It was September of 2011, a mere few weeks after I had begun to work here with LevelSave. My social life was near non-existant, and outside of reviewing War Worlds on the Xbox Live Arcade, my only plans for that month were to make it to the Gears of War 3 Midnight Launch to pick up my Epic Edition, Gears 3 Console, and Retro Lancer Replica. Monday, September 19th I planned to arrive at GameStop around 8PM and sit for four hours waiting for my most anticipated title of the...
With all the warring and debating about platforms going on right now in the post-E3 aftershock, I feel it is important to step back and take a look at what is so much more important than Xboxes, Playstations, PCs, and mobile platforms. The game developers who work for pennies (and sometimes even those who roll around in money on their lunch breaks) often take something of a back seat to the games they help to create. That’s a good thing as far as I am concerned, the...
Given todays shocking news concerning the Xbox One’s DRM policies, us gamers are now tasked with making a very hard decision: do we buy all our games in the traditional disc format, and lose out on a lot of the Xbox One’s capabilities, or stick with the tried-and-true formula of buying a physical disc? I’ve broken down the pros and cons of each option below. So, now that you see the pros and cons of each option, what will you be doing with your Xbox...
This is killing me right now. Microsoft has just announced it was making a massive 180 concerning it’s Xbox One DRM policies, obviously due to the loud minority of internet users complaining along with hard pressure from Sony. Along with that 180 comes a removal of a small percentage of Xbox One features, those features, though, were some of the most revolutionary. The Xbox One was set to become not only a next-gen console, but a future proof next-gen console that...
Now that E3 is over and I have had some time to take it all in it has dawned on me that this was the pinnacle of gaming conferences. We saw so much. From the huge leap we are making to the next generation to the not so playful jabbing from one console maker to another, it truly has been an epic event. Each year players get extremely excited for this particular expo, but this year was something so entirely different. There we so many questions surrounding both Sony and...
At E3 this year, one of the most eagerly awaited games among Nintendo fans was Mario Kart 8, the next big Mario Kart game set for release in Spring 2014. The new game keeps what everyone loves about Mario Kart with the addition of HD graphics and anti-gravity. I got my chance to race on three courses from the upcoming game. The first thing I will say is that this clearly is a Mario Kart game. It plays exactly like past games. Everything from the boost...
One of the most anticipated Nintendo games this year leading up to E3 was the 3D Mario action game Nintendo promised they would reveal at the show. When Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed Super Mario 3D World, fans were quite shocked. It’s a little different than we all expected, but my short hands-on time with the game proved that it is a Mario game with a lot of promise. Super Mario 3D World looks and plays exactly like Super Mario 3D Land on Nintendo 3DS...
Being a fan of the Pikmin series since its debut in 2001, I was very excited to get my hands on the latest Pikmin game coming out in August on Wii U. Pikmin 3 may not contain any old characters aside from the Pikmin, but contains a brand new control scheme, pretty visuals, and new ways to command your Pikmin army. I got to play co-op in one stage of mission mode. The level I played is one Nintendo has shown in the past. It uses both red Pikmin and the new Rock Pikmin...
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has always been one of my favorite Zelda games to date. It was also the game that introduced me to the entire series. I was very excited when Nintendo revealed that an HD remake of Wind Waker would be arriving this year. I was even more excited to actually go hands on with a small portion of the game as well. When seeing the game running for the first time, I was in awe of how pretty the game looks in high definition. The visual...
Hideo Kojima, you never cease to amaze me… I have been a self-professed Metal Gear Solid fanatic for 15 years now. It has been a staple of my gaming life, like bread is to a duck, always searching for a crumb to salivate, obsess and devour. I was amazed at the presentation of MGS for the Playstation 1, “This is like a movie!” I announced quietly to myself. I remember the 2:45 am freak out my friend Zach and I had when the post credits dialogue featuring...
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