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Blog Herding: Community Edition 10/16/14
We're halfway through October and gearing up for a busy holiday season. There's plenty to be excited about as each console has some big name titles about to release. We've also enjoyed a steady increase in activity from the community, so find a blog or review you're interested in and start reading.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: October 06 – October 12, 2014
Number of User
Blogs: 56
Number of User
Bloggers: 35
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 10
Community Events:
Game
Informer Online Fantasy Football Scoreboard – Week 5
The GIO Fantasy Football
league concludes its fifth week and things are heating up. Thankfully, cerpintaxman is here to bring us another play-by-play look at the current
standings.
Community Blogs:
Is
Losing Fun?
LetMeGetToACheckpoint poses a
simple question with a seemingly obvious answer. After you read her thoughts
about losing, however, your final answer might be a little different than your initial
response.
Why
Do We Play Horror Games?
There are a plethora of
different reasons why we play video game, but MightyMagikarp chooses
to dig a little deeper to figure out why anyone would want to play a horror
game.
Alien:
Isolation Is A Game I'd Rather Watch Than Play
Irwin529 encounters a unique
dilemma while playing Alien: Isolation – what do you do when you are a fan of a
game's setting but not a fan of its style of gameplay? Have you ever
experienced this?
Nobody
Cares (But Me)
It's been a while since we've
heard from born4this, but he returns with an insightful post about a revelation
he had regarding in-game achievements and the motivation behind why we strive
for them.
Problems
Modern Gamers Deal With
The Destroyer considers a
handful of gaming-related problems many of us face. Do you agree or do you have
any other issues you deal with routinely that you think should be included on a list
of gamer problems?
The
Black Glove
Did you know several
developers that used to work for Irrational Games went off and created their
own studio while working on a new game called the Black Glove? Read rebekah's
blog for more details.
Physical
vs. Digital
Clearly when it comes to
purchasing a physical or digital version of a game, it comes down to personal
preference, but Jonathan Harrison's views on why he still prefers a physical
copy sure does make sense.
Paraphernalia
Of A Video Game Addict
Stephon Glover opens up about
his love of video games and how this has progressed into an addiction,
especially after he started dropping big bucks on video game collectibles. He's
not alone.
First
Impressions: Driveclub (Retail Disc)
This isn't so much a review of
Driveclub as much as it is happydude633 sharing his initial observations of
Sony's newest racing video game exclusive to the PlayStation 4. Bottom line: He liked it!
Why
I Don't Like Or Identify With The Term Gamer
Whether you agree with Jon
Gregory's position on what it means to be labeled a gamer or not, it's an
interesting piece that inspired some thought-provoking comments from the
community.
Community Reviews:
Smashing!
Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS
O'Dell Harmon delivers a
thorough analysis for the recently released Super Smash Bros. available on the
Nintendo 3DS. He seems to really enjoy the game while awarding it a
near-perfect review score.
The
Vanishing Of Ethan Carter Review
Maybe you haven't heard of The
Vanishing of Ethan Carter, but after you read Josh Kowbel's review of the game,
don't be surprised if you want to investigate it further. It sounds quite
intriguing.
Yet
Another (Smash) Home Run
Another satisfied Super Smash
Bros. player, Raging Searchers shares his perspective on Nintendo's iconic fighting
game currently available on the 3DS but soon to be released on the Wii U.
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 (10/06/14
– 10/12/14):
AllAboutJane;
born4this; Buddy Acker; captainfez3; cerpintaxman (2); Christopher A. Franklin
(2); Enuo; Eric Watson; Grave Walker; GreenePanda21; happydude633 (2);
howlingfantod; Irwin529; IzzyOtaku; Joe; Jon Gregory; Jonathan Harrison (3);
Josh Kowbel (2); LetMeGetToACheckpoint; limination; MightyMagikarp (2); O'Dell
Harmon; Raging Searchers; rebekah (2); Stephon Glover; Still_Insane22;
StonedMagician; SWAD42; The Destroyer (6); The Monster Hunter; Thomas
Stensland; TonberryKing128 (3); vxFiddlerxv; xX-andoid-Xx; and yours
truly...Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week From Twitter:
"Why aren't you a medic?" – If my
parents were in a video game. @kumailn
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