Category Archives: Video Games
I Think I’ll Saints Row This Week
We’re still in the dull days of summer with not much going on. So hopefully the release of the new Saints Row reboot will give me something to occupy my time. I just need something to occupy my precious time!
I’ve got to download the Epic Game Store to buy this game. And hopefully I’ll be able to play co-op with some friends. And hopefully it’ll be a fun and fulfilling reboot. I’ve enjoyed most of the Saints Row games in the past. But we’ll see. I’ll keep my hopes up and we’ll see!
Saints Row comes out on Tuesday.
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Let’s Take Another Look at Pokemon Violet and Scarlet
We’ve seen a ton so far for the upcoming Scarlet and Violet games, due out in November. It’s going to be an open world RPG — which I love — and will have a lot in common with Pokemon Legends: Arceus, which I also enjoyed. Well yesterday gave us even more information, including the stupid new game-specific transformation system.
This looks great! It’s like Arceus, but an actual normal Pokemon game. So all those theories that Arceus was a testing ground are proving correct. So I’m quite thrilled. An open world Pokemon RPG with more detail and world than ever before? Hecks to the yes!
Here’s a video that explains everything more in depth.
So I think I’m definitely going with Violet. Look at those two legendary pokemon. Why the hell does the scarlet one have wheels on its body if it’s going to run everywhere? It looks dumb as hell! It’s got those big wheels just sticking out of its body on both ends, then has to awkwardly run with its legs on either side of the wheels. Meanwhile, the violent one is just straight transforming into motorcycles and rocket ships. Hells yeah.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet still look pretty great. And now that I own a Switch, this is probably a Day One buy for me when it comes out on Nov. 18. I’ll have something to talk to the cousins about at Thanksgiving.
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Behold, Our First Full Look at Starfield
Starfield is coming! Let the hype construction begin. Bethesda, the makers of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls game, is looking to do the exact same thing with the sci-fi/space genre with Starfield. And at a big video game presentation yesterday, we got a big, chunky look at Starfield.
I love everything about this video. I love the Fallout games and I love Skyrim. So if they’re going to do the same exact thing, with a new genre, I am totally there. Granted, there have been similar games before, like Outer Worlds, which I very much enjoyed. But if Bethesda themselves give it a try, I think it’ll be even better.
Fallout meets No Man’s Sky? Yes, please!
I won’t be buying the latest X-Box, though, so I might need to upgrade my PC by the time Starfield comes out sometime next year.
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I’m Back! With Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!
Whew, what a week! For the first time in more than a decade of writing this blog, I actually took a whole week off, it seems. I had plans to maybe schedule some movie trailer posts, and I hoped to get home in time to do weekly comic reviews. But my trip to California was a bit too nuts and a bit too torturous to even try. So I just accepted that I wouldn’t and didn’t post. C’est la vie.
We’re going to make up for that with a bunch of posts this week! Including this awesome new trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet that came out while I was away.
This game still looks great. Multiplayer? That’s interesting. Some cute new Pokemon. I know I’m going to have fun with all the open world wandering. Will they fill that open world with interesting things to do? We’ll find out. And based on those legendaries, I think I’m definitely getting Pokemon Scarlet. The classic motorcycle dragon looks better than the sci-fi super bike dragon — at least in my opinion.
I still haven’t decided on a starter yet. I’d be willing to take any of them, but we’ll only know for sure when it comes to the final evolution. We’ll just have to keep waiting.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet come out on Nov. 18.
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6 Video Games That Could Also Support Unfaithful, Live Action TV Adaptations
Video games are finally getting their due in the world of live action adaptations — but for some reason, the adaptation just isn’t done properly. People are really, really mad at the Halo show for the changes and choices they’ve made that differ from established lore. Even when the showrunners explain what they’re doing and why, fans are still angry.
And Halo isn’t alone. We had our first trailers last week for the upcoming Resident Evil adaptation on Netflix — which won’t have much to do with the pre-existing stories from the games. There will be some classic Resident Evil elements, like the zombies and Umbrella, but there will be all new characters, locations and storylines. So that got me thinking…what other video games could work for live action adaptations that don’t actually use the source material stories? What other live action game adaptations could veer wildly away from what fans actually want?
Join me after the jump for some franchises that would make for some pretty great live action adaptations, especially if the show doesn’t actually adapt the existing game story.
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