It's that time of year again, when a chilling wind howls in the darkness outside, a time when we see skeleton and zombie yard decorations being raised up overnight. It's finally Halloween season! Last year, I embarked on a thematic quest to play through some spooky, Halloween-inspired games, both old and new. I decided to … Continue reading It’s Blogtober Time!
There's not too much for a progress update as I make my way through Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. I played the game for only a few more hours over the past 12 or so days since my initial post describing my quest for a platinum trophy. Outside of a couple more instances of the game crashing … Continue reading Trophy Hunters – Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Episode 2
Lancer - Gears of War(series) Part assault rifle, part chainsaw. The Lancer is a pretty straightforward weapon and comes in a few variations, but it’s consistently awesome in providing both medium and close-range attacks. You can fire away from behind cover, but also rip through any enemy locusts that get too close for comfort. Sonic … Continue reading 10 Awesome Video Game Weapons
For my newest project/experiment I thought it would be interesting to play an agreed upon game with the intent of getting every trophy/achievement and writing a blog post about it. This was coming from equal parts: an interest to see the differences in approach regarding trophy hunting and my latest excuse to write about whatever … Continue reading Trophy Hunters – Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
For any kid like me that grew up(?) playing video games in the 90's and early 2000's, one of the most beloved and prolific studios was Rare. The British studio was responsible for creating classics like Donkey Kong Country, Battletoads, GoldenEye, and Banjo-Kazooie. There was such a sense of humor and creativity in the games … Continue reading 5 Favorites for the Rare 35th Anniversary
It is finished. Over the weekend I was able to get the last lingering trophies needed to get the platinum trophy for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. The biggest challenge in getting the platinum trophy for the game lies in the time required to do everything, more than traditional difficulty of the tasks. The first word I … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey – Our Search For Family
For my most recent impulse buy, I purchased one of the Hyperkin "Duke" Xbox controllers on Amazon. I had been looking for another controller that I could use for a few games here and there on pc that I'd prefer to use a controller over mouse and keyboard, as well as a backup for when … Continue reading Review – Hyperkin Duke Xbox/PC Controller
In a surprising turn of events, I spent nearly as much time this weekend watching others play video games on Twitch as I did myself. I made the ever-elusive social appearance during Later Level's Great Blog Crawl 2020 on Saturday and had a great time hanging out with others from around our WordPress gaming community. … Continue reading Weekend Gaming Vibes – Playlist #2
Back in January I put together a post titled Gaming Omnivore Art Gallery(catchy, right?). It was essentially an excuse to show off some of the many, many screenshots I had taken over the several months and turned out to be a fun idea that I was relatively pleased with how it turned out. I had … Continue reading Gaming Omnivore Art Gallery – The Last of Us Part 2
Greetings! We're already at the end of June and it's been a while since I wrote up another of my recap/ramble posts about what I've been playing recently. My summer has consisted of work, video games, coffee and working on weekly blog post ideas so far; pretty much the same as last summer, save for … Continue reading Weekend Gaming Review – June 2020
