Tag: co-op
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Multiplayer and the Quest to Make Gaming Cool
In our extroverted society, being alone can mean being uncool. It has a lot of negative connotations: You don’t have any friends, you don’t like to be with people, you’re a nerd or geek or dork. But nowadays, “geekery” is becoming something like a fad. While decades ago, reading comic books was the lonely fate…
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The “Gears of War” Experience
I spent last weekend obsessively playing Gears of War Ultimate Edition co-op on Xbox One. It took about four days (maybe 18 hours) to finish it, with both of us playing on Hardcore difficulty. I had played some of the original game before on Xbox 360, but playing co-op is a whole new experience, and…
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What I’ve Been Playing Lately
Halo 3 and 4 It’s official: I’ve now completed two Halo games in my life. I played some co-op with a friend a long, long time ago, but just once — and I was terrible. Then I played some Reach a while back. But the motivation to actually finish a Halo game came from playing co-op. Legendary difficulty is really…
