Lost in Holiday Season Games: Skyrim and The Old Republic
I must be getting old because there are only two games that really peak my interest for this holiday season: Skyrim and The Old Republic.
Video Games
DDO Cannith Crafting: A Live BETA
Disclaimer: I’m going to brag a bit. You know, just to get it out of my system. And then I promise to move on to what I’m really trying to say. So if you don’t like bragging farts, stop reading here and feel free to skip down to the next section if it pleases you. [...]
E3 2011 Trailers
Its been a while since I was able to get excited about a game just by watching the trailers, but these three take the cake! Prey 2 Trailer I played through the original Prey and it was an excellent FPS game with compelling characters and plot. I really like the look and feel of this…
A Game I Want To Play (Again) But Can’t: Syberia and Syberia II
Syberia & Syberia II Developer: Microïds Publisher: Microïds, XS Games, The Adventure Company Publish date: 2002, 2004 Platform: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Smartphones Syberia and Syberia II are probably the best adventure games I’ve ever played. Its pretty classic: you play as Kate Walker and solve various puzzles and follow certain procedures in order for…
A Hero to Admire: Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia is the protagonist of The Witcher book series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. Yes I know there are video games, a TV series, and a movie, but Geralt first started out as a charaacter in a book. Geralt, like all witchers, are monster-hunters who undergo special training and have their bodies modified…
Favorite Meat-space game Gone Virtual: Small World
Small World (board game) Publisher: Days of Wonder Publish Date: 2009 Genre: Strategy board game Players: 2–5 Age range: 8 and up Playing time: 40 to 80 minutes Skills required: Strategy In Small World, players set out to dominate a world that is simply too small to accommodate them all. Small World is inhabited by…
Most Surprising Game: Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata Developer: Rare, Climax Group Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Publish Date: 2009 Platform: Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows I got this game as a freebie with our XBox 360. Little did I know that it would steal many productive hours away from my day. Part Sims, part Animal Crossing and part resource management strategy —…
A Game I Won’t Be Playing: Brink, The Sausage Fest
Yes, I went there. Besides having no female avatars — all in the name of “art artifacts and character styles” — it was shipped with numerous bugs for the PC (my preferred gaming platform). I want to say that Brink is about three or four updates from being awesome. Despite bug reports with AMD graphics…
Favorite Video Game Quotes: Mordin’s Song
Commander Shepard: I’m sorry, I know that was important, but *you* performed Gilbert and Sullivan? Prof. Mordin Solus: I am the very model of a scientist salarian – I’ve studied species Turian, Asari and Batarian – I’m quite good at genetics as a subset of biology – because I am an expert which I know…
Worlds to Love: Stark/Arcadia
In the game of The Longest Journey there are two parallel universes, Arcadia: a world of magic, and Stark: a world of science and technology. Stark is the science half of the twin worlds, and features a great number of cyberpunk traits. In 2209, the civilization of Stark is highly advanced technologically and has reached…
