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Blog Herding – The Best Blogs Of The Community (May 18, 2017)
This week sees an even split in blogs and writing responses – and all of them were fantastic. From oddball eating habits to under-appreciated role-playing games, this week has it all!
Community Blogs For May 11 – May 17:
Why Yooka-Layla Is My Biggest Disappointment
of 2017
A Banjo Kazooie-like game sounded great to Zack Burrows. He had been waiting to
revisit his childhood, so to speak, with a game like Rare's bird and bear
adventure. But then tragedy struck. The game is what Zack remembers
loving, but he also remembered how bad some design choices could be. Like the
talking and the movement through special moves. This is one game Zack just
could not finish.
The
Lost Save
Brendon Curzio has fallen victim to something worse than death: a corrupted
save. Okay, maybe that's not as bad as death, but it's not fun (thanks a bunch, scratched Final Fantasy VIII disc, for interrupting my save that was in progress
and forcing me to start over). But instead of just posing a question, Brendon
wonders if it would be a good idea to let players choose what part of a game to
play. Like, if you can't manually save before a fun area, maybe you could just
play that chunk of the game to relive how great it was. I know I have multiple
saves in games to either keep playing it or relive a certain battle.
My
Top 5 Favorite, Underrated RPGs
Attackcobra was inspired by the recent RPG lists by GI and IGN. But instead of attempting
to pick the best of the best and angering the Internet, the writer focuses on
more underrated titles, and ones that didn't make either publication's list.
I've actually played just two games on this list, but I definitely like both
Tales of the Abyss (there are better Tales games out there) and Dark Cloud.
I've actually been thinking about replaying Dark Cloud...if Breath of the Wild
ever lets me go.
Writing Challenge Responses:
CWC: Protagonists are Strange Eaters
StarterPack brings up one of my favorite video game eaters: Booker. That guy would open up a trash can, eat three pieces of food, smoke an entire pack
of cigs, and then eat some more food and somehow feel better. All of that in
seconds. I mean, like our blogger writes, the man eats hot dogs out of trash
cans. What kind of hero is that?
CWC: Bizarre Foods Gaming
Qrow Rose goes after some truly iconic, bizarre foods for this blog. Like the
floor chicken. I don't get it, but I do enjoy finding it. I honestly find it
more nourishing than 50 Cent's Vitamin water. But for real – video games offer
up some truly bizarre foods meant to heal players.
CWC: Food in games
I'm not sure what's more odd: my cat's food choices, or those Aaron Bivens
writes about. Ever since Pac-Man players have been eating things with video
game heroes. But let us all never forget the wall-turkey in Castlevania. A true
delicacy. And what's up with Kirby? Bivens hypothesizes that he has a black
hole for a stomach. Even worse? Kirby eats his enemies while they're alive. The
pink ball is a monster.
Writing Challenge:
We'll take a break this week!
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