Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Blog Herding – The Best Blogs Of The Community (February 15, 2018)
This week brings us plenty of great blogs, though I am surprised to not see more on Monster Hunter: World. As a veteran hunter, I would love to write more about it – blog or freelance articles – but I can't rip myself away from playing it to write about it. Plus, I already wrote about it. And nobody can ever top these two pieces, here and here, by Jeff Marchiafava. Now get reading!
Community Blogs For February 8 – February 14:
A Brief Intro to Accessible Gaming
Prince of Snark Euphoric Ennui has experienced what it is like to work for a
non-profit that helps enrich lives. But he wonders if there could be more done
through gaming to enrich the lives of those with disabilities. Everyone should
have access to video games.
Assume Position as Overwatch
I've never experienced the ban hammer, so I can't really relate to StarterPack
in this piece. But I do wonder what others have experienced. The closest I
probably got to getting banned was when Capcom sent automated messages to
players online in Monster Hunter (we're talking OG on PlayStation 2) not to
type in swear words. The message would show up as soon as you typed a "bad
word," but your word would only show as symbols, anyway. We just had fun seeing
what we could and couldn't say, but only among a close trio of friends. It
was completely harmless.
Monster Hunter World... 60 Hours Later
It seems like Jenniferttookewi is not enjoying World so much. I'm about 60-plus
hours in myself, but as someone who began playing the series since the first
installment, I'm still enjoying it (it took me about 30 hours or so to finally
not be mad at some insane changes to the Monster Hunter series, but let's not
go there). She's not wrong in that the series is very scripted – my group of
veteran hunters hit the ground running and we know exactly where most monsters
are going without using the map. But that grind for better gear is what makes
it so great...or turns people off. And it does feel like a "smaller" Monster
Hunter, but hopefully new quests and a G-Rank can help with that. I can't see
myself plopping another 400 hours into this one, but who knows; I destroyed
Barioth in Try for probably 100 hours.
Shadow of the Colossus: Wow!
Brendon Curzio writes
what many already know: Shadow of the Colossus is a damn good game. But I'm
just glad he beat the game, even years after release. I beat it for PS2, but
then got stuck via glitch in the PS3 version, and really want to jump into the
PS4 iteration. I mean, Brendon calls it "FREAKING BEAUTIFUL," in all caps.
It Has Been an Interesting Seven Years...(Attempt 2)
Trenchmace takes us on a trip through memory lane. It's a nice little read that
makes me sit and think about games from yesteryear, where I was in life, what I
was doing. Anywho, I too was infatuated with Halo at one point – but that seems
like a lifetime ago.
Community Reviews:
Assassin's
Creed: Origins
Zack Burrows takes us through just what makes the latest Assassin's Creed game
so good. I've never enjoyed the games, though I did try to swashbuckle in the
pirate one. Burrows writes that Origins is huge, has a mostly captivating
story, and just a lot of welcome additions – including learning about Egypt.
Kirby:
Battle Royale
I love Kirby, but this is not the Kirby game I want, even if Dominic Cichocki
write that it's a pretty solid mashup of Mario Party and a brawler. "Overall,
Battle Royale works for what it is." That's not a run-out-and-buy-it statement,
but a solid one, nonetheless.
I hope you enjoy the blogs! Please contact me via my Game Informer page or on Twitter at @LouisGarcia12 with any blog news or playdate suggestions.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
