Video Games

Tomb Raider: Impressions update

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I got the chance to play the game a bit more today, and I did experience my first frustrations.  There’s a part where you’re being swept down a mountain by gravity and strong currents and you have to dodge some obstacles.  Thing was it was hard to see what to dodge.  I died maybe 8 times via impalement in the neck.  It was quite disturbing to see Lara get stabbed by a rod in the neck.  I guess if you are in that situation, you wont have much time to really move about.  After finally managing to get out of that section alive, the next part, which was graphically gorgeous, involved a parachute and some tall trees.  Again, you had to maneuver yourself to avoid the trees, otherwise, Lara gets impaled in the torso.   (more…)

Free Fire Emblem: Awakening maps via SpotPass

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The new’s just keeps getting better.  Not only am I enjoying 3 very awesome games at the moment (Fire Emblem: Awakening, Tomb Raider and SWTOR) and that it’s only March, and there’s still a slew of games (and systems) set to be released later on this year, but now you can get free DLC‘s for Fire Emblem: Awakening.  I think i’m going to give this a go right now.   Read the press release below.

 

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Tomb Raider: Impressions

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There’s not too many game’s that I own (and I do have a pretty hefty collection) that I can safely say I have enjoyed playing every second of.  I can probably count it with one hand.  The reboot of Tomb Raider is one of them, so far.  It’s been about a week since I had purchased the game, and I’ve played about an hour or so since (minus the weekend).   Even the QTE filled first hour or tutorial segment wasn’t as annoying as I had anticipated.  Anyway, this new iteration of Tomb Raider is so much more like Naughty Dog‘s Uncharted, rather than the Tomb Raiders of old.  Now, even though I own a couple of the older games, I haven’t really played them, so I cannot make a direct comparison yet on how the game evolved.  (Perhaps i’ll crack open my XBox 360 Anniversary edition and give it a go)

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Impressions Review (Cont’)

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Well, Raiden, it’s been about a week since my initial Metal Gear Rising “mini-view.” I got to squeeze in some game time between my paternal duties. So I should have some interesting updates for the boys and girls.

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Female Gamer’s Wanted!

Yes, you read it right, we are looking for some female gamer‘s, well mostly for data.  Gamer’s are still predominantly male, but as of late, the number of female gamer’s has risen.  I want to know what y’all are playing, and how much do you play, etc.  Below will be  a quick set of questions we’d like to know.  Nothing personal of course,  just mostly gamer related.  This data will be used for a future article we are working on.

Also, please re-blog this.  The more data we collect, the better.

We’d like to know only a few things:

  • Amount of gaming per week 
  • Age group
  • Systems owned
  • Genre mostly played
  • Student or Working Professional

Cell phone gaming DOES NOT count.

Please send all answers to justwroteablog at Gmail dot com.  And lastly, if you are from another blog, please let me know what blog you’re from and what your handle is.  Much thanks all!