Tag: video games

  • The Trouble with Tedious Boss Battles

    The Trouble with Tedious Boss Battles

    I finished Gears of War 3 over the weekend, and it was amazing. I’m totally in love with this series now. All I have left to play is Judgment, which I’ll probably start on tonight… But there was one thing about Gears of War 3 that drove me a little nuts: the final boss battle.…

  • Why “Halo ODST” Feels So Different

    Why “Halo ODST” Feels So Different

    Having spent this whole year playing through the Master Chief Collection on Xbox One, I feel like I finally got to know Halo. I played all of the games co-op and am also playing Reach now, to round out the experience before Halo 5. But there’s one game in the series that has been known…

  • Playing a Whole Cast of Characters in Telltale’s “Game of Thrones”

    Playing a Whole Cast of Characters in Telltale’s “Game of Thrones”

    So I’m finally catching up on all the Telltale episodic games I’ve missed this year, including Game of Thrones. And what I’m finding is that Game of Thrones feels a lot like reading the books or watching the TV show, because there are so many characters to keep track of. (Don’t worry, no big spoilers…