Category Archives: Video Games
Skyrim Proves It’s Not Dead Yet By Introducing More Dragons
Dragons you can ride!
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the game that keeps on giving. I loved the Dawnguard expansion pack a few months ago. I didn’t bother with the Hearth one, where you got to build your own house and adopt some kids. Seemed too much like work. But I’m definitely on board for the new expansion: Dragonborn! It appears to include dragon mounts! More games should be about riding dragons.
It comes out on Dec. 4 for X-Box, no word for the PC, which is where I play. Probably not until January. Alas.
My 6 Favorite Video Game Characters
In honor of Wreck-It Ralph, this week’s blog list is all about my favorite video game characters! Though sadly, none of them appeared in the movie. Still, being the huge fan I am of fiction and storytelling, I actually pay a lot of attention to the stories and characters in video games. It’s not just all about mashing buttons for me. These are characters for whom I’ll go out of my way to play, or I’ll pick them all the time when it comes to gaming. Sometimes with annoying frequency.
None of these dinguses made the list
A lot of video games have a surprisingly deep mythology around them. Heck, even Angry Birds has the backstory of the pigs stealing the birds’ eggs – or something. And I often like to immerse myself in these stories. One of the biggest reasons I love World of Warcraft so much is because of the story and the lore. It helps that some of these games get cartoon shows, novels, comics or movies to help expand the story. Not that any of those things has particularly explained why King Koopa will kidnap Princess Peach in one game, and then race go-karts or play soccer with her in the next.
Mario even invites both of them to his frequent parties, as if that won’t make for an awkward evening. But questionable decisions by plumbers aside, here are my six favorite video game characters!
Halo 4 is Epic, And Now It’s Also a Rap
I’m hearing good things about Halo 4. I might get it in time, though I’ve never been a huge Halo fan. Still, one of the good things I’m hearing about it is this epic rap by Dan Bull!
It’s not as good as his amazing Skyrim raps, which you can see here and here. But it’s still a lot of fun. Dan Bull has talent. The man is a lyrical machine!
What do you guys and gals think? Looking forward to Halo 4?
Warcraft Mega Bloks Get Their Own Commercial!
World of Warcraft Mega Bloks (LEGO knock-offs) are out and on the stands, and if I were a rich man, I’d own as many as I could. Even though Mega Bloks are far inferior to LEGOs. We all know it, I’m just saying it. Still, I rather like the mix’n’match armor.
I did buy one of the WoW Mega Bloks sets, the single orc warrior figurine. I’m a sucker for orcs, especially Warcraft orcs, so I definitely wanted to get that one. The little figurines are neat, and even come with weapons. Though personally, I kind of want to buy one of the other figurines to give my new orc armor, that way he’d better match my Orc Shaman Tannenbaum, who finally, at long last, leveled up high enough for Northrend the other day. Just sayin’…
A Couple of Marvel Trailers
First up, the debut trailer of Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United confirms my suspicion that it will be crappy.
Stiff, stilted computer animation looks like it was done by a freshman design student. The dialogue appears to be nothing but cheap one-liners and weak banter. The villains are just a bunch of robots and/or additional Iron Man suits. This is a flimsy, boring work of drivel from a company that produces the best superhero stories and movies in the world. I expect better.
Next up is the latest trailer for Marvel Heroes, the upcoming Marvel-themed Massive Multiplayer Online game. I don’t know why I haven’t written about this game yet, probably due to lack of interest. And I don’t know why I’m not very interested in this game. It looks to be the next evolution of the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance games, and those were great.
Marvel Heroes wisely forgoes DC Comics’ attempt at an MMO, and instead lets you play as the actual superheroes. DC went with a City of Heroes-style game, where you design your own superhero and then fight alongside the Justice League. Marvel is going with a Diablo-like game, where you get to play as their superheroes in a dungeon-crawler-like environment. They’ve done a good job with that kind of series in the past, like I said, but something about this game has yet to really grab me. I think it’s the generic-ness that I’ve seen from the previews so far.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 was based heavily on Civil War, the comic series that pit hero against hero. It was full of exciting cameos (Multiple Man! Prodigy!), and got really in depth for a video game. Marvel Heroes, so far, seems to be striving to be as generic as possible, probably to bring in as many players as possible. Plus all of the characters they’ve revealed so far are not among my list of favorites. So there’s nothing to get excited about…yet. If anything changes, I’ll let you know.
What do you guys think of movie and this game? Are you looking forward to both? Hating them both? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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