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…
It only took about a week or so to become playable, but Grand Theft Auto Online seems to be completely stable now with only a few minor hiccups. I know I was one of the few that opted into waiting a week before hopping into the online portion of GTA. By doing so, I was able to avoid some of the game-breaking glitches and all around frustration surrounding its launch. These issues included money loss, reputation (experience) loss, and complete…
This October is a pretty busy month when it comes to new releases. With the new consoles coming out at the end of next month, publishers seem to be scrambling to bring out their current generation games to make room for the new generation. The biggest release this month is coming on October 12th, with the release of Pokemon X and Y on the 3DS handheld console from Nintendo. This will be the first ever fully 3D Pokemon game released….
A couple of years ago, I picked up a game called Penny Arcade: Gamers Against Evil, and enjoyed it immensely. This was my first introduction to the genre of deck building games. Deck building games can basically be described as a game where you begin with a small deck full of basic cards, which you will expand with better and more efficient cards as the game progresses. The power progression of all the players and the interesting strategies that can…
I never had a doubt that Grand Theft Auto 5 would be great; however, Rockstar still found a way to completely floor me with their most recent entry into the series. Apparently a lot of other people were floored, too, with an unprecedented 97-98 score on meta-critic, and pulling $800 million in sales in the first 24 hours! With these kind of numbers, Grand Theft Auto 5 has quickly become the biggest entertainment launch in history in only three days,…
I am excited about Grand Theft Auto’s imminent (or eminent! haha) release next week. I’ve already pre-ordered it and even taken the 17th off from work in preparation for a day full of simulated crime and villainy. While I know that Rockstar will undoubtedly provide me with a fantastic experience that I will enjoy every step of the way, I am a bit cautious about how gracefully they will pull of this new iteration to the series off. Grand Theft…
You’d think with all the modern games on my never-ending steam backlog, I wouldn’t be booting up and playing games from 1997. When Steam had a sale on the older Fallout games over the weekend, I couldn’t resist picking up Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics. Usually I’m paying five bucks just to have the game on my Steam library list, destined to be grayed out for all eternity. That’s when you own a game on Steam, but it…