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Blog Herding: Community Edition 09/11/14
The long summer gaming drought is finally over and gamers have plenty to play – and write about. Check out this week's fine selection of community blogs, and a big congratulations to all of the new Game Informer featured bloggers whose posts will now be showing up on the sidebar of the front page.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: September 01 – September 07, 2014
Number of User
Blogs: 49
Number of User
Bloggers: 30
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 8
Community Blogs:
A
Deaf Gamer's Destiny
While countless numbers of
gamers are no doubt playing Destiny, LetMeGetToACheckpoint shares an
interesting perspective on how the game addresses accessibility issues for
disabled gamers.
The
Dilemma Of The Video Game Film Adaptation
The debate about video games
and movie adaptations is nearly as old as video games are, but WS-N's
perspective on the subject proves to be an entertaining read whether you agree with
it or not.
The
Changing Definition Of "Video Game"
With a handful of genres and a
multitude of different games, former Game Informer intern Cameron Koch wonders what
the term video game means and whether we need to redefine the term altogether.
Xbox
One And Playstation 4: Innovation Absent?
The current generation of
gaming consoles have been out for a few months now and most of the chatter for
or against a particular platform has subsided leaving, wakaboo with some
thoughts about them.
Throwback
Thursday's Review: Ninja Gaiden (NES)
There are user reviews and
then there are Throwback Thursdays Reviews, a feature where happydude633
plays games from the past and writes about them.
The
Sims 4 And Holding Back Content In Gaming
The Sims 4 recently released
and is already in the headlines but not necessarily for all the right reasons.
Whirz chimes in on the controversy surrounding the omission of certain gameplay
features.
Community
Discussion: September Edition
Collaborative blogs featuring
members of the community are rather popular around here and MightyMagikarp is
the latest member to champion a new community discussion feature.
The
Dwindling Definition Of 'Gamer'
Eric Watson tackles a tough
topic that has the whole industry talking as well as a number of members from
the community with this thoughtful piece about what it means to be a gamer in
today's world.
Community Reviews:
Shenmue
2 Review
An entertaining user review for
a rather old game, TidusandYuna1983 talks about the emotional and spiritual
impact of playing Shenmue 2, a game that was originally available on the
Dreamcast and Xbox.
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 (09/01/14
– 09/07/14):
boxcar182 (2);
Buddy Acker; Cameron Koch; cerpintaxman; Chris Mrkvicka; Coachscorner00;
Dimitri Gedevanishvili; Eric Watson; happydude633; LetMeGetToACheckpoint (2);
Master Chief; Michael Mattingly (2); MightyMagikarp (2); Miyuki Snow;
Psykologic (2); rebekah; Spooky Shoob????; Stephon Glover; The Cpu Dude; The
Destroyer (6); Thejourneyman66; TheVoiceAbovetheMaelstrom; Thomas Stensland
(2); TidusandYuna1983 (2); TonberryKing128; Vincent294; wakaboo; Whirz; WS-N;
and yours truly...Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week From Twitter:
"VIDEO GAME LOGIC: Everyone worse than you is
a noob, and anyone better than you has no life." @iWorldComedy
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