Pax East 2011 Photo Journal
Hey GI Users,PAX East was last weekend and I had the fortune to attend the event. This was my first ever PAX and the first gaming convention that I've ever been too. Before I would always love seeing...
View ArticleMaking a Better Game: Harry Potter
Dear GI Users,I believe at this point it's safe to say that the Harry Potter franchise has bee a huge success, and with the final movie in the franchise being release it would only make sense that the...
View ArticleQuick Critique: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
I feel I may have a bias opinion during this critique, because I LOVE this game. I believe this might be my fourth playtrough, and I know that isn’t a crazy amount, but considering I don’t play many...
View ArticleQuick Critique: The Walking Dead: Game
“This game series adapts to the choices you make. The story is tailored by how you play.” This phrase appears before each of the five episodes of The Walking Dead: Game, and is an appropriate means of...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Pokemon: Black
It has been years since I've last picked up a Pokemon game. The last game I played from the main series was over 13 years ago with the release of Pokemon: Gold and Silver, which I loved and thought...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Splinter Cell Conviction
I've always had a hard time diving into the Splinter Cell series, its trial and error type game play has always turned me off, I've found the plots hard to follow and uninteresting, and I generally...
View ArticleQuick Critique: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
At it's core Zelda games are about two things, adventure and exploration. It's these elements that influence the different game mechanics featured in each new Zelda title, like the dark world in Link...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
This is a weird game, granted I know this is Mario, but even under Mario standards this is weird, and its not in what you do in the game, but more of where you go. The game is set up into six...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Jetpack Joyride
I like jetpacks, I know that an actual jetpack would be terrible idea (I feel I don't need to explain why), but I love the idea of just strapping on a backpack and taking off to the sky's. Though that...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Fable III
As far as the Fable series goes this iteration may be the best yet. The combat feels smoother, the main and side quest are more fleshed out, and decisions carry more weight this time around. However...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
When it comes to videogames, story isn't a necessity, a game can still be great and involving without one by purely relying on game play, just look at Super Mario or Team Fortress. Story in videogames...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution begins with you as Adam Jensen, a normal human doing normal human things as a normal security guard at Sarif Industries, until there is an attack on his company that leaves...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar Games knows how to make deep and expansive open world games, and anyone who has played one of them knows this, so I feel I don't necessarily have to explain myself, but if I did, I'd probably...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Dead Space 2
It's rare to see a videogame sequel deal with the emotional ramifications that it's predecessor may leave on it's protagonist. In most cases the events from previous titles primarily effect the...
View ArticleQuick Critique: Super Metroid
I believe that after almost twenty years its safe to call Super Metroid a classic, not only did it perfect the formula that its predecessors established, but it also created a new genre in the...
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