A Gamer Holiday and Shameless Advertising

Mephisto Mori/ June 21, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

In late July I plan on starting my own Holiday.  I’m calling it 16-Bit Saturday.  8-Bit is awesome but 16-bit allows the variance I desire for my weekend.  Kidding, it’s because the alliteration. The debacle over the name over; what is this Holiday?  Well it’s a weekend to celebrate our origins.  I say we have a weekend in the summer

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Good Cop, Bad Cop

Mephisto Mori/ June 19, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

Long day at “the job that pays the bills,” time to drink beer and talk about video games.  Before I get started, I’d better read the submission from Juliana our newest crew. Give me a moment, I’ll be back. … Okay I’m back. Wow, she’s so pleasant.  I’m so opinionated and mean.  It’s like we’re creating a good cop bad

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Yeah, Do That

Mephisto Mori/ June 14, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

When Tim Schafer started collecting money for a Psychonauts sequel, I let out an audible sigh. I love Psychonauts.  Like any true gaming elitist prick or kid that saw that one episode of XPlay, Psychonauts is on my top 50 favorites list. The LucasArts adventure games he worked on are all on that same list.  Except the Monkey Islands… I’m

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PS4 This Post is NOT about the Interface

Mephisto Mori/ June 12, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

Official PS4 Interface Video These may be the most unlikable human beings I’ve ever seen in a video game commercial.  And I remember the Virtual Boy release trailer. “I do need a bottle of Cialis but that guy was unbelievable as a character,”aren’t words I would utter for a number of reasons.  Chief among those reasons being that I’m virile

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PS4 $399

Mephisto Mori/ June 11, 2013/ Video Games/ 0 comments

I was fully prepared to pay 600 dollars for this next generation of consoles.  Both the XB1 and PS4 undershot my expectations and should be commended. At $400 dollars the PS4 is basically coming into my house day 1, and stealing the $400 dollars I keep in my underwear drawer.  I’m not even mad because he’s hanging out afterwards and

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