Sorry I couldn’t think of a catchy title for this batch of reviews.  Anyway, here’s another blog with links to games I’ve reviewed lately over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it, thanks.

 You don't need quarters for these games

When Diablo 3 came out for the PC in 2011, I don’t think I really understood what it was. Don’t get me wrong: I loved it. It was the first game I awarded five stars to at PixlBit and it went on to become my game of the year. With all of that said, I treated it like every other one of my games: I played it, enjoyed it, and moved on to the next thing. It wasn’t until I plunged back in with the PlayStation 4 “Ultimate Evil” edition that I finally let Diablo get its claws into me, and now I’m trapped.

Hey folks, I’ve got another batch of game reviews I’ve written lately over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  Also wanted to let you all know that this coming week, you probably won’t hear much from me here because I’m going to Disney World!

Back in February (Valentine's Day, to be precise) my wife got me Silent Hill: Book of Memories for the Vita. It was my first (and still only) physical Vita game. I'd been thinking about getting it but hadn't decided yet, so she saved me from having to actually make the decision. It was very sweet of her but I still haven't played it. The main reason is that Book of Memories is not a traditional Silent Hill game. It's a dungeon crawler.

Hey folks, I’ve got a bunch of game review links again here in this blog that I’ve written lately.  Please click on as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  But first, in honor of the upcoming release of Tomodachi Life for 3DS, I thought I’d give you a preview glimpse of the game and what Mii Cary’s Tomodachi Life is like so far!

So after a little research on the psp I found this hard to get rom game for my psp emulator and although its on psn for the psp and vita its also available on steam but difficult to find as a rom or iso file, the game truly impressed me it has that grainy retro feel and is damn fun to play both are actually. 

Happy Wednesday Pixlbit. I just watched the presentation about the new Disney Infinity 2.0 which is going include the Marvel Superheroes, which means I am about to buy more plastic figures and a new starter pack. I only caught the last 10 minutes of the presentation, but what I did see I liked, especially with the improvements to the Toy Box Mode which makes it easier to not only create your own town, but you can also add Tower Defense and Dungeon Crawler games to it. I think I'm more excited about using Marvel characters in the Story Mode but in the past Infinity game I spent the most time playing within the Toy Box. 

With hundreds of new indie games spilling onto the scene each month, it's easy to overlook some of the more deserving but obscure titles. Thus, this blog.

Here is another blog with links to games I’ve been reviewing lately.  Please read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  But first, I’d like to talk about a few things that have made me a little sad lately.

I have a ton of badly made Wii games. I've discussed this a little in my king of crap blog. However, sometimes developers did attempt to make a good game...or at least not one that is total garbage. So, I'll do a best of and worst of. But not all Wii games are bad...though most are, so here is a list of titles maybe you missed out on or should be thankful you did.

Just got one final Christmas present for you all: one last batch of reviews for the year.  Please click on and read as many as you can, and maybe post a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  And if you’d still like to participate in my Pretend Christmas Present Party from last time, you’re more than welcome to here as well.  Just post a pretend Christmas present you’d like to give me in the comments section, and when I reply, I’ll give you a pretend Christmas present, too!  OK, let’s get on to the reviews!

Tombraider

Tombraider is probably my favorite AAA game this year. I know certain people took issue with the way “new Lara” was handled (Her voice actress Camille even got death threats.) but I absolutely love her! Put simply,Lara’s a believable person now. Er, more believable. I mean she’s still pretty friggin amazing! While Lara can’t do back flips on a whim and duel wield pistols she’s still plenty agile, dexterous, and light on her feet. Personally I prefer her bow over the twin pistols anyway. It just seems to fit more in line with Lara’s personality and it’s a great weapon for stealth killing, hunting, and miscellaneous other purposes.

I was actually surprised there was in fact so much plat forming and exploration. I read this Tombraider got knocked for not having enough of those things  yet most of the areas are in fact rather expansive and come with their own plethora of secrets.

