Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

It’s been awhile since my last blog post, and by awhile I mean a few months. Rest assured though, that Iam not dead. In fact, I am not even slightly ill, though I did have a rough day with a BBQ pit, but that’s a story for another time. So, where have I been, I [...]

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a Silent Hill game released on the Wii, PSP and PS2 game consoles. It’s labeled as a re-imagining of the original Silent Hill game, but I want to be really clear on one thing. The game is nothing like the original Silent Hill game. In fact, it plays nothing like [...]

Video Games have been around for a long time. Since I have been old enough to retain memories, I have been playing video games. It’s something that I love doing, and has helped me and many others on so many different levels. However, recently the video game industry has been slowly pushing me away, with [...]

With the success of commercial MMORPGs going Free-to-play, Cryptics success with its Champions Online MMORPG switching to a f2p model, and Perfect World‘s recent purchase of Cryptic, it should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody, that Star Trek Online will also be switching to a Free to Play model later this year. How will this affect the game? [...]

As far back as the NES days, Castlevania has been known for 2 things — Shitty graphics, and side scrolling action. The newest Castlevania game takes both and throws them out a window. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, like most newer games based on a classic franchise has decided to move from a side scroller format, to a 3D roaming [...]

MMORPGs are going Free to Play left and right! Recently Age of Conan went free to play, and even more recently City of Heroes announced it too was going free to play. Hell, there’s even talk of sony’s newest MMORPG DC Universe Online going free to play! For good reason too! Free to Play means bigger [...]

There was a game released on the Playstation 2, Called Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. I am sure you have heard of it, because it was insanely popular. It was so popular that Disney felt basing a movie on it would be the bee’s knees. Years pass, and sequels are spawned. The Playstation [...]

I always told myself, that when I got older, I wouldn’t be one of those people. I wouldn’t go around saying, that back in my day we had things harder than todays children, because at the time, I figured that there was no way kids could get things easier. I mean, we could watch movies [...]

Infamous 2 on the Playstation 3 not only is a great game from Sucker Punch, but it’s also chock full of easter eggs, which isn’t that surprising considering how huge the game world is. Why wouldn’t they hide things that would amuse those who took the time to explore the city that they put so much effort [...]

As time goes on, more and more MMORPGs are adopting Free to play business models. In fact, recently we have been hit with a flood of commercial MMORPGs going Free to play. Titles such as EverQuest 2, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Pirates of the Burning Sea and Champions Online have [...]