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Blog Herding: Community Edition 07/12/12
With much of the country reeling from record scorching temperatures and no end in sight, many of you will seek refuge inside where you will play video games and hopefully enjoy some of these cool and refreshing blogs.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed:
July 02 – July 08, 2012
Number of User
Blogs: 114
Number of User
Bloggers: 63
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 9
Community Events:
Extra
Life Gaming Marathon
There's still time to enter the contest to win Ghost
Recon Future Solider (PC download code) while supporting the Extra Life charity
event scheduled for October 20, 2012.
Community Blogs:
Quit
QTEing Me To Death
Chris Mrkvicka vents his
frustration with the method some games use to implement Quick Time Events (QTE)
and how he would often prefer the scene to just play out without player
intervention.
Creating
The Next Zelda Experience
The Legend of Zelda series has
existed since 1986, has spawned over a dozen games, and has witnessed Link
transform in appearance on several occasions. iDreamRunner has a few ideas for
the next Zelda game.
My
Top Ten Favorite Zelda Songs
There are quite a few gamers
who consider themselves diehard Zelda fans, and vannahfox ranks among them as
demonstrated with this exceptional first blog about favorite songs from the
Zelda games.
Top
10 Rising Studios
Some could argue not all the
studios listed in thegodofwine7's top ten list of rising studios should be
considered "rising" but it's still an intriguing list of developers
contributing to the future of gaming.
Revisiting
Portal 2
John Wrek revisits Portal 2 and
reminds those who have played the game just how brilliant it truly is as he
shares his impressions of the campaign and cooperative mode.
The
Double Edged Sword Of Used Gaming
A somewhat surprising ruling by
the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the sales of digital
content has reignited the topic, including this blog by Jon
Gregory aka JMan240.
The
Importance Of An Unimportant Story
An interesting blog by
FinalFantasy1026 discussing the significance of the back story and how "people
are not content to simply perform a sequence of actions without first receiving
a reason why."
Sony
And Gaikai: A Gamer's Thoughts And Fears
Now that Sony
has acquired the cloud-based gaming service Gaikai, the question many are
wondering is what they are going to do with it. Marco Polo has a theory he
shares with the community.
3DS
For 3DS XL?
The recent announcement from
Nintendo concerning the newest model of the 3DS has some gamers like Glasses
questioning the merit of a bigger and heavier portable gaming device.
Community Reviews:
The
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dawnguard DLC
Sometimes good
user reviews can be hard to find but John Wrek posted several great ones this
week, including one for Dawnguard, the newly released DLC for Game Informer's
2011 Game of the Year.
Join
The Uprising Against The Underworld Today
Apricot
provides a thorough analysis of the latest installment in the Kid Icarus series
with this solid review of Kid Icarus: Uprising, before claiming it's a "must-have
3DS title that you do not want to miss."
A
World Of Hurt, Booze, And Bullet Time
Another gamer
satisfied with their experience playing Max Payne 3. This review by Orochi
Assassin LEVON provides a brief snapshot of what to expect and awards the game
9 out of 10.
Alan
Wake – Playing A Novel
Alan Wake
certainly isn't a new game but it is one that attracted a fair amount of
attention. If you've never played it, this review by DesertOcelot may reveal
what you missed out on.
Community Podcasts:
The
Indie & Mojo Show Episode 39
The latest episode is missing one of the co-hosts, but
Indiejones and Mojomonkey12 are still present as they entertain the audience with
talk of Half Life 2, Max Payne 3, and the current status of Team GIO.
Don't forget to send your feedback, recommendations, and community events in to my personal Game Informer account located here to ensure this feature continues to provide the content you're eager to read.
Happy Blogging!
Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (07/02/12 – 07/08/12):
AshaMan3000 (5);
benderstrike64 (7); bjdbuch; Black Rook (2); blaze6106 (2); BRAV0 F1VE; Cameron
Koch (3); Chaos is Beauty; CheeseballPwn; Chris Mrkvicka (8); Cody Gilley (3);
dadarkheart; Dawson Wyckoff; DeadManWalking; DJH (3); Drym Shyuan; Enigma (2);
Ewok King; FinalFantasy1026; Frosty (2); Gesar; Ghost (4); Glasses (3);
GoldvsSilver; Hist; Hobo Baggins; iDreamRunner; indiejones; JacktheViolaPlayer;
Jeury21; John Wrek (6); Jolt the Cynic; Jon Gregory aka JMan240;
jordanthegamer; Joyful Penguin; Just that Awesome; Kid Ica; Kyle Wadsworth; Le
Hannibal (7); LGAR (2); Light Gamebeast23456 (2); linkchief13; Marco Polo (2);
markus1142; Mike; mikedeas879; OneArmedWonder (2); Oni no Tenshi; Rihz;
Romars202129; sorryjzargo (2); Stranger (2); The Zombie-Killing Carson;
TheBiasedIrishman; thegodofwine7; TheMichaelJolly; TheSpaniard013; TOGNick;
UltiMat3ProDGy07; vannahfox; xking595x; YungDaVinci; and of course yours truly…Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week:
"He was trying to buy more sand for his hour glass. I wasn't
selling any." – Max Payne, Max Payne
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