First Impression: Destiny, The Taken King

Mephisto Mori/ September 19, 2015/ Video Games/ 0 comments

This is the game Destiny always should’ve been. There’s an actual story with actual cutscenes and ambient dialogue. The lines aren’t completely colored in but the game strikes a good balance between feeling vast and mysterious, like space should, while giving you just enough to contemplate. Shopkeepers, Faction Representatives, and Quest Givers are all animated upon “approach.” It’s one of

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Pokemon: Go …fetch me a beer.

Mephisto Mori/ September 10, 2015/ Video Games/ 0 comments

A trailer for a new Pokemon game for mobile was released yesterday by The Pokemon Company, a subsidiary of Nintendo, on their YouTube Channel (vid above). Former Google startup, Niantic (of Ingress fame) is developing the game and it’ll be released sometime 2016 for iPhones and Android devices. The release marks the dawning of a new age for Nintendo. It’ll

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Mariachi Music… VG Style

Mephisto Mori/ September 10, 2015/ Video Games/ 0 comments

I recently stumbled upon a mariachi band that covers video game music. The ensemble is led by DaveYard Shift. And it’s fantastic. Each video begins with a shot of tequila, in proper fashion, and then gets into the music. The videos are well produced and have a biopic feel to them. Oh right, and the music is awesome. But you don’t have

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Word Nerding: I hate the word “drone” and here’s why.

Mephisto Mori/ September 7, 2015/ Video Games/ 0 comments

The following is another of those times I’m using my website to trunk something I wrote on Facebook. It has absolutely nothing to do with video games or even geek culture. It is simple word nerdery and I apologize. I’m only be moderately offended if you don’t read it. I hate the word “drone.” It’s an ugly word and has

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First Impression: Metal Gear Solid V – The Phantom Pain

Mephisto Mori/ September 4, 2015/ Video Games/ 0 comments

There’s one metric fuck-ton of game here. I measured. After an excrutiating intro level that ends with an invincible boss, a QTE, and a scripted vehicle scene – you know, a checklist of what not to do with gameplay – the video game proper begins. Revolver Ocelot drops Snake, sorry Big Boss, into a literal desert and tells him to

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