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Blog Herding: Community Edition 09/25/14
Summer is over and fall is here, which means gamers have a lot to look forward to, as there are plenty of new releases and big titles coming out in the next few months. But if it's a great blog you're in the market for, you won't have to wait – you can find them right here each and every week.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: September 15 – September 21, 2014
Number of User Blogs: 44
Number of User Bloggers: 27
Number of User Blogs Herded: 8
Community Events:
Game Informer Online Fantasy Football Scoreboard Week 2
Week 2 of the GIO Fantasy Football league is in the books and despite not doing so well cerpintaxman was still nice enough to provide us a recap of the week, including the current standings.
Team Game Informer – Extra Life 2014 Update #2
With a little over a month to go before the annual Extra Life charity event kicks off, Zachary Pligge takes a minute to provide the community an update on the current status of Team GIO.
Community Blogs:
Fall 2014: What To Buy? Everything!
LetMeGetToACheckpoint considers all the new game releases on the horizon and wonders which ones she should buy. Check out which games she's ready to break into her piggy bank for.
Super Smash Bros 3DS Demo Impressions
Gamers from around the world, like Thomas Stensland, were finally given a sneak peek at one the most anticipated games of the year with the demo release of Super Smash Bros. on the 3DS.
Deception, Friendship, And Love: My Relationship With Catherine
Described as an "adult-oriented" action/adventure game, Catherine takes a unique approach with its characters and storytelling. MightyMagikarp calls it one of his favorite games ever.
Until Dawn: A Horror Surprise
One of the games being shown off at GameStop Expo 2014 was Until Dawn and community member rebekah had the opportunity to play it. She shares her thoughts about the experience here.
GIO Member Herding: Part 68 Of XX
It's time once again for another episode of Member Herding – a regular feature curated by thegodofwine7 spotlighting various members of the community. Read to see who it is this week.
Ten Games I Regret Buying
One of the most popular posts from the week was this one by The Destroyer highlighting ten games he purchased and later regretted buying. Read and respond if you have any games you regret buying.
Final Thoughts 31: Dishonored (+DLC)
Eric Watson finishes another game in this 31st episode of his Final Thoughts series, with this latest chapter tackling Dishonored and the various DLC that have come out since the game's release.
It May Be Flawed, But I Love Destiny
The word "divided" is used in this blog by Irwin529 to describe player response to Destiny, which seems to be a fair assessment. Read the rest of the blog to see why he is on the side that likes the game.
Community Reviews:
Throwback Thursday: Sonic The Hedgehog Review
Posting another Throwback Thursday review, happydude633 reflects on one of the most sensational titles from the '90s in this post covering Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis.
Sixty Second Shooter Prime Review
Josh Kowbel compares Sixty Second Shooter Prime to the similarly themed Geometry Wars but walks away feeling like it was just a cheap way of bumping up his gamer score.
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Happy Blogging!
Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (09/15/14 – 09/21/14):
Azure Moon; Buddy Acker; cerpintaxman; ChrFra95; Eric Watson; happydude633; Irwin529; Josh Kowbel (2); JT Ke3bz; Kriandis; LetMeGetToACheckpoint; lordmorales; MightyMagikarp (2); MSF codforlife; Psykologic; Raging Searchers; rebekah (2); Space Dolphin; Still_Insane22; StonedMagician; The Destroyer (7); thegodofwine7; This World Begins With Big Ass Swords; Thomas Stensland (3); UltiMat3ProDGy07; Zachary Pligge; and of course yours truly...Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week From Twitter:
"When is someone going to make a video game movie that's better than just watching someone play the game for an hour and a half?" @JamesSACorey
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