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March 15, 2012

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure

Filed under: Gamer — Tags: 3DS, Activision, Adventure Game, Cynder, Darklight Crypt, Dragon's Peak, DS, Hex, PlayStation 3, PS3, Skylanders, Spyro, Spyro's Adventure, Toys for Bob, Trigger Happy, Whirlwind, Wii, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 4:42 PM

Stealth Elf is stealthy

Status: Finished once (played coop with my husband)
Achievements: 26 of 38
Gamerscore: 640/1000
Adventure Packs Purchased: Darklight Crypt, Dragon’s Peak

Skylanders had flown under my radar for a long time, mostly because I have a major prejudice against Activision these days (although not as bad as my hatred of Lionhead) but also due to my increasing dislike of gimmicky games. I’d also been extremely pumped for Skyrim, which had been my big Holiday 2011 game and consumed my life for a month straight.

After coming out of my Skyrim haze and seeing a bunch of our friends talking about how much they were enjoying Skylanders, we decided to take the plunge and picked up the starter kit, and adventure pack and a couple additional characters. Over his Christmas break, my husband and I drove all over looking for the now impossible to find toys and I watched him play at night until we managed to find a few toys I could register to myself.

Once I had Hex (Undead), Whirlwind (Air) and FlameSlinger (Fire) in hand, I was ready to venture into the Skylands. (more…)

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January 10, 2012

Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim

Filed under: Gamer — Tags: Arrow to the Knee, Bethesda, Dovahkiin, Elder Scrolls, Fus Ro Dah, Fus Roh Dah, Mac, PC, PS3, Role Playing Game, RPG, Skyrim, Steam, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 3:14 PM

Warning: This review will most likely contain a few spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Status: Completed in 29 days (minus glitched quests), reached Level 62, 179hrs 17mins 37secs
Achievements: 47 of 50
Gamerscore: 940/1000
DLC Purchased: None

The fifth installment in Bethesda Game Studios’ epic role playing franchise, Skyrim offers players an exceptional adventure in the northern most province of Tamriel. Home to the Nords, Skyrim is in the midst of a civil war, a war in which you are unintentionally dragged into. Imperial guards believe you to be a member of the Stormcloak uprising, and bring you to Helgen for your execution. As your head rests on the chopping block, you witness a terrifying dragon land on one of the battlements, sending everyone into a panic and giving you the chance to escape. (more…)

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August 30, 2011

…And So Turn the Gears of Our Lives

Filed under: Writer — Tags: Gears 3, Gears of War, Karen Traviss, video game novelizations, video games, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 11:35 AM

This September another video game trilogy comes to a conclusion. The Gears of War saga has a dear place in my heart as one of the games that helped me get through the long-distance leg of my relationship with my husband. These were games we played together for the cooperative experience, something to do as a couple. And for that reason alone, they served a purpose.

But video games of this magnitude cannot rely on game play alone. There needs to be a strong and compelling story to bring a player back time and time again. Sure you can slap multiplayer into any game nowadays, but for someone like myself – someone who appreciates solid storytelling – that is not what is going to keep your game in my console for long. This, unfortunately, is where the first two installments in Gears of War fell short for me. More so Gears 2 than the original. (more…)

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August 25, 2011

Alan Wake DLC: The Signal & The Writer (Project Backlog)

Filed under: Gamer,Project Backlog — Tags: Alan Wake, DLC, Downloadable Content, Episodic Content, Remedy Games, Survival Horror, The Signal, The Writer, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 1:06 PM

Status: Finished both The Signal & The Writer DLC
Achievements: 41 of 67
Gamerscore: 740/1500

Months after finishing Alan Wake’s original content and downloading both DLC add-ons, I still hadn’t gotten around to actually playing the new episodes. I’d see the box for the game sitting on the top of my 360 shelving unit and think “Maybe this week”, but kept passing it over for something else. A couple of weeks ago, I finally sat myself down and played through the DLC thanks to stressing out over Catherine and wanting a change of pace. (more…)

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July 25, 2011

Torchlight

Filed under: Gamer — Tags: dungeon crawler, epic loot, Runic Games, Torchlight, video game, XBLA, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 3:07 PM

Status: Can you really ever finish this game?
Achievements: 12 of 12
Gamerscore: 200/200
DLC Purchased: None

The Xbox Deal of the Week is always hit or miss for me. Too often it’s just a bunch of maps for shooter games that don’t interest me. That changed a couple of weeks back when I noticed that Torchlight was on sale for 800 points. I’d heard great things about the PC version of the game, and when I asked my friends for their advice on the XBL port their comments swayed me into taking the plunge. (more…)

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July 14, 2011

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (Project Backlog)

Filed under: Gamer,Project Backlog — Tags: Bethesda, Elder Scrolls, Oblivion, RPG, video game, Western RPG, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 1:24 PM

Status: Finished everything but the Mages’ Guild quests
Achievements: 54 of 60
Gamerscore: 1150/1250
DLC Purchased: Every last bit of DLC, including that ridiculous Horse Armor (only because it was on the GOTY disc)

Somehow I find it very fitting that the first game from Project Backlog that I am crossing off the list is actually the first Xbox 360 game I ever finished. Let me clarify that – the first game I finished before I had an Xbox Live gamertag. (more…)

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June 20, 2011

Alice: Madness Returns

Filed under: Gamer — Tags: Alice, American McGee, EA, Lewis Carrol, M for Mature, Mad Hatter, Madness Returns, PS3, video games, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 3:21 PM

Status: Finished once on Normal, started New Game+ on Nightmare
Achievements: 31 of 50
Gamerscore: 415/1000
DLC Purchased: Original American McGee’s Alice (Online Pass Content)

I love the dark and macabre, things that make me jump out of my seat or emit a small scream. Horror movies and games filled with puzzles are right up there in my books and I will go out of my way to watch and play what others consider “bad”. Ages ago, when you could rent PC games and not have to worry about DRM, I seem to recall trying to get my hands on the original American McGee’s Alice and it almost always being out. A dark and twisted retelling of the classic story appealed to me but I honestly don’t recall playing more than a few minutes of the original. Alice: Madness Returns seemed like the perfect opportunity to visit both the new and old versions of the young girl’s Wonderland, thanks to the Online Pass offering the first game for free. (more…)

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May 18, 2011

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean

Filed under: Gamer — Tags: 3DS, At World's End, Blackbeard, Disney, DS, Jack Sparrow, LEGO, LEGO games, Pirates of the Caribbean, PS3, PSP, Traveler's Tales, video game, Wii, Will Turner, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 9:46 PM

Status: Starting 3rd movie Coop, playing 2nd movie single player
Achievements: 15 of 40
Gamerscore: 252/1000
DLC Purchased: None

There is just something so perfectly nostalgic about LEGO. You never really grow out of playing with them, building castles, ships, or giant dinosaurs. When LEGO first gave us LEGO Star Wars, I wonder if they thought it would become this successful and lead to such a library of titles. Now here we are, playing LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean barely a week before the fourth movie hits theatres, doing my best to avoid playing On Stranger Tides so as not to spoil the movie for myself or my husband. (more…)

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March 30, 2011

The Curious Case of the Never-Ending Backlog

Filed under: Writer — Tags: backlog, console games, Fable 3, Gamer, Metal Gear Solid 4, PlayStation 3, Tales of Vesperia, video games, Wii, Xbox 360 — Yukino @ 10:00 AM

Nine out of ten gamers have one. We don’t mean for it to happen, but new and shinier things always seem to come our way, leading to last week’s new release finding its way to the stack of games we promise ourselves we will get back to just as soon as the summer lull comes around.

For some of us, it’s not so bad. Less than a baker’s dozen of past releases remain sealed or still have that fresh from the factory smell. And we will get to those, just as soon as we finish up a season of whatever EA Sports title or in-depth RPG is causing the hold up. For others (primarily those working in the industry, whether it be as developer or journalist), that stack of games is more likely triple what a normal gamer has waiting. It’s not that you don’t want to play them, because you most definitely do, but in between playing or making games for work, plowing through weekly review copies and picking up the ones you aren’t comped, it doesn’t take long to watch your backlog develop into a monster. (more…)

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You Don’t Know Jack

Filed under: Gamer — Tags: Cookie Masterson, DS, Funky Trash, Jack Attack, Jellyvision, PlayStation 3, trivia game, video game, Wii, Wrong Answer of the Game, Xbox 360, YDKJ, You Don't Know Jack — Yukino @ 9:04 AM

Status: Working through the last rounds
Achievements: 20 of 50
Gamerscore: 430/1250
DLC Purchased: None (yet!)

You Don’t Know Jack is the perfect trivia video game. No silly jumping around in front of a camera when all you want to do is veg out on the couch. Just crazy button mashing, yelling, and Screwing (no, not that kind of screwing!!) all in the name of winning. And collecting awesome prizes (but more on that in a bit). (more…)

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