Well Happy Star Wars Day Pixlbit Empire! Since it is May The Fourth I changed my Facebook Profile Pic to my Star Wars version of Game of Thrones (how good is this season?)
EDIT: I already gave away my second copy of Frozen Synapse.
Man, that E3 was a bummer, wasn't it? Or..not? I don't even know anymore. I had a rough week at work and I've spent most of my freetime podcasting, but it sure feels to me like this was one boring show with little to be excited for. Fortunately, I have Jesse and Nick to tell my why I'm wrong!
Hey Pixlbit! I hope everyone has started off their week on a good note. Well, today's the day. The start of E3! Today the Xbox and Playstation conference was shown and I was impressed. Some people weren't but that's alright because we still have a few more days of great gaming coverage to see. A lot of games have been revealed so I will just list the ones that I was looking forward to.
It is Friday Pixlbit, and we have cross the BaD Finish Line! Another year has passed and for everyone who participated congrats! I’m going to find it a little odd to not post something everyday next week, but it will be good to go back to my usual two blogs a week. Since it is Friday here in “rainy” (in my neck of the woods it’s overcast and every once in a while sprinkles…STORM WATCH 2014!) For this week’s Quick Hits I thought I’d cover my thoughts on new Survivor, Added more folks to the Mii Plaza, Quick Update on my baseball game, and Pickups! Sound good? Well heck let’s get this final BaD started!
Happy Friday Pixlbit! January is almost done, which means February is right around the corner. Yes it’s time to figure out where to take your special someone, and buy all the goodies. Since I’m single, I like to watch the folks go nuts especially the day before (you want to see something funny, go to a Target the night before and just stand at the Greeting Card aisle). My favorite time of the year is Feb. 15 when the candy goes on sale. I saw this tweet from Syndey Leroux from the United States Women’s National Team, and apparently I’m not the only one
For my new friends here on PixlBit, I do these kind of blogs every year. I've been doing them since 2007 back on 1UP.com. I started doing these blogs to show off my collection of games and to try curving my game buying addiction that has grown over the years. Buying games wouldn't be so bad if I actually played most of the games I bought. My backlog is ridiculous. On top on that, I have a growing family to take care of. My wife & I had our 5th child this year. 
One bonus I didn't account for, from doing these blogs, is that they help me keep track of the games I buy. You wouldn't believe the number of times I'm thinking about buying a game I really want and I go back to one of my old Game Purchases blogs and find out I already own the damn thing. 
It doesn't happen often, but this year I double bought 3 games. I don't sell games, so I'm thinking about giving them away or maybe if someone has a game I don't have is willing to do a trade. 
Prepare to have your hopes dashed on the rocks of reality: this is nothing like Rainbow Six. There is nothing good, fun, or entertaining about it. It's not something you should try for any reason. It's so bad that it will take months of patches before it could be merely described as bad.
If you’re starting to feel like there’s too much Call of Duty in every shooter out there, you’re not the only one. With pressure from fans of the almost extinct strategic shooter sub-genre, designer Christian Allen spearheaded a Kickstarter project to keep this methodical niche on life support a little longer. Allen is self-admittedly part of the “problem” of shifting slower-paced shooters to mainstream sensibilities during his years of working on the Ghost Recon franchise. His current game, Takedown: Red Sabre, throws all of those years of mainstreaming the genre right out of the AC-130 Gunship’s window and promises to give us the realistic, slow-paced, strategic squad shooter we’ve been missing.
Just going back to work today after a week long vacation. Been one hell of a week all around,but I did manage to get in some relaxing and game time. My brother was having some health issues and was not able to do much. So I spent a good deal of time helping my Mom and sister-in-law get their house ready for sale. Mostly packing and moving stuff down from the attic and up from the basement. In between we'd sit and watch updates on the Boston bombing and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion. And then we heard about the earthquake in China. And that there were some earthquakes here in Oklahoma while we were away. But it all ended okay with my brother coming home from the hospital,feeling much better. Things are back on track now and I'm back at work.
Last weekend, I visited my parents for the first time since Christmas. While I was over there, I was reminded that my Dreamcast and all available games were in (formerly) my bedroom, just languishing in the entertainment center. I decided that I missed the console and wanted to bring it back with me and I did that very thing. What follows are images of one of the smallest DC collections documented but one that I'm comfortable with. There are some games that I've sold off in the past but I'm happy with what I've got.
One of the biggest surprises at Ubisoft's press briefing was the announcement of a brand new IP titled Watch Dogs. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Watch Dogs aims to create a world where players use the technology at their disposal to take down corrupt forces.
Welcome to the second episode of PixlTalk Crew 2! Jason (of PB & Jason fame) sits in with the traditional trio of Julian, Rob, and Patrick. We discuss the maturing of story in video games, starting with the intriguing target footage of Rainbow Six: Patriots. That leads us into some debate over the merit of the Call of Duty series before things get really heated over Heavy Rain. Then we put on our silk robes and crank some Barry White as we discuss romance in games, with a focus on Half Life, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and...Zelda. Wait, what?
Rainbow Six Patriots was just announced only about a month ago and we're getting more details about the latest addition to the franchise. Developer Ubisoft Montreal has released some of the features that will be in the game when it's released, as well as the premise to the game.
Ubisoft made the announcement today that one of their tent pole franchises, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6, is returning to PCs and consoles with a new edition called Rainbow 6 Patriots. The new game will be developed by Ubisoft’s dream team at their Montreal studio and will be supported by Ubisoft Toronto and Red Storm.
This October, Microsoft brings brand new titles to XBLA's Games on Demand, and discounts to popular XLBA titles.
Stock up on over one hundred PSPgo games at the PlayStation Store. Some games feature a price drop or temporary sale, and many are previous UMD titles now available for download.
