Welcome to the October 30 edition of e-SportsCenter! This week, the world of e-sports was a bit slow. Not wanting to deprive my readers of their usual fix, I present to you a very special BarCraft edition! If you’re already an avid e-sports fan, the hope is that you’re already familiar with the concept of
Observant readers – assuming I’ve got readers; please, don’t divest me of the illusion – may have noticed that even though a lot of my reviews focus on games as storytelling, few of them cover role-playing games, the archetypal game-as-story. Of course, part of it is there aren’t as many big-name console RPGs on the
The holiday season is arriving shortly, and as any normal holiday-loving person would do, I’ve started plotting ways to rack up my karma in time for Christmas. That’s right, Calvin has nothing on me. I know what you’re thinking: preparing for the holiday season this early triggers vivid flashbacks to Christmas decorations filling the department
So here we are, the release date of Battlefield 3 has come and gone. The game is being played across the globe on consoles and PCs alike. Millions, if not, hundreds of thousands of players are engaging in combat across the sky in jets, thundering across the terrain in tanks or apcs, or capturing bases as infantry.
The game has many an attractive feature, whether it be the astounding environments in which nothing short of all out warfare is waged, the sound quality which makes the player feel like they are being shot at or that there is actually a jet screaming across the sky overhead, the smooth gun play which allows the skilled pros and the new to shooter players all feel like equals, and finally the continuous leveling system that encourages players to keep playing Battlefield 3 in the effort to get that next attachment or that next vehicle upgrade.
The Dark Knight strikes again with the release of Batman Arkham City. But is this collector’s edition a hero or just a zero? Batman: Arkham City is the sequel of Batman: Arkham Asylum. Arkham Asylum is one my favorite collector’s editions of all time. Batman: Arkham City has an enormous task to exceed the high expectations that the original set.
Although the high price of the Nintendo 3DS deterred many potential customers at first, the company seems determined to really give the customers what they want. In addition to the somewhat recent price drop, Nintendo is also releasing a whole slew of new games and features that will “make Nintendo 3DS a smart gift option
Valve, creators of the hit franchise Portal, are going to be releasing an in-game editor via DLC for Portal 2 early next year. Valve has released a few sneak peeks at the tool currently in development. Stay tuned in with PixelatedGeek for any developments in this story.
Blizzcon is in full swing and news is flying out at such speed it can be difficult to keep up, but never fear: Pixelated Geek is here to help. This will be a collection of news stories focused on Blizzcon updated throughout the convention. First up: the addition and removal of units from Starcraft 2
This seems to be the week of the Bat. Not only did we get an animated bat-flick with Year One, we also get to revisit the joys of a RockSteady bat-title with a trip to Arkham City. Our heroes are ready to take on all the riddles to help you, our dear reader, figure out