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Blog Herding: Community Edition 02/20/14
The world of video games was rattled a bit this week with news Irrational Games, the studio behind the legendary Bioshock series, was downsizing and refocusing its efforts in a different direction. On a positive note, the blogging community was very active this week with another collection of blogs, reviews, and podcasts, provided free of charge.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: February
10, 2014 – February 16, 2014
Number of User
Blogs: 68
Number of User
Bloggers: 40
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 12
Community Blogs:
Editorial:
The Future Of Star Wars Games
While Star Wars has enjoyed
some legendary games bearing the brand name, recent games in the franchise
haven't been received as well. Dima weighs in on the future of Star Wars video
games.
Ten
Of The Most Awesomely Bizarre Settings In Gaming
The Destroyer mentions some of
the most unusual in-game locations he has experienced and illustrates each
example with an image. Do you agree with his picks or have a favorite location
of your own?
Enjoying
The Little Things
Enuo does a great job
highlighting some of the little but memorable moments from a handful of
different video games, with only one or two of them being slightly crude.
When
Content Can Get Overwhelming
DJH considers the effect of games
requiring a steep time commitment to finish them and how this can possibly lead
to an overwhelming feeling or prevent you from wanting to play the
game.
A
Love Letter To Virtual Allies
We don't hear from Kyle
Wadsworth as often as we used to, but he graces us with a heartwarming blog
this week contemplating the bonds we develop with our computer-controlled
comrades.
Um,
This Isn't What I Signed Up For...
A clever and witty blog from ADAMMWOOLLEY
musing about various employment opportunities and occupations, and the video
game characters who might fill some of these open positions.
Bungie's
Destiny: Show Us Something We Haven't Seen
Bungie has a lot of eyes
monitoring the status of its first title since ending its partnership with
Microsoft and the Halo brand that made the developer so famous. Jake Hills hopes we see
something new.
Underrated
Favorites!
Do you have any games you are
fond of that nobody else seems to play or even talk about? Arkayde has a few
titles like this, which gamers seemed to enjoy but the games never really took
off.
Game
Developers Are People Too
LetMeGetToACheckpoint posts another
brilliant must-read piece about noticing obscure little details in game and
what happens when you ask the developers for an explanation regarding these
oddities.
My
Opinion Of Hyrule Warriors
One of the most passionate fans
of The Legend of Zelda series you'll ever find, Vannah Fox The Triforce Wielder
discusses news of an upcoming hack-and-slash action video game called Hyrule
Warriors.
Four
Months Later: What GTA Online Needs
Has Grand Theft Auto Online
already been out for four months? BestNinjaNacho says yes, while sharing some
thoughts about what he would like to see added, modified, and removed from the
game.
Zombie's
Tips To Getting Started In Hearthstone
Hearthstone: Heroes of
Warcraft, Blizzard's upcoming free-to-play digital collectible card game, has
already attracted quite a few followers. Zombierecon shares some tips on
playing the game.
Community User Reviews:
Lightning
Returns... With A Vengeance
The Final Fantasy saga
continues and Orochisama LEVON, Spectre shares his thoughts on Lightning
Returns, the episode that concludes the Final Fantasy XIII storyline.
The
Wind Waker: Sailing On A Sea Of Majesty
Thomas Stensland analyzes the
original The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the Gamecube before closing out
the review with a summary of the recently released HD remake of the game.
Shin
Kidou Senshi Gundam W: Endless Duel
TidusandYuna1983 starts his
quest of reviewing classic games from the past with Shin Kidou Senshi Gundam W:
Endless Duel, a 2D fighting game from 1996 available on the Super Famicom.
Community Podcasts:
The
JIM Show – Season 2 Episode 31
Having offspring, contracting
diseases, and suspicion of felony charges can't keep Daniel, Jack, and Jeremy
from returning to the airwaves long enough to debate their favorite games of
2013.
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!
*NOTE: Due to the truncation error experienced this week, the list of bloggers and total blogs may not be completely accurate. We regret any discrepancies with the accuracy of this information.
Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (02/10/14
– 02/16/14):
ADAMMWOOLLEY (1);
airbornebovine (1); Alex Excelsior! (2); Arkayde (1); Azure Moon (1);
BestNinjaNacho (1); boxcar182 (1); bryantgolden (1); Cameron Koch (1); Cpu
Without Hope (1); Dima (1); DJH (1); Enuo (3); Hugo Stiglitz (1); Jack Gardner
(1); jackson stone (1); jake hills (6); jeps90 (1); John Wrek (2); JT Ke3bz
(1); KillerRabbitsFTW (1); Kyle Wadsworth (1); LetMeGetToACheckpoint