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Blog Herding: Community Edition 11/21/13
It's hard to believe it was only a few months ago when Sony and Microsoft squared off at E3 to showcase their next-generation consoles. It's a great time to be a gamer as we watch history being made with plenty of bloggers to chronicle the event.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: November
11, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Number of User
Blogs: 52
Number of User
Bloggers: 37
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 7
Community Events:
GIO
2014 Fantasy Football League Scoreboard – Week 10
A colorful commentary from cerpintaxman
highlighting the results of this week's GIO fantasy football league. As the
weeks start winding down, we begin to get a picture of who has a shot of winning the title.
Community Blogs:
What
Does The Next Generation Of Gaming Truly Hold For Us?
Now that the next generation
of consoles is finally here, everybody is talking about what it means for
gamers, including this perspective shared by MSF codforlife.
A
Re-Introduction Of Sorts
Tim Rupp, the blogger formally
known as Ashaman, is the proud owner of a new PlayStation 4. Tim managed to
break away from it long enough to share his thoughts about it in this post.
Battlefield
4: Beta1.0000000001
One of the former Battlefield
4 beta players now speaks out against the final product as footthumb realizes
there wasn't much difference between the two and apologizes for previously defending it.
Does
One Not Simply Walk Into A Prequel?
With the recent announcement
regarding a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy titled Shadow of Mordor,
Tim Gruver considers the art of the prequel and its significance on a series.
Last-Gen Wows
The PlayStation 4 is available
now and the Xbox One is nearly here. As many gamers usher in new games and
consoles, Psykologic reflects on a few memorable games from the now last-generation
consoles.
Predictions
Come True
Earlier in the year John Wrek
made predictions for nearly a dozen games. Now that most of them have been
released, he revisits his earlier post to evaluate his video game forecasts.
The
Xbox One Truck Came To Pittsburgh!
As part of their marketing
campaign promoting the upcoming release of the Xbox One, Microsoft launched a
fleet of trucks across the country. LetMeGetToACheckpoint was lucky enough to see one in
person.
Community Reviews:
Call
Of Duty: Ghosts Review
Many gamers predicted a day
when the newest Call of Duty wouldn't be able to clear the bar set by its
predecessor. Has that day finally come with Ghost? Boss Kowbel's review seems
to suggest it has.
The
Wolf Among Us: Episode 1 – Faith Review
From the studio that surprised
us with the episodic game set in the post-apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead
comes The Wolf Among Us. Jeremy Sturgill summarizes the game in this review.
Call
Of Juarez: Gunslinger Review – Straight Shot
With a surplus of shooters it's
easy to overlook a potentially great game, which xl9 almost did with Call of
Juarez: Gunslinger. He gave it a shot and admits it revived his faith in the
genre.
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Happy Blogging!
Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (11/11/13
– 11/17/13):
Alex Excelsior!;
Arkayde (2); ATOMIC; Boss Kowbel; cerpintaxman; Coachscorner00; Cody LaCrone
(2); Dawson Wyckoff; Dima; Eric Watson (2); footthumb; Hawke5 (2); jackson
stone; Jeremy Sturgill; John Wrek (3); Jon Gregory aka JMan240; keo528;
LetMeGetToACheckpoint; Mike; Mray901; MSF codforlife; Oni no Tenshi; Ownzoir
(2); Postmita; Psykologic; Refle18 (5); Romars; Servant of God; SimonSaezIII;
StonedMagician (3); StraySkyNight; thebassclef626; This World Begins With The
Universe; Tim Gruver (3); Tim Rupp; VannahFoxTheTriforceWielder; and xl9.
Video Game Archives – Quote of the Week:
"Congratulations to Playstation on their
North American launch." – Major Nelson
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