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Blog Herding: Community Edition 01/05/12
Welcome one and all to the first episode of Blog Herding in 2012. Last year witnessed a steady growth in the number of bloggers and quality of blogs published and this year is already setting the pace with several new bloggers making this week's list. Enjoy the blogs and a new year of gaming.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed:
December 26 – January 01, 2012
Number of User
Blogs: 81
Number of User
Bloggers: 58
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 10
Community Blogs:
Video
Game Literature – Vintage Games
If you're interested in video
game history, you might enjoy Vintage
Games, a book about the most influential games of all time. Samurai Zero
summarizes the book and his thoughts about it in this blog.
Starting
Over From Scratch
In her premier blog, Valerie
Figueroa talks about how circumstances in her personal life resulted in her
starting her life and love of video games over from nothing, and how the
Playstation 3 is helping.
5
Reasons Why I Love My 3DS
The 3DS has received its fair
share of criticism from the industry, but there are gamers that love the little
portable gaming machine that could, like RadiantChaos, who discloses the
reasons why he does in this blog.
Fading
Away
This short but interesting blog
by mohawkman5 addresses the dwindling player population that once swarmed
around anything and everything Halo. Should fans of the series be concerned or
not?
Top
10 Mario Games
Not many video game characters
can boast starring in so many games, but the internationally recognized Mario
can. The latest Top Ten List by thegodofwine7 captures his picks for best Mario
games.
The
Gaming Multi-Tasker, And Why I Can't Do It
Renowned blogger Hist revisits
one of his older blogs regarding the topic of multitasking, or the ability to
play multiple video games before finishing one. Do you play through one game at
a time or can you play multiple games concurrently?
Walls
Are Not Forever
A thought provoking and
provocative piece by Noobtubin8er revealing his quest in 2012 to change the stereotypical
response towards gamers by much of mainstream society.
Gaming
Reasons To Look Forward To 2012
Blogs about upcoming games are
always popular around New Year's but this is perhaps one of the best, as KAGEHOSHI-
includes a slick format complete with a trailer for the games he's most excited
for.
Looking
Back At Predictions
Prediction blogs are rather
common this time of year among the video game community and this one by Jack,
The Quixotic Gamer revisits his original predictions blog with updates edited
in.
The
Worst Dilemma In Gamer History
An intriguing blog by luciablee
discussing the significance a video game's setting has on attracting an
audience, culminating in a comparison of Fallout and Skyrim. Read the blog to
see which her favorite is.
Community Reviews:
User
Review Herding – 12/31/11
Another episode of user review
herding, a feature where Samurai Zero scours the user reviews posted at Game
Informer and collates the best in one easy to read blog for your convenience.
A
Game Worthy Of The Name "Mario"
A beautifully crafted and
thorough review of Super Mario 3D Land provided courtesy of blaze6106, who
apparently loved the game enough to award it a score of 9.25 out of 10.
Community Podcasts:
Indie
& Mojo Show's Biscuit Butterin' Bonus Episode
A totally
nonstandard and unconventional version of the show, hosted by indiejones, and
capturing clips from the cutting room floor that never made it on the final
episodes until now. Stick around or fast forward to the end to hear Mojomonkey12
sing.
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 (12/26/11
- 01/01/12):
Allen;
Anticitizen-One; Arkhammoved; blaze6106 (2); BMW; Boss Kowbel; Craigaleg; Cru
Hunter; DeadManWalking; Delancey; Doctor Apozem; DoctorNight ; DrJoeystein;
durararaGO9; El Minty; Enigma (2); FamilyGuyGuy7; Goddess of Irony;
GoldvsSilver; GunslingerD7 (2); Hist; indiejones; Jack, The Quixotic Gamer (2);
JC; John Hunter; Jonathan Harrison (2); KAGEHOSHI-; Light Gamebeast23456;
luciablee (2); markus1142 (2); Mass Revolution (3); Mike (2); mohawkman5; Mr.
Charmander; Mr. Krowley; Mray901; Noe Ramirez; Noobtubin8er; Ocarina Wielder;
Oni no Tenshi (2); Potatoz; RadiantChaos; Romars202129; Samurai Zero (2);
Still_Insane22; Stranger; Tee Koyle (Bearded Nord); The Jokers assassin; The
Legendary Ewok King (2); The Monster Hunter; TheBen; thegodofwine7; Valerie
Figueroa; Vegetarian Barbarian; wayoverdue (6); xXBourne07Xx (2);
YepImAPersonWaving (2); and of course yours truly...Saint.
NOTE: Blogs posted between Dec 31, 2011 01:14 and 7:24 PM may not be viewable due to a technical anomaly with the website potentially resulting in the names and blog count being inaccurate. We regret any inconvenience caused by this glitch.
Video Game Quote of the Week:
"Reluctance to forgive has long been a human failing." – Emperor
Palamecia, Final Fantasy II
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