Acid for Blood

A couple weeks ago, one of the first things I did after moving to the area (the very day I moved to the area, actually) was to go to my local GameStop and pre-order the limited edition version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (as well as the limited edition strategy guide […]

My, my, it’s been a while. Let’s do a brief gaming update.

Have not been playing Guild Wars like I said I would. Am planning on playing for at least a few hours this coming weekend.
Have, however, been playing Mario Kart DS and Guitar Hero III.
Sadly, have not gotten a Rock Band fix since last year.
Got […]

There’s a little rhythm game called Rock Band which has been making the rounds. Whilst I own neither the Xbox 360 nor a PS3, I am lucky enough to have friends/colleagues who do, so I’ve been able to play. Every Monday night several of us tromp over to Xaroth’s and JavaLuv’s place for band practice, […]

About a month ago, I was seriously considering getting back into World of Warcraft. Even though there are so many things I dislike about the game, most of which stemmed from being on a PvP server, there are also many things that I like about it. I stopped playing almost a year ago, but I […]

I now have both Portal and Half-Life 2 due to the generosity of colleagues, Toktic and Artaxs. Artaxs gave me Half-Life 2 on Monday, explaining that I was the only one of his friends on Steam who did not already own the game. He had just bought the Orange Box and he had a spare […]

Likes

Lots of action — Fighting is satisfying.
Great graphics — Despite my hardware’s age what I see of the graphics does not detract from my game experience.

Dislikes

Storyline was not compelling enough — This the deal breaker for me. The sense of urgency in Hellgate: London felt contrived. Players are dropped into the story. I didn’t feel […]

A friend of mine showed me Portal last night. I may have to get it. Portal is annoyingly packaged in a compilation called “The Orange Box” which contains other games that I don’t care about. Really, should I care about the three Half-Life 2 games in The Orange Box when I’ve never played Half-Life 1? […]

Video Game Media Watch criticises Variety.com’s review of Nintendo’s latest Metroid game:
I’m not familiar with the reviewer, Tom Chick, and I probably won’t become familiar with him, either. While he’s done his homework and he possesses some knowledge of the franchise, the reader can’t really tell if this is through true experience or more of […]

I just started playing WarBook the other day. WarBook is a Facebook application in which you create a hero, select what type of hero it will be (character class), and build a kingdom and army to conquer other lands. You can set up trade agreements with other players, but your character class limits how many […]

Nintendo have announced that August 2007 is Metroid Month. Metroid and Super Metroid are due to be released on the Wii Virtual Console on August 13 and 20, respectively. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has an August 27 release date, with an August 28 retail street date. This must be about the fifth time that Nintendo […]