30 Day Video Game Challenge: Days 22-23

Day 22:  A Game Sequel That Disappointed Me Insterstate ’82.  Hands down.  Developed in house at Activision it dumbs down the customization options for vehicles (not quite to Twisted Metal-like levels) and given the emphasis on “don’t get out of the car” in the first game the fact that you can leave your car in [...]

30 VGC Day 21: Best Story

I’m not a fan of survival horror games.  I’ve just never really been able to play them.  So, when I give my best story nod to i Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem you should know that I don’t do so lightly.  It helps that I’m a huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft and while Eternal Darkness doesn’t [...]

30 Day VGC Day 19: Setting You’d Like to Live In

Everything I’ve seen of Guild Wars 2 so far makes me wish I could explore Tyria for real.  Check out the beautiful concept art!

30 Day VGC Day 18: Favorite Antagonist

Kefka Palazzo. He has the best intro music, bizarrely wonderful character design by Yoshitako Amano, and he is bat shit insane.  A maniacal and psychopathic nihilist he engenders no sympathy and is about as true a villain as there ever was.  

30 VGC Day 17: Favorite Video Game Protagonist

Say one thing about this challenge, it definitely calls to mind what aspects of video games I gravitate towards and which I don’t.  The topic for Day 17, favorite video game protagonist, is pretty difficult mainly because there isn’t one I really feel excels above others.  If you were to extend this topic to “fictional [...]

30 Day VGC Day 16

Screenshot from the game I am playing right now, Dragon Age 2, three sexy ladies plus on irascible dwarf.

30 Day VGC Day 15: Best Cutscenes

Day 15 is supposed to be a screenshot the game I am currently playing.  Since I don’t have a screenshot at the moment I’m swapping days 15 and 16. Game with the Best Cutscenes I’m going to give this one to Interstate ’76.  By and large I don’t like cutscenes but something about the stylized [...]

30 Day VG Challenge Weekend Edition!

Day 13: A game you’ve played more than five times. I’ll be honest, I barely have time to play a game once let alone five times.  Even games I love I’m not sure I could play five times.  Though I haven’t played them to completion I have started characters and campaigns in the Baldur’s Gate [...]

30 Day VGC Days 11 and 12

Missed another day!  This has been a busy weeks as I finally have some kind of feedback on a work project.  Anyway, here goes. Day 11: Gaming System of Choice This one falls by default to the PC.  Despite having more friends playing on other systems the PC has been the rock solid foundation of [...]

30 Day VGC Day 10: Best Gameplay

Another really hard question.  With the types and mechanics of video games so varied across the board choosing a “best” when all games aren’t even doing the same thing is kind of difficult.  Several friends picked Batman: Arkham Asylum as their choice.  Not a bad selection with its solid fight mechanics, fun detection mode, and [...]