A Second Nod

Mephisto Mori/ January 18, 2014/ Video Games/ 0 comments

I am really enjoying my time with XCOM.  I mentioned it once before but it bears repeating.  It’s one of those rare games that sets out to be something interesting and executes it perfectly.  XCOM is what a game looks like when a simple concept, with straight forward design is implemented so well that the end product is robust and

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Sincere Thank You

Mephisto Mori/ January 5, 2014/ Video Games/ 0 comments

I’m clearly jaded, perhaps drunk, while writing this bit… but my cynicism isn’t meant to insult anyone.   Certainly we’re all entitled to our opinions.  That’s what makes art magical; the fact that you and I can both play the same game and come to different conclusions. Over the last few months I’ve looked to contributors to help maintain content

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Kinda Underwhelming

Mephisto Mori/ January 5, 2014/ Video Games/ 0 comments

In regards to my last post… it’s kinda underwhelming to give a nod to a game from the generation prior to the one in question… but it’s the Valve thing all over. The things we commend the most as gaming breakthroughs are things Valve did on a whim generations ago. It’s like mainstream gaming is always playing catch-up to true

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One Final Honorable Mention

Mephisto Mori/ January 5, 2014/ Video Games/ 0 comments

So I recently completed my review of an entire age of gaming.  I talked about the best games, the most disappointing game, and the most overrated games.  I even did an honorable mention list – which, contrary to what you may believe, wasn’t a personal favorite category; were that the case Alan Wake would’ve been on there.  There was a

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Generations of Gaming

Mephisto Mori/ January 2, 2014/ Video Games/ 0 comments

On Gaming Generations and Their Nomenclature: While constructing tonight’s post I found myself lengthening an already pushing-it 500 words by delving into the names and themes of past generations of video games. Rather than chop it down, I thought I’d move the tangent here. I was trying to summarize the last era of gaming.  Many dub it the Console War

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