I decided to take advantage of a lot of free stuff on Xbox Live today. I downloaded the new Games with Gold titles, Battlefield 3 and Oxenfree. Then I went to the free section of the store and downloaded Minecraft Story Mode Ep. 1, Dungeon Defenders II, Life is Strange, Fallout Shelter (my real reason to look at free stuff), Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, Prominence Poker (by, I think, the guys who did the Borderlands themed Poker Night on XBLA a while back - same art style), and A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV (I love the retro look of it). Then I ignored all that while they installed and played Forza Horizon ALL DAY with Mark.
So Life is Strange: Beyond the Storm has an optional tabletop gaming session you can play. It is nerdy as hell and initially seemed out of character for Chloe, until you remember her best friend was Max.
As someone who teaches at a university with thousands of kids from Houston, I'd like to say I'll be downloading Life is Strange: Before the Storm today.
We've all heard the tale of Mount Backlog, the mountain of games in our "shame" pile we have yet to get to. We want to experience all the games we bought on whatever sale made us think we were a nerd-Kardashian, prompting an ill-advised shopping spree wherein we told ourselves having $2 isn't near as satisfying as not having $2 and instead having a digital file we will never touch, but are glad we got at such a steal. Then that $2 gets multiplied about ten times or so, and about five of twenty of those digital files will be experienced, roughly three of them enjoyed on some level.
I really wanted to like Yooka Laylee. I really did. But it just did not rub me the right way at all.
I've been playing the PS+ copy of Life is Strange, and after finishing the first two episodes I might find some way to pay the makers of this game despite possibly not being able to purchase a digital copy now PS+ copy has been downloaded ... Which I do not understand at all. Why deny people money? It's not like Rocket League where there's paid DLC still, unless I'm mistaken.
Let’s face it: while Microsoft has plenty of lost ground to make up for, Sony has been sitting pretty since the beginning of the 8th console generation. Even with the waves being made by the Nintendo Switch, there probably isn’t much that Sony needs to do to keep their position in the market secure. So their E3 presentation this year was a deliberate, measured, and comprehensive volley of games, even if there was little to surprise viewers.
Went to the Spartan Race at AT&T Stadium yesterday. Here are my results:
Work was ... interesting today. Let's just say certain meetings don't need to be addressed to everyone and sometimes attacking negativity with more negativity leads to more negativity ... don't mind me, just vague Facebooking on an entertainment website. Clogging up your escape website with gossipy bullshit.
Welcome to another fantastic episode of Nerds Without Pants! This week, we are joined by Casey as we contemplate our dream video game company acquisitions, Pokemon stat balancing, even more Overwatch, and Chrono Cross back to 2008. Do join us, won’t you?
Holy fucking bejeezus there were some cool games at E3. It's actually terrifying how many games I need to talk about, but talk about them I will.
Yep, after today the only required BaDs are tomorrow and Monday. Time flies when you're having fun or getting old or a combination of the two.
I had topic for today's blog this morning but now I can't remember what I was thinking.
I was going to rant about how I'm tired of shooting and stabbing people in games, but that's not entirely true. But still, this narrow spectrum of human interactive possibility seems to dominate mainstream production. Relief is needed. So what I want to do is compile a list of good, recent games, where shooting (guns/bullets) and stabbing are NOT involved or core mechanics, no matter the genre (but racing and sports need not apply). So far I have
Jesus Christ its been awhile since i posted here. I've been busy with work and everything else but i thought id drop in and say hi again. Will try to keep this blog updated with poetry at least and not pointless updates every 4 months.
So Square Enix put out this weird episodic adventure game called "Life Is Strange" and I played the first episode. It reminds me a lot of Alan Wake, except it has teenagers and no combat, but it takes place in North West U.S in a town similar to Alan Wake and the main character, a girl named Max has weird powers. She can travel between the real world and the dreamworld (Spoiler: and can also manipulate time.)
Mainly Wednesday's BaD is full of the usual crap about games and stuff.
