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Question Of The Week [July 31st 2024]

Live Service games, for those who don’t know, are games that are Online in nature, constantly updated to provide the player with new content and keep the player locked in and playing the same game continually and paying for MicroTransactions. Live Service Games have become the bane of the

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Question Of The Week [July 25th 2024]

This is going to sound a bit weird, but I actually don’t like replaying games much. One of the things I really enjoy about video games is the story. While I do agree that most video game stories aren’t that great, there are still a lot of them

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Question Of The Week [July 17th 2024]

Microtransactions are the new bane of gaming, along with things like NFTs, Free to play, and Pay to win gaming. In the booming bleeding edge of 2006 we started seeing the Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Marketplace take shape and along with that came Downloadable Content, or better abbreviated as

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Question Of The Week [July 10th 2024]

Q: What Is Your Favorite Controller? A: Honestly I think the answer to “What is my favorite gaming controller?” is pretty simple for me. But before I answer it, let’s break down the question a little bit. What is the main function on a controller? It’s there to

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Question Of The Week [July 3rd 2024]

Q: What was a game you wanted, but never got? A: Back in 1997, during the summer, I went to visit a lot of my dad’s side of the family out in Iowa. I was just old enough to get on a plane by myself and travel across the

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Question Of The Week [June 20th 2024]

No, I don't replay games often. I find that most of the excitement of playing a game comes from me experiencing the game for the first time. I latch on more to the storyline, characters, motivations, levels and the way I progress through the game. Mechanics that are enjoyable are

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Question Of The Week [June 10th 2024]

The Xbox 360 changed the game in several ways with video games. One of them being “achievements” a task or goal that the developers coded in, so when you complete a specific task in a game, it pops off an notification informing you “you did this thing”. It was a

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Question Of The Week [May 29th 2024]

Q: What can be done to save "DOA" games? A: I came across a article about how Starfield's DLC should just be scrapped and they should stop supporting the game and move on. And while I do agree for the most part, as Starfield really disappointed most people (my wife

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Question Of The Week [May 21st 2024]

Q: Are mods for games worth the hassle? A: One of the best parts of PC gaming is being able to use “Mods”. Modifying a game to either implement new characters or weapons, or even locations and levels. Mods are a big part of being a PC gamer. I personally

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Question Of The Week [May 13th 2024]

I saw this argument a lot over the course of Christmas 2023, when talking about Game Of The Year. There was a huge backlash over Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom because it didn’t “Innovate” and was just “More of the same”. Which I think is exactly what a good

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Question Of The Week [May 5th 2024]

Welcome to Question Of The Week! A new idea I had last year to spark some new discussions on the Discord server. Well, I finally decided to implement it and post a single question that pertains to video games. So here is my thoughts on the first Question of the

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Games Store Stories - "Walking Wikipedia Boy"

Games 4 U was a video game store I frequented back in the late 90’s in Southern California. It was a small local mom and pop retail store mainly focusing on second hand sales. Like with many of those stores, really good deals could be found every day and

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Steam's Year In Review 2023

URL: https://store.steampowered.com/yearinreview/76561197974552808/2023?l=english So, Steam, along with Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo has jumped on the Look-Back trend at the end of the year. Honestly, I think it's kinda cool and doesn't bother me. So here is my year in review for Stream in

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Steam Awards 2023 - Nominations

With the arrival of Thanksgiving, we also have the arrival of the annual Steam Awards, and first, it’s Nominations. This gives me a chance to nominate games released this year that can be recognized for several categories. In past years, anyone was able to nominate any game; which never

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The Beatles - Now and Then (2023)

A couple days ago, The Beatles released a new and probably last song. I know that’s kinda weird, seeing as two of the fab four have been dead for almost 25 years. But here we are. So I want to break down some of my thoughts on it, and

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Au revoir, Pee-Wee

As a kid I was always enthralled by the character of Pee-Wee Herman. I memorized and wore out the VHS of Big Adventure, was perplexed when I saw the DVD (original cardboard box version) that they included biographies of the Herman family tree, and even loved the Big Top Pee-Wee.

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E3 2023 - Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery... That Mediocrity Can Pay To Greatness

And just like that, another Summer has come, and along with the blazing heat of a thousand scorching suns, we are also graced with the tidal wave of gaming news, trailers and mostly announcements of games we may or may not be able to play in the next 360 days.

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E3 - A Look Back In Remembrance

My thoughts on what E3 has warped into the last few years is fairly well documented, but I always like looking back at the fond times I had at one of the coolest events I’ve ever been a part of, even in a small way. Today, I stumbled across

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Summer Game Fest (2023)

It’s officially Summer, which means E3 is just around the corner…. Oh, nevermind. E3 is officially dead. It looks like Geoff Keighly has finally taken over Video Game press events and the new ramshackled event season where every publisher puts out their own press conferences and digital videos showcasing

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Ryan's Recommendations - Comics (2022)

Comics have been a large part of my life, mostly due to the characters being put into not only comics but other media, like TV Shows, Movies and video games and action figures. Since then most of my fondest childhood memories and creative imaginations have had comic book heroes and

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The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - First Thoughts

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild holds a very special place in my heart, as while I was never the biggest Zelda fan, I’ve enjoyed most of the mainline games and think it’s an overall fantastic series. But Breath Of The Wild finally broke the Zelda

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My thoughts on State Of Play (02-23-2023)

Sony has finally gotten around to showcasing what they have planned for the next few months as the first State Of Play has aired. Most of what was shown off to me didn’t seem all that interesting and there was a very unnecessary abundance of Suicide Squad that took

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My thoughts on Nintendo Direct (02-08-2023)

The first Nintendo Direct of the year has finally happened, and while I rarely pay attention to what Nintendo does outside of their big franchises, this year is already a massive year for games in general, so I wanted to scope out Nintendo’s offering. I was mostly in it