Puzzles are present but they are easier. On the other hand, they make sense within their environments which to me adds to the immersion factor. If you prefer Rube Goldberg hijinks I can see how you’d be disappointed but for me personally, that kind of puzzle design always seemed silly and awkward in the older Tombraider and Resident Evil games. When you have to turn two statues to face each other and put gems in their mouths just to open the door to the bathroom it bluntly reminds you “Hey Bub, this isn’t real! You’re still playing a videogame!” By contrast, none of the puzzles in this game seem surreal or out of place.   

So, is there anything I dislike about this beautiful beast? Unfortunately yes and it has to do with a discussion Casey, Blake, and I had not too long ago. Tombraider has way too many goon fights. You’d think Mathias and his sun goddess cult would only have 150-200 people tops but I swear this guy has reserves that would rival America’s and Britain’s armies combined! After you kill your 300th person it gets rather excessive. Sure, a big boat or downed plane can have quite a few survivors. But the thing is Mathias also puts these folks through brutal conditioning before they earn their membership into his cult. As such he shouldn’t have thousands of henchmen, especially not on a small hidden secluded island. Worst still, the firefight physics are shit. Seriously, I had one guy survive getting hit by three grenades. There are also times a headshot with the pistol will not even have the desired result. It’s odd on account if Lara is in stealth mode and puts an arrow through someone’s head he dies instantly yet if you hit the same mark during a larger scale skirmish these same guys can soak bullets and arrows as if they’re being pelted by marshmallows. If you or I get shot point blank with a shotgun at close range we’re going down. These assholes? Nope! A certain perpetrator in particular lived through  3 consecutive shotgun blasts to his body. (Of course the above issues become less problematic as you upgrade your guns and your skills.)

I haven’t been into racing games the last few years, but instead focusing on first person shooters with emergent, interacting systems and hard core dungeon crawlers. Strangely, Need for Speed Rivals falls right in line with my current preferences and ties them together with gorgeous races and thrilling police pursuits. Set in an open world filled with unexpected events, using a system that makes you weigh the risk of each additional mile you drive, and teasing you with a massive list of vehicles and modifications to play with, Need for Speed Rivals is an arcade racer that will satisfy almost any sort of gamer  out there.

Last year, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King, Why’d You Steal our Garbage? surprised gamers by paying homage to niche games like Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link as well as being a good representation of the television series.This year, Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! serves as a follow up, but is a much different game than its predecessor. Rather than being a 2D side scrolling adventure game, this game shares more in common with dungeon crawlers like Gauntlet and Diablo.

Well here’s another blog with links to game reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on and read as many as you can, and post comments, too!  I’d really appreciate it.  And if you’re wondering what the HECK kind of weirdo nonsense does my blog title mean, well, you’ll just have to keep on reading.

So Sony's press conference was streamed at 2 in the morning last night. I could've stayed up, as I don't have work until 3PM or so, but decided to just sleep in and catch up tomorrow.

They say beauty is only skin deep, but this is just not the case with the latest output from Vanillaware. Beyond the gorgeous visuals, Dragon’s Crown offers layers of complexity on top of what is typically a very simplistic genre. Side-scrolling beat-‘em-ups have largely stagnated since the days of the arcade, but George Kamitani and company have grafted on dungeon crawler attributes as well as the company’s signature deep and fluid combat systems to create something wholly unique. Quests, loot, and frequent leveling make it hard to pull yourself away from this finely crafted adventure.

Aside from a brief escapade with the Persona series, I pretty much have had zero experience with the Shin Megami Tensei series. The name is familiar to me, but all I knew about the series is that it’s widely loved, and has spawned many spinoff series that have all garnered some success. While I really enjoy what I’ve played of the Persona series, I still had no idea what to expect when booting up Shin Megami Tensei IV for the first time. I was afraid that I wouldn’t even like this type of game. In the early goings I felt that my fears would be confirmed, but I eventually found SMT to be enjoyable, despite being new to the franchise.

I've taken a bit of a break from the RPG reviews to write this up for you.  I finished Golden Sun and moved on to other projects.  Here's a fun game- what are the names of the next two titles I'm going to review?  You are wrong.  The answer is Ninja Five-O and Esper Dream II.  Anyway, here is part of my long-running countdown.