Patrick’s Top 10 Games of 2011
This year has been an interesting year. A lot better than I had initially expected it would be. When looking at all the games coming out for the year I wasn’t sure if I’d be buying many of them. Nothing really caught my eye. We had big franchises with their 3rd titles being released as well as a handful of sequels but not too many new IP’s. The year has now passed and I can honestly say it’s been a busy year. I played a lot more games than I had planned and I am happy for it.
Fish Food Ep. #50 – The Games of 2011
We’re officially over the hill! Listen in as Patrick and Jordan discuss every single game they played in 2011. Games covered include Portal 2, Killzone 3, Homefront, Crysis 2, Deus Ex, Dead Island, Brink, Bastion, Skyward Sword, Rayman, and much much more! We also reveal our top 5 games of the year!
EDG Podcast Ep. #138 – The Overrated, the Overlooked, and the Angry Mailman
Listen in as Eric Bouchard, Chris Maeurer, John Danforth, Jay Sims, Kyle Stroud and extra special guest Anthony Alex of the
Angry Mailman Podcast discuss this year’s overrated and overlooked games. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, yes, it is a LONG podcast. Read more
Trine 2 : First Look
Way back in 2009, Frozenbyte unleashed a gem of a puzzle/platformer on PC?Mac and PSN. That game was Trine, a beautiful and brilliant physics puzzler where the player guided a wizard, a thief and a warrior through a myriad of clever puzzles, using there own unique abilities, in a quest to find an heir to the fallen king and save a kingdom. In a couple short weeks, Trine 2 will continue that story, and we had a chance to play around in the beta. Will Trine 2 capture the majesty of the first title, or will it’s success just be a fairy tale?
Dead Island: Post-Mortem
Sure the game is only 2 months old, so it may seem odd to feature it in a post-mortem article. If you haven’t already seen our review, you can link it
here, but I felt compelled to share my own thoughts on the PC version, especially since I’ve been vocal about being disinterested in the game all year. From the moment I saw the trailer, I had a few things enter my mind. First, it was a beautifully crafted trailer, but there is no way the game will a) look that good or b) play that well. Second, who really wants more zombies? Read more
Tell Us How You Really Feel: Battlefield 3-Single Player
Let’s face the honest truth here, who plays games like Battlefield or Call of Duty just for the single player? There are a few out there, whether you don’t have Internet or maybe multiplayer just isn’t your thing. But does that mean we as reviewers should turn a blind eye when the single player is so glaringly bad it makes us want to break the copy of the disc in two because the multiplayer is that good?
CitiesXL 2012
It’s been over 8 years since SimCity 4 was released by Maxis. Die hard fans will also mention SimCity Societies, which wasn’t created by Maxis but by Tilted Mill Games, released in 2007. It’s been a while since we have seen something as complex as SimCity, and something as innovative as SimCity Societies released in the genre. I would like to introduce all you city builders out there to CitiesXL 2012, released by Focus Home Interactive. It was released as an Expansion to CitiesXL 2011, but for those of us that don’t have that, it was also released as a stand alone game.
How does this city simulator stand up against the behemoth that is SimCity? You know how to find out by now.
We’re Gamers! Haven’t We Learned Anything?
If you are looking for a seriously funny movie. look no further than The Gamers: The Dorkness Rising. The movie is all about a group of Dungeons and Dragons players who, in an attempt to beat a campaign their GM is writing, bring in a female friend to add to the team. Chock full of inside jokes, many of which are well explained since they do have a brand new gamer in the mix, the movie manages to balance being both a parody and an homage to old school pen and paper RPGs. Anyone who grew up playing or knew people who did will thoroughly enjoy the film.
Enough With The Excuses
Faithful fans of the show and the site (I’m looking at you Maverick) know that from time to time I have to fight off the “PC Gaming is Dead” ignorant mentality and the problems of the platform. They also know that from time to time someone lights my fuse on this topic, and this time, rather than try and cram my thoughts into multiple forum posts or 140 character chaingun Twitter bursts, I thought I would organize my thoughts here.
EDG Podcast Ep. #129 – Interview with Kevin Schut
Listen in as Eric Bouchard, Chris Maeurer and Jay Sims discuss the topics which were lost in episode 128. Eric also has a really good interview with Kevin Schut, a professor at Trinity Western University writing a book on gaming from a Christian perspective.