After a long five year period with barely a whiff of a Fallout 4 announcement — we finally have one! Not that there was any doubt it was being made, but it sure seemed grim for a while there. Bethesda kept a tight lid on the very existence of the popular series’ next iteration, not even commenting on the Fallout 4 website hoax back in December 2013. Don’t lie, it tricked you, too! The trailer itself is chock-full of referential…
The Witcher 1 was released in October 2007, back when I had the oldest, jankiest PC imaginable. I’m shocked the game even ran on my old rig that I had been upgrading piecemeal for over five years! Despite the terrible performance granted by my archaic machine, I became a rabid fan of the game. The Witcher hooked me with its interesting storytelling, mature settings, the brutal fast-paced combat, and a world full of shades of gray where no decision ever…
Slim week this week, as I’ve been mostly focusing on one game: the much-anticipated Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt! Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt My oh my! I have not been so enamored with a game since Skyrim! The storytelling, the combat, the music, and even the card game, Gwent, all have me hooked. The Witcher 3 is unparalleled when it comes to creating a large world while remaining dense with interesting characters, quests, and environments. This may be the…
Rocksteady’s next game is finally coming out! After a four year development cycle, we’ll be seeing the fruit of their labors on June 23rd in the form of Batman: Arkham Knight, the sequel to the 2011 hit: Arkham City. Sadly, Arkham Knight will be closing the book on Rocksteady’s involvement in the Batman series, along with the end to the Arkham Trilogy. This new iteration is chock-full of new features; including better traversal mechanics, a game world five times…
The present climate of video games can make it difficult to discover particular games. Small, independent studios are releasing games left and right. The Steam Marketplace has become a monster of a service that provides sale and access to a ridiculous amount of games. The importance of properly marketing your game and getting its name out there has become a real challenge for smaller developers. There’s only so much space on the Steam store front, and while I think Valve…
I know. It’s been a year and a half since my last post. I could bore you with the myriad of excuses I’ve come up with for my own benefit, but, we’ll just sum it up with: life happened. Before we jump headfirst into video games again, though, I’d first like to thank all of those friends that approached me throughout the hiatus and asked me what happened with this blog. It meant a great deal to me to know…
Sometimes, in the gaming industry, a game comes along that makes you redefine what a game really is. A lot of individuals like to limit things with their definition. To claim a video game isn’t a game because it doesn’t have the particular mechanics you are accustomed to seeing in a game, is absurd. What I’m trying to say, is, that the definition of a word is flexible. As independent developers continue to emerge, we begin to see more and…
I was first introduced to trading card games by my father when I was about 10 years old. The game was Magic: The Gathering, and while I was only a young kid who didn’t quite know the highest of grand strategy, I embraced it with gusto, and thoroughly enjoyed playing with my dad or watching him get beat in tournaments. When I got into middle school, I revisited the game with a group of friends where we’d face each other’s…
November is going to be one of the biggest months of gaming we’ve seen in a very long time. Not only do we have two major new generation consoles coming out this month, but we also have a slew of release games to accompany them. In fact, the launch list for each console is exhaustive and the competition has already started, with quite a few day one exclusive games on each. Sony’s Playstation 4 will be the first next gen…
Pokémon has always been a fantastic RPG. While its combat system is simple, when you dig deep, there’s an interesting paper/rock/scissor system that gets you excited when you hear that super effective noise after you use Flamethrower on a Grass type Pokémon! However, admittedly, Pokémon seems to be a game that is best enjoyed with the condition of nostalgia, which lends to Pokémon’s rabid fan base, who have all been playing since they were young. Don’t let that admission be a…