There are certain games that come along from time to time that really get your attention. It could be for the action, the graphics or game play. However, it is a rare occasion that a game grabs you for all of these, plus the amazing experience of becoming emotionally attached and involved in the actions of characters.
It is to this that I write this open letter to Ellie and Joel. I met them in the “The Last of Us.”
*(Please note that I've tried to write this to contain no spoilers.
This week, I’m reviewing the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Multiplayer footage by Matroix (http://www.youtube.com/Matroix)
Classical Music during the “Incoherent Rage” card is “Virtutes Instrumenti” by Kevin McCloud
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I always thought somebody should make some kind of board game based on the Aliens universe. They've made plenty of video games based on the property after all, on everything from the 2600 to the modern-day consoles with the pending release of Aliens: Colonial Marines. There was also a fun "Aliens vs. Predator" collectable card game released in the 90s. Surely somebody somewhere thought about a board game, right?
Well, they did. It was called "Alien", it was released in 1979 as a board game
It's been a while since my last one of these, and I find myself desiring to get back on the horse, so let's get this party started up again, shall we? Hold on to your seats boys and girls, and LET'S READ!!
Hot damn, this issue brings back memories. Aside from the first issue, this is the earliest issue of the magazine that I still own in physical print format (I had issue #9 a long time ago, but it met with a gruesome accident involving Kool-Aid that I'm still not willing to discuss). In any
This week I’m taking a look at the latest Batman film – The Dark Knight Rises.
Filed under: film, videos Tagged: Batman, Christopher Nolan, Dark Knight Rises, film
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Arthur C Clarke in his home office in Sri Lanka (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This week I’m taking a look at Arthur C. Clarke‘s classic SF novel, Rendezvous With Rama.
Gamers Against Bigotry’s IndieGoGo Campaign can be found at http://www.indiegogo.com/GAB648
Their web page is http://gamersagainstbigotry.org/
The campaign ends on August 1st, 2012 – so donate now!
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Last night I went to the Hollywood Theater for their monthly Kung Fu Theater night, and I wanted to give my thoughts on the theater and the films I saw.
Filed under: film, Hong Kong Action Movies, videos
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Well behind schedule, I finally have my thoughts on the E3 games I was unsold on, including the “winner” of the “lucrative” award of shame of the show.
The IndieGoGo project mentioned in the video can be found here – http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/150672?c=home
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Dead Space 3, Dust 514, E3 2012, EVE Online, Gears of War: Judgement, Tomb Raider, Wizardry Online
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This week, I’m returning to my E3 2012 coverage and finishing it up with my Top 5 Sold! List.
Persona 4 Arena footage: http://YouTube.com/AtlusUSA
Sleeping Dogs footage: http://YouTube.com/SleepingDogsGame
Rock Band Blitz footage: http://YouTube.com/HarmonixMusic
Watch Dogs footage: http://YouTube.com/Ubisoft.
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate: http://YouTube.com/Nintendo
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Atlus, Castlevania, E3 2012, Harmonix, Konami, Persona 4, Rock Band, Rock Band Blitz
I’m taking a break today from the video game stuff, to give my thoughts on the just released movie Prometheus, a prequel to Alien.
Filed under: film, videos Tagged: Alien Series, film, Horror film, Prometheus, science fiction
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Now that E3 has officially concluded, I’m posting my thoughts on Nintendo’s two – count ‘em – two press conferences, covering the 3DS and the Wii U, with one more video. Next week, my picks for favorite game of the show.
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Just two days late, I’m giving my thoughts on EA, Ubisoft, and Sony’s media briefings from E3. I never said I’d be timely, now would I?
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: E3 2012, Electronic Arts, Sony, Ubisoft
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It’s E3 Week, which means it’s time for me to talk about the press briefings, starting with Konami & Microsoft.
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Konami, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Microsoft, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Zone of the Enders
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It’s book review time, as I get the two Hugo Award Nominees for Best Novel that interested me, out of the way. Specifically, Among Others by Jo Walton, and Leviathan Wakes by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck writing as James S.A. Corey.
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RewindGamer has switched hosting companies as of last night. I was with BlueHost for the past year or two. Unfortunately their servers feel sluggish, and I recently noticed that they were “throttling” my websites. None of my websites are resource intensive, nor do any of them receive a great deal of traffic. Each website I [...]
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This week I’m taking a look at Need For Speed: The Run, as well as the nominees for Best Professional Artist in the Hugo Awards.
The Nominees and their web pages are.
Dan dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Martiniere
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If I am going to blog about video games and give you my opinions. I believe I should first take you back and explain how I got into video games and my past experiences.
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The good folks over at ThinkGeek really know how to hit me in my nostalgic heart. Recently they have started selling a SNES-Style Wii controller
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One of the Grey Nintendo World Championships cartridges is currently listed on Ebay. For those of you not familiar with this cartridge, please read the below excerpt from Wikipedia.
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G4 Icons – The History of the Sega Dreamcast Originally Aired: March 11th 2004 Part 1 of 2 Part 2 of 2 From G4 “We explore the rocky history of Sega’s last venture into the console market. Hear from Sega insiders Bernard Stolar and Kathy Schoback about the Dreamcast’s last days of life and how [...]
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This week I have a review double feature – the science fiction novel The Quantum Thief, and the film The Avengers.
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Filed under: Books, film, videos Tagged: Avenger, book review, film, Quantum Thief, science fiction
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This week I’m giving my thoughts on the game Rayman: Origins.
Also, because it didn’t really take that long to talk about the game, I’m also giving my thoughts on this year’s nominees for Best Fancast at the Hugo Awards, including my pick for the winner.
The Nominees:
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)
SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP
"The PS3/Xbox 360/Wii will soon be retro." Yeah, I feel old too. It's similar when I've been indexing magazines lately as I've been doing stuff from 2011 lately and I'm thinking, "Man these systems seem so old and it was only 2011?!"
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