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Blog Herding: Community Edition 11/06/14
Welcome to the first episode of Blog Herding in November. With only two months left in 2014, a few major titles set to release before year's end, and some major holiday sales right around the corner, it's time to start thinking about what games you're going to get and which one will be your Game of the Year. When you're done thinking about that, sit back and enjoy one of these fine blogs posted by the community.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: October 27 – November 02, 2014
Number of User
Blogs: 46
Number of User
Bloggers: 25
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 6
Community Events:
Game
Informer Online Fantasy Football League Score-BOO-ard- Week 8
The latest GIO Fantasy Football
League highlights reel was posted just a few days before Halloween, so you might
notice cerpintaxman spices up the post with some colorful commentary this week.
Community Blogs:
GIO
Member Herding: Part 69 Of XX
Member Herding is a periodic
feature that's managed by the community and spotlights a random individual. This week thegodofwine7 selects a most-deserving member to
interview.
Pre-Ordering
Vs. Waiting
Perhaps the most prevalent
first-world gamer problem is deciding whether to pre-order a game so you get it
as soon as it releases, or waiting until it's out and reviews are posted. Rebekah shares
her perspective.
Uesugi-Dono's
Game Of The Year Awards (November 2013-October 2014)
Uesugi-dono is getting a head
start on naming his Game of the Year awards, using a non-standard
timeline and only including games he's actually played. Are you thinking about
yours yet?
Buying
Into The Hype
Stephon Glover addresses what
seems to be a common concern with many of the major releases this year: hype.
He includes a few trailers to illustrate his point and the impact they had on
him.
An
American Gamer In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia: Getting Wired Edition
Richard describes the trials
and tribulations of being a gamer living abroad and the challenges associated
with obtaining high-speed Internet access in order to download and play games
online.
Scratching
That Itch: Civilization V
It's short and a little rough
around the edges, but Christopher A. Franklin's blog full of observations about
Civilization V is an entertaining read, especially if you are a fan of the series.
Community Reviews:
Telltale's
The Walking Dead: Season Two Review
MSF codforlife posts a review
of The Walking Dead Season Two with a summary dedicated to each episode before
awarding the game (or interactive story if you prefer) a near perfect score.
Middle-Earth:
Shadow Of Mordor Review: One Wraith To Rule Them All
Cameron Koch shares a detailed
assessment of his experience playing as Talion, a ranger of Gondor in
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith's open-world game set in The Lord of
the Rings universe.
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 (10/27/14
– 11/02/14):
Buddy Acker;
Caudex; cerpintaxman (2); Christopher A. Franklin; CodeNameCrono; happydude633;
Jonathan Harrison (2); Lukedoc321; MightyMagikarp; Mray901; MSF codforlife;
rebekah (2); Richard; Stephon Glover (2); StonedMagician (2); SWAD42 (2); The
Destroyer (7); thegodofwine7; TheVoiceAbovetheMaelstrom; Thomas Stensland (2);
TidusandYuna1983; TonberryKing128 (2); Uesugi-dono; xboxliver2012 (2); and
yours truly...Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week From Twitter:
"Action Adventure" is the dumbest
genre. It basically means "Video game". @HyperBitHero
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