When Metal Gear Solid V was officially announced last week at GDC (fully acknowledging that the Phantom Pain previews from earlier were indeed MGS related), it was revealed that they would not be asking David Hayter to resume his role as Snake. They wanted to go in a new direction with the gruff old bastard …
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Gears of War 3
Status: Normal campaign complete, now playing on Insane Achievements: 28 of 50 Gamerscore: 335/1000 DLC Purchased: None We picked up Gears of War 3 excited to see how the series would end and knowing it would be a great co-op experience for us. Hell, we even made sure we bought a second TV for the bedroom large enough for …
Looting Pandora
As a married gamer, there are times when you just want to have fun playing a cooperative adventure together. Sadly, it had been quite some time since Matt and I sat down and spent hours upon hours gaming together. Sure, there was that period back in January and February when we jumped on the Skylanders …
Sims Official Magazine Premiere Edition & Me
Back at the start of September one of the gaming journalists I follow on Twitter had asked if any of her followers played any of The Sims games. I stuck my hand up and asked if The Sims Social on Facebook counted in her eyes and she replied with a resounding “Yes!” By the end …
Project Backlog – The List
Here is the current list of games in my backlog as of May 28th, 2013. This list will be updated on a semi-regular basis to reflect new additions and recent completions (or removals based on the fact that I got stuck and gave up). Xbox 360 Alan Wake – The Signal & The Writer DLC (Completed!) …
LEGO Batman 2
Status: Completed story mode twice (once single player, once coop), 100% completion Achievements: 37 of 37 Gamerscore: 1000/1000 DLC Purchased: None It’s no secret that my coop partner for life and I met playing video games and used gaming to help us deal with our long distance separation. We spent hours upon hours with Gears of War 1 & …
The Urbz: Sims the in City (Project Backlog)
Status: Completed The Urbz main story, working on Rep quests While I was grinding up in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn to take my second go at the final battle, I decided I needed a bit of a break and went through our DS game shelf for something new to play. I wanted a game I could …
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
Status: Saved the world in 52 Hours 45 mins at Level 65 I picked up Golden Sun: Dark Dawn one night when I saw it on the shelf at Best Buy for $5. It doesn’t bother me to play a game in the middle of a series I’ve never touched before if I spot it on sale. And …
Sorcery
Status: Finished one run-through of Sorcery on Casual in 6 hours Trophies: 21 of 34 unlocked It’s not often a game running purely on motion controls comes along that I absolutely have to have. In fact, Sorcery was the very first one. Hell, I was so excited for a game that would utilize my Move controllers that I made …
TellTale Games’ The Walking Dead
(Jan 2, 2013 – Post has been updated after the bit I wrote about The Walking Dead Episode 1 because I played through the entire series on Steam. Overall thoughts on the entire series is below. ~A) Status: Episode 1 – A New Day complete (XBLA), waiting impatiently for more It’s no secret that I love …