Archive for December, 2009

Dragon Age: Origins

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This game probably slipped under most gamers’ radars. Unfortunately it came out right about the time another great game was released, Modern Warfare 2. Dragon Age: Origins however is a totally different gaming experience than that provided by the Call of Duty franchise. Bioware, the game studio that created great role playing games (RPG) such [...]

Mass Effect 2 Trailer

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Bioware released a full trailer for Mass Effect 2 today.

Infinity Ward Screwed the Pooch

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Robert Bowling, a.k.a. FourZeroTwo, the Creative Strategist for the game Modern Warfare 2, posted on his blog a few months ago concerning the reasoning behind not releasing a public beta. The original post on his blog is no longer there for reference, but thanks to Google Reader archiving it for me I can re-post it [...]

2009 Video Game Awards

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Today was the 2009 Video Game Awards show.  Since I’ve canceled my cable TV and chosen to get my television entertainment via Hulu & Netflix (and others), I had to wait for the internet release of the winners list.  Here it is. GAME OF THE YEAR UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty [...]

Infinity Ward: Killing You Over and Over

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I’ve complained often enough about how difficult Infinity Ward makes their Call of Duty games.  In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the veteran difficulty mode was flat out impossible.  No longer were you playing a game, you were trying to exploit any small game weakness to get past the gauntlet the game designers had [...]