On paper, The Division and Destiny are almost exactly identical: they are both loot based games that you can’t play offline, and they are both games that encourage the practice of playing with other people. Other than the aforementioned obvious, almost unavoidable comparisons though, the two games are like night and day. You get loot, and you get loot, everybody ...
Read More »Fallout 4: What it does right, what it does wrong, and everything in between
Ever since E3 2015, the marketing team for Fallout 4 had been hard at work making sure that the world was excited about the game. Lo and behold, it worked, as Fallout 4 became one of the most played games on Steam on launch day, surpassing the record set by GTA V by more than 100,000 concurrent users. However, as ...
Read More »Destiny’s Iron Banner event returns later in December…much later
If you were looking forward to Destiny’s monthly Iron Banner event, then prepare to be disappointed. For the month of December 2015, Iron Banner will return after the conclusion of the Sparrow Racing League event, which is scheduled to end on the 29th. However, there is no exact date that Bungie has specified, as Bungie has stated that it will ...
Read More »Destiny’s new microtransactions have nothing to do with gambling. At all
At this point in Destiny’s lifecycle, it has been all but confirmed that there will be no more paid, traditional DLC, at least until Destiny 2 anyways. To compensate for this lack of content, Bungie has opted to implement smaller events that are free to attend, but they only last for a relatively short time. Of course, this also means ...
Read More »Fallout 4’s weapons, loot, and you: stealing everything just because you can
A cornerstone of any good RPG (or for that matter, any game with certain RPG elements) is the loot that you get. This is true whether it be Borderlands and it’s infinite variations of weapons, Destiny and it’s large array of perks that can fundamentally render a weapon useless, and most recently, Fallout 4. Unlike other games however, Fallout 4 ...
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians gets a new update: Forge, new maps, new guns, and more
Halo fans who are itching to make their own maps can finally sate their thirst as 343 has released the latest free update to Halo 5: Guardians. In the Cartographer’s Gift update, Forge has been reintroduced to Halo 5 alongside classic weapons and armor sets like the dual tube SPNKR rocket launcher (and its 4 variants), the Mark IV Mjolnir ...
Read More »The Odd Nature of EA’s Excuse for Banning Iran and Myanmar from Origin
Electronic Arts, the two-time “winner” of the “Worst Company in America” award, has decided to cut off the countries of Iran and Myanmar from accessing their Origin service. In effect, this prevents anyone in those countries from buying or playing any digitally purchased EA games on the PC, or for that matter, getting a refund for games that they can no ...
Read More »Overwatch’s Sombra ARG: When too much hype meets a missed opportunity
For most of a two or three month period, certain segments of Overwatch’s community (particularly on the game’s subreddit) were hard at work trying to find any clues that Blizzard may have left regarding (what most people assume to be) their upcoming character, Sombra. From decoding cryptic messages in trailers written in hex values to monitoring the Overwatch’s website for any change ...
Read More »What is Crunch Time, Rooster Teeth’s latest series, about?
For many people, wanting to see a show about a few horribly awkward young-adult scientists (that almost look like they are in their late 20s) who get into trouble means that you’re probably going to have to sit through something like The Big Bang Theory. Unfortunately, the show seems to be intended for an audience that is already accustomed to sitcoms, complete with dialogue ...
Read More »What’s In Fallout 4’s Nuka-World DLC and is it worth it?
One of the largest (and most valid) complaints about Fallout 4 is that the game didn’t really give you many opportunities to be evil. Sure, you could go around insulting people and killing somewhat indiscriminately, but your options were rather limited when compared to the things you could do in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. With Fallout 4’s Nuka-World DLC however, this ...
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