Category Archives: Video Games
The Glory of Grand Theft Auto 5
This isn’t just a mere trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5. This is a fully-narrated exploration into all the corners of the new game, everything from crime to leisure activities to playing the stock market in-game. This…this is insane. This may be the most beautiful video game trailer I have ever seen in my life. I am still in awe. Watch, please.
How amazing was all of that!? We finally get to see how the switch between the three characters will work, and it looks so smooth and fun! And wow, just look at all of those awesome things to do! Golfing, bicycling, hunting, buying real estate, buying clothes, playing the stock market, and so much more! My biggest complaint for Grand Theft Auto 4 was that there was nothing to spend money on. Looks like they heard my complaints!
Seriously, though, that video was beautiful. I am drooling. I’m working to hook my X-Box 360 up to my new 27-inch computer monitor, so I’m going to have the game in full HD glory. I can’t wait for September!
Final Dance Fantasy
Let’s start our Monday right with some Final Fantasy-inspired song and dance!
I always enjoy a good, rhythmic dance routine. If only those Step Up 2 the Streets movies used video game themes. Thick of the cross geek promotion! This video was made by Mike Song, though if I’m being honest, it probably could have used more beautiful women. Or maybe a whole army of dudes.
Review: Deadpool, the Game
Holy Chimichangas, they made a Deadpool video game! They haven’t even gotten around to making that Deadpool movie they’re always talking about, and there isn’t anything else coming out to make this game a cash grab tie-in. Marvel and developer High Moon Studios just up and made a Deadpool video game for the sheer hell of it. How cool is that!? We all know how this works. Whenever a superhero movie or cartoon show comes out, some video game developer is hired to make a crummy tie-in game just to make some money. Then the best case scenario is that sometimes those games are mediocre. More often than not, they’re unplayable.
But every so often, once in half a dozen blue moons, a superhero video game is made to stand on its own, and we get a glorious gem like Batman: Arkham City!
And sometimes we get Deadpool, the game.
Who said that?
Game Rating: 6/10 – Pretty Good.
I have good news for Deadpool fans: this game is an absolute perfect adaptation of the character. Comic writer Daniel Way also penned the game, so the same style and humor he brought to the character in the comics is also on the screen. Deadpool is wacky, he’s crude, he breaks the Fourth Wall, he hallucinates and he never stops talking. He’s the Merc with the Mouth, so if you’ve been a fan of the character over the past few years, this game should be fantastic.
But we hate Daniel Way’s Deadpool.
I’ll get to that in a minute. Anyway, even though all of the Deadpoolness in the game is great, the game itself is achingly mediocre. High Moon Studios apparently spent all of their time perfecting the Deadpoolery, then just stapled it to a bare bones hack’n’slasher. The enemies are repetitive and unoriginal, the plot is non-existent, the levels are boring, and the few moments that actually break out of the mold are too short to actually make an impact. That’s not to say any of these things are bad, per se, they’re just bland and uninspired. The game itself is entirely average, but at a short 6 to 7 hours, maybe that’s all you need to enjoy such impressive amounts of Deadpoolocity.
So basically Deadpool, the game, is all about Deadpool. I think they get it.
Either way, join me after the jump for my full review!
State of Decay: Everything you know is wrong
Microsoft Studios released State of Decay last week on Xbox Live Arcade, and I have to say that this may be one of the most impressive, if slightly flawed zombie-based games ever presented. With a sandbox-style atmosphere, accessible vehicles and a massive open world, State of Decay has high replay-value and smart, immersive gameplay. The title is almost hilariously misleading, really. As an apocalyptic zombie-thriller, State of Decay has the shelf-life of a Twinkie.
Some experiences may vary.
To start, the game doesn’t fall into the same category of zombie-shooter as Left 4 Dead, or even Dead Rising. You’re not the greatest zombie-killer in the world, and the undead in State of Decay aren’t simply a line of moving targets that you can mow down with reckless abandon. Throughout State of Decay, the game reinforces again and again that you and your band of fellow survivors are in fact, mortal. Resources are scarce, ammunition is limited, and weapons can break in mid-fight. This isn’t a game about killing zombies: It’s a game about surviving zombies. Read the rest of this entry
Pokemon Fusions Are a Thing, and They Are Amazing
I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet or not, but there’s a meme that’s been going around for awhile now called Pokemon Fusions. It’s this blog – Click Here – that randomly fuses two pokemon together to create a nifty, silly new gene-spliced pokemon. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Here, I made an example:
I know you’re reading his name in Pikachu’s voice
Neat, right? Go ahead and try it out. It’s a ton of fun.
But I’m actually here to tell you that the Internet has taken Pokemon Fusions and done them one better. A bunch of professional artists, or at least people who can really draw well, have taken these Pokemon Fusions drawn them to look real, instead of looking like awkward cut and pastes. The results are both beautiful and horrifying, but all together brilliant. If you want to see an example of the Internet at its geeky finest and most creative, click the jump to see all the freaky and awesome Fusions!
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