hand: RTS/TBS, JRPG and Puzzle games. It comes with a mixture of disinterest and being dog-awful (dogs are not awful, just putting that out there) at these types of games. I am working to fix this and find a way to enjoy all the genres that our medium offers. However, over the past few months, I have become enamor...
Before reading on-please read Part 1’s intro for a brief rundown on what this “series” is all about. Or don’t, I won’t judge. And if you’d be so kind as to take a listen to the mood setter of sorts (seen above). With that out of the way, let’s dive head first into the world of Metroid. Metroid is a series all too famous for giving players a real sense of isolation. Samus Aran may not be alone i...
Before reading on-please read Part 1’s intro for a brief rundown on what this “series” is all about. Or don’t, I won’t judge. And if you’d be so kind as to take a listen to the mood setter of sorts (seen above). With that out of the way, let’s dive head first into the world of Metroid. Metroid is a series all too famous for giving players a real sense of isolation. Samus Aran may not be alone i...
In the spirit of October come early this year, I’ve decided to take a look back on areas in games that nailed the atmosphere and spirit that one would find in a typical horror game, just without the horror part. With that said, keep in mind that I’ve not played every game ever released, and it is my own personal list, so before you make the obligatory “where the hell is location X from game Y?!...
ALL OF THE GAMES! (Third Party) Ubisoft A lot of people, myself included, believed that these French-Canadian daredevils stole the show last year. Watch_Dogs was so out of left field that I thought it would end up nothing more than a tech demo that would never see the light of day as a final product, but alas, it appears to be real deal. But what other tricks does Yves Guillemot and his company...
E3 is known by a number of titles. Often hailed as the Superbowl of the gaming industry, it's a place where everyone's cards are laid out on the table. Secrets will be revealed. Technology will move forward. Sequels will be rampant. New IPs will be met with open arms. Whatever happens, I am excited. This is truly the time of gaming Xmas. The naughty will be punished and the nice will be treated...
Yep,this is not even a real blog.