A couple of weeks ago I picked up Monster Hunter: World for the first time. And I'm so glad I did. I was a few weeks late to the party, because the game wasn't initially in my most anticipated of the year. I tried to play Monster Hunter on my Nintendo 3DS a few years ago and… Continue reading 30 Hours as a Monster Hunter: First Impressions
Last weekend I finished Gears of War Ultimate Edition a second time, this time on Insane difficulty. My partner and I had a really challenging time defeating the final boss, RAAM. We must have restarted the battle like 40 times over a couple of sessions. (I got worn out the first time trying.) As with… Continue reading Of Boss Battles and Game Glitches
Watching your character die is part of the gaming experience. Even when I breeze through a game on casual difficulty, I usually have one or two deaths before I beat the game -- and when I crank up the challenge to hardcore difficulty, I expect to die on a regular basis. This doesn't happen in every game. Braid is… Continue reading Death in Video Games — It’s Just Not Realistic
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