Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Episode 81: Comic-Econ 2013

Good morning gamers! With the moving process and everything else lately, I haven't touched a controller except to box it up or unpack it. That will change this weekend with an extra mental health day off.

Sadly there are also no new major releases to look at this week! Instead, since I didn't talk about it much while it was happening, here's a look at Comic-Con 2013 by the numbers:

San Diego's Colossal Comic Convention by BuyCostumes.com

Until next time, get out there and get your game on!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Episode 80: Smurf the Smurfing Smurfers

Good morning gamers! I haven't had a lot of time this week to get any gaming in because I moved to a new place. One nice thing is that we now have 2 Xboxes on 2 seperate TVs so I should be able to get more game time in!

For now, let's see what's new.

The Smurfs 2 is your only big release this week coming to Xbox360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, and DS. Like most video games based on movies, this will follow the movie plot where the Smurfs try to rescue Smurfette from the Naughties and Gargamel. Don't expect too much.



Sadly that's it for new games this week. Comic Con went by recently which surprised me there wasn't more big gaming news announced there but I guess most of that is done at E3 instead.

I guess we'll call it a day for now and until next time, get out there and get your game on!

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Episode 79: Super Serious Warriors

Good morning fellow gamers. I've been in the process of moving so I haven't had much time to game lately but I have spent a little more time on Tomb Raider recently. I'm trying to get 100% of the collectibles before I move into the end of the game and have cleared 1 section and am only a few away from clearing section 2. I think my next game will probably be Defiance so I can catch up before the next season of the show premieres.

Now let's take a peek at what's new this week...

Turbo: Super Stunt Squad zooms to Xbox360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, DS, and 3DS this week. This is a 4-player racer where you play as characters from the movie like Smoove Move and Skidmark. Snoop Lion and Ryan Reynolds are among the movie's voice cast and it sounds like they did the voices for the game as well.



Dynasty Warriors 8 slashes it's way to Xbox360 and PS3 this week. This series features dozens of ancient Chinese warriors (most of which are real historical figures) who have been given magical attacks to enhance their fighting styles. This edition has a "What If" mode where characters who died in history can live on and rewrite history.



The Serious Sam Collection is your Xbox360 exclusive this week. This includes all 4 Serious Sam games remastered. It's a FPS about a guy fighting an army of invading aliens.



And there you have it, a good racer for the kids, a new hack-n-slash, and a redux of a gamer classic. Probably won't be gaming much this week with the big move this weekend but I should be back to "work" next week. Until then, get out there and get your game on!

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Episode 78: Dead, Dark, and Defense

Good morning fellow gamers! My hardcore addiction to Tomb Raider has continued. I've made it to the final checkpoint before the finale so I'm working on getting 100% on all the collectibles before I move forward. I've truly enjoyed this game thus far but now to figure out what to play next is gonna be a tough decision.

Anywho, let's look at the new stuff...

The Walking Dead: 400 Days is available this week as DLC on Xbox360, PS3, and PC. This is a bridge between Season 1 and Season 2 in the game and features 5 new survivors to play through with.



NCAA Football 14 hits Xbox360 and PS3 this week. This year's edition includes coaches that level up to help with offense, defense, and scouting and you'll be able to get alumni legends like Barry Sanders in digital card packs.



Dark is your Xbox360 exclusive this week. You play as a newly turned vampire searching for his past and investigating a global corporation. This is a stealth action game.



Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is your PS3 exclusive this week. It includes all 8 of the main Metal Gear titles from the past 25 years, 2 graphic novels, and a huge artbook!



And that about wraps it up for this week, some stealth, some football, a little nostalgia, and of course ZOMBIES! Hopefully by next week I'll have Tomb Raider wrapped up and will be moving on to my next gaming adventure. Until then, get out there and get your game on!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Episode 77: Just A Little Vengeance

Good morning fellow gamers! I've finally gotten back into my gaming groove and have been ADDICTED to Tomb Raider. I got caught up in the story and blasted through about half of the game without much exploring and adventuring around other than a few optional tombs I found. Now I've slowed down and started picking up the secrets and treasures as I go... some. I usually play a game through to finish the story and THEN I go back and collect the side stuff (which I need to do with Arkham Asylum eventually).

Not much new to look at this week but let's take a peek...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is releasing the Vengeance map pack this week on Xbox360. This one comes with 4 multiplayer maps (one of which is from the original game) and a new zombie map as well as a new version of the ray gun for killing zombies in an old west mining town.



And that actually does it for this week. Summer is feast or famine with new games so hopefully next week's bounty will be more... well... bountiful! Till then, get out there and get your game on!!