Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

Saints Row the Third: QTEs and Rail Shooters?!

Friday, November 18th, 2011

What more is there to say? Yuck! As a cinematic experience it’s pretty good. (Although in terms of canon it’s a bit weird. Why is Shaundi suddenly competent?) But… that’s all. Yes, there’s a “big open world”, but in the plot so far, there’s a tiny bit of shooting, and a lot of “shooter on […]

Sim City DS: the reason for NDS

Monday, October 10th, 2011

I just bought a replacement Nintendo DS (used) to replace the one I lost, which I bought to replace the one that stopped charging batteries. There are two reasons that DS are invaluable: battery life, and Sim City. Nintendo is making a bit step backwards with the 3DS, in that the battery life is now […]

DNF Shipped! I heard he was stuck in the 80s

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

I just got the Amazon notification that my copy of DNF has shipped. I’m excited, and of course scared. Reviewers don’t like him, but of course he wouldn’t care about that. He’s stuck in the 80s, which is bad and good. Bad, because it means no cover-based shooting, no “realistic” gore, minimalistic puzzles with switches […]