Let me preface this by saying: I’ve never been terribly good at the genre of Shoot-‘em-ups. There are a couple of games here and there I have 1CC’d, but I’m sure I’ll get to them in the future. The reason I’ve decided to choose shmups is that it has always tickled my brain in the right ways. The level memorization, the quick reflexes, and excellent variety in difficulty the genre offers. HOWEVE...
I thought today would be easier. I thought today might even be marginally tolerable. But, it isn’t. It never is. But there is one thing that gives me solace: all of you. Ever since the word of Ryan’s passing, the site has been filled with emotions. Support from avid fans from around the world showing their support for the site and, in particular, Ryan’s deep contributions to everyone’s lives. L...
I just wanted to say my small piece on Ryan. I joined Gamespot in 2004 and was a fan of the crew ever since then. I would tune in routinely for their On the Spot antics, and always love the endearing silly videos they always made. Ryan’s style was one of the big reasons I grew so passionate about games. After they left Gamespot I kind of lost track of them. I grew somewhat disillusioned with vi...
If you may remember I requested the aid of Giantbombers to flesh out our collection of video games at my local library. Well, you may have forgotten about them, because I was beginning to. Today I got a note in my box saying the first shipment of games came in! I got two small stacks of vidya games here for you. Okay, so my work computer doesn't like uploading images so I'll upload the picture...
I recently purchased Anno 2070 from the steam sale. I'm quite enjoying myself building an maintaining a city. I must admit I'm not terribly good so far. However, I thought of a plan. After I bone up on the UI and get comfortable with the game, I will do a drink by drink play action blog of my city. It will be complete with screenies, hell maybe I'll throw up a video (if I can figure out how the...
As the year winds down, finals wind up. The holiday kicks into full gear. Insanity sweeps through what little of my mind is left. I stare at my steam library, my gog library, hell, even my console libraries and shudder. I have the biggest back log in the history of back logs. It seems nigh impossible to complete all the games I have, and with more coming out, how will I live up to this pressure...
After a quick realization i.e. looking at my blog I thought "Hey that's right I didn't make that next post!" So, in turn I think I'll try to make a longer post within the weekend! It really depends on how I want to break up the story though... Well, I think I can do the next story mission and a side quest or two in one go, so I would say Sunday Night will be the grand unveiling. See you there!
Waking up feeling refreshed, the morning light gently rolled over the hill of the encampment. I roll up my sleeping bag and head over to see Sid. I take out the flash drive and a greedy glint flicks in his eyes. He thanks me and slides a stack of 1500 rubles. As I slip the stack into my pack, he laughs and tells me I could be a great asset, and more importantly, he caught wind of some new infor...
For those few interested in my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. blog, I'm not entirely certain it will be done tonight, lately I've been preparing for my move and have had less time to go back to SoC. Normally I would just spend today playing, but I have work today and my girlfriend is coming this evening after work. Therefore, I think I should have a post up sometime around Wednesday afternoon (EST) since I hav...
Just to get this out of the way, thanks to @Hitchenson for the great mod suggestions. In the interest of time, I didn't manage to install all the mods for the game. Here's a list of Mods I'm using for Shadow of Chernobyl: AMK Mod, Absolute Textures/Structures, LURK Animations for AMK Difficulty: Veteren And so our journey begins... Things aren't too good My journey began in a shipping truck on...
as in my twitter feed, since it took me a little longer than expected to install the mods, not all of which I will be using because of crashes, I didn't get to as much of the game as I wanted to this evening. I've got almost one blog post worth of gameplay, so definitely expect something Tomorrow night. Now, the more I thought about it the more I thought I should include a disclaimer: I have ne...
Over the past few days I have been toying around in Call of Pripyat, and this got me to thinking: Why haven't I done what I said I would do at the beginning of its release? I would run through the entirety of the series consecutively. I feel this grand journey to the hellish lands of the Zone needs documenting, so I plan on acting as your guide through these games. You may ask, Why S.T.A.L.K.E....
I've been burning my way through the Persona 4 endurance run lately and it got me to thinking: "jeez, I really wish I had some friends who had some time to hang out and play through some of my jrpgs that I want to play but don't think I'll have the time/patience for otherwise." I've got Record of Agarest War sitting on my shelf with only a couple of hours cut out of it, but I just can't find my...
So... This Catherine game... A heavily story driven block pushing game? Okay, you have my attention. I finally got my hands on the delux edition of this game last week, and I've reached the sixth night of eight. I can't believe how frustrating this game can be. Sometimes I find myself falling to my death purely by accident because of twitchy controls, but most of the time it's because I'm stupi...
As for shadow of the damned, I am finally done. It took me about 6 hours on normal, including cutscene time to finish but I actually played my first game of 2012 all the way through(I make it sound like 6 hours is a long game... >.>)! I was really pleased with the ending and semi-closure at the end. This could mean a review is coming down the pike, but I can't be too sure. Now the hard part com...
Far too often I've found myself purchasing games and then playing anywhere between 20 minutes to 10 hours and not completing the game, only to let it sit idly by while I say to myself, "I'll get to that eventually." Well the time has finally arrived where I strive to keep my ADHD brain focused long enough to finish more games, such as going back through old games and in future purchases. Being...
You might think of the osmonds as a crappy poppy sound from the olden days. Yet, I think if you plop this into your ear-hols you might disagree... if you can believe it, that was done by some osmonds. It's actually quite an impressive track. Check it son!
I have to admit, when I first purchased this months ago I played up to the first section of act 3 and dropped it to nearly never return. However, last night I decided to pop the game in for old times sake, and what a beautiful fool I was. I couldn't believe I had stopped playing this somewhat hokey, but all the same brilliant, third person shooter. These game make me realize why I love video ga...
Looks like steam is finally doing their sale, and I'm totally fucked in the wallet. I wonder what people will be buying most?
So I've decided to move some of my reviews from gamespot over to here, my old username StevenHawking probably won't mind that I use them, since they'll probably be put to better use here. THE FOLLOWING GAMES ARE REVIEWED: Nethack (PC) Metal Gear Solid (PC) Jak 3 (PC)
Well I'm a former Gamespot user. I say former, because my biggest time of use was when guys like Alex Nevarro, Jeff Gerstmann, and Brad Shoemaker were on the staff. I consider that to be the heyday of Gamespot. However, since their disappearance the site has really gone down, in my opinion. I so happened to look at a random review, the lowest score for Castlevania HD, and found none other than...