Marketing-wise this game was a great decision. The books and television show are so monumentally popular, I’m sure the developers gained thousands of players simply from people google searching their favorite scene and stumbling upon to game — not to mention all the folks who went out actively searching for an expansion on the GoT…Continue Reading Game of Thrones Ascent
Since I missed class last monday (because I was here) and was unable to see some of the game demonstrations, I decided the best way to make up for the missed class would be to spend the same amount of time playing a video game. So I spent 3 hours tucked away in the basement…Continue Reading Katamari Damacy
Excellent, fun, engaging little game. I wish the developers would create a mobile app so I could adventure through dimensions while tinkering on my phone. The premise of this game is simple. Gomez (the player-character) jumps, climbs and walks from platform to platform collecting gold squares. The catch? What at first appears to be a…Continue Reading Fez
Sound Design, as expected plays a pretty large role in rhythm and music based games. I can’t even say “Dance Dance Revolution” without imitating the games start-up title sound (imagine an amped up announcer over-enunciating the game-title). That being said, outside of the music within the gameplay, I’ve never been particularly impressed with the overall…Continue Reading Dance Dance Revolution & Other Rhythm Games
The Simpsons Tapped Out is a sarcastic take on the classic city-builder game. Gameplay is simple enough, in many cases the game outright tells you what to click and when. The premise: Homer has destroyed Springfield by playing a silly time-wasting mobile game (haha funny self-aware game. how clever…) while the nuclear reactor explodes around…Continue Reading The Simpsons™ Tapped Out
I expected to really get into this game. Thomas described Candy Crush Saga as video game “crack.” I’m not going to lie; I have what one would call an addictive personality. I’ve been playing Puzzle and Dragons, a game similar in objective and style to Candy Crush Saga, intensely for the last few months, but for…Continue Reading Candy Crush Saga