Category: Gaming

The Rare Art of Gaming Perfection

Hopefully everyone has played a game that when you experience any particular part about the game or just the product as a whole you think to yourself, “Wow, that game really does (x-feature) really well.” If you haven’t then I suggest you should just play every game you can get your hands on and embark on a quest of game discovery. There are many ways in which a game can be perfect or can present something unique to anyone who plays them. Whether it be environmental design, character design, voice acting, even something as basic as controller layouts. Literally any feature or part of a game is a chance for perfection or excellence.

Usually I would say that it is a rare occasion where I find a game that I put on a special shelf of games I will never part with because they did one thing so well. Perhaps it is because I find myself in a less than totally cynical mood while writing this or maybe it is because it is the holiday release season where all good things gaming are supposedly showering down around us for a good 5 months. My point is that this presentation of something so wonderful is usually a rare experience. So let us take a wonderful journey through some of games I feel truly stand above the rest in one form or the other.

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Gaming
James Trauben

Ace Combat Assault Horizon Flits in and out of the Danger Zone

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon places me into an awkward position. On the one hand, it is damned hard to make flying a jet fighter through epic dogfights not exhilarating. My inner child, the one who watched Top Gun as a kid until my parents must have conveniently “lost” the video, is very easily pleased when

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e-SportsCenter

Welcome to the debut edition of e-SportsCenter, a new weekly column bringing you the latest news, updates, and info about all things to do with e-sports…if I can stop watching the MLG Orlando streams for long enough to write, that is.

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Starcraft Universe launching Open Developer Preview

Starcraft Universe is holding an Open Developer Preview over the US and EU Battle.net from October 19th to October 30th while the developers are at BlizzCon. The preview takes place in the “Encephalon Grid,” a player-vs-player arena allowing players to start as level 30 with a full set of gear tailored towards PvP. The player’s

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Sony Hacked, Again.

After the PSN hacking debacle back in April, and Sony’s subsequent apology, hackers are trying yet again to obtain user data from Sony. According to the report, nothing of value was lost.  All credit card information and personal data was left intact, with only minor service interruptions.  As a precaution, Sony temporarily locked approximately 93000

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Gaming
Jess Brohard

[Review] NinjaGuy for iOS

NinjaGuy, Immunity Studios’ debut game, is a 3D action-adventure platformer, launching October 15 for iOS. This game was designed to incorporate some of the unique abilities of the iPhone and iPad with innovative console-like controls.

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Gaming
Rett

Top 5 Moments in Halo

With not one, but two Halo games slated for release this year I have had Halo on the brain lately. For many gamers of my age group Halo was the game that introduced us to the FPS experience and will always hold a special place in our hearts. I can still remember learning to use

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Gaming
James McCaulley

You Should Check Out “How Games Saved My Life”

Video games mean so much to so many people. I know for me, they allowed me to escape from a broken home. For others, they meant an escape from bullying, an opportunity to learn critical thinking skills, or pure relaxation. Ashly Burch, of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? fame, did many of us a favor by

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Gaming
James Huneycutt

Real Talk – I Play Madden. I’m Not Ashamed

There’s an awfully large group of gamers with this strange conviction that sports games aren’t games. Which, in principle, confuses me. You put it in a system, you pick up a controller, and you direct an avatar in pursuit of a goal dictated by the software. You can win, you can lose. You can be

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