This last week of gaming has really shown me how fortunate we really are as gamers in the current gaming climate. I am agonizingly torn every time I sit down and decide to play a game. I have so many amazing options I sometimes find myself paralyzed by the choice. This very ‘problem’ has given rise to a new feature coming every Friday, called Rad Listed. In Rad Listed I will devote one short paragraph for each game I’ve played…
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…
When I was younger and penniless, I had all the time in the world to play games, but never the money to buy all the new releases. I was required to make the most of a newly acquired game to get me by until the next birthday or present-appropriate holiday that would land me a new game. I would replay the same game multiple times, mastering all the nuances until I tired of it. Today, I would balk at replaying…
I was recently introduced to a newly released game called Payday 2, a heist, first-person shooter RPG. Despite not having paid any interest in the previous iteration, I’m finding the sequel very interesting. The mix of genres combined with the heist element proves to be an addicting combination. While this may seem like a strange smattering of genres to combine, we’ve seen the combination of first person shooter and RPG becoming more and more prevalent. As it has become more…
Today, I have three more podcasts for you all that may tickle your fancy. This time, I have one gaming podcast, one tech podcast, and a very interesting Dungeons and Dragons podcast! Weekend Confirmed, hosted by Garnett Lee of shacknews.com, is one of the higher quality gaming podcasts out there. As the name of the podcast suggests, this podcast tends to get uploaded later in the afternoon on Friday, and usually runs about an hour and a half. While Garnet Lee enjoys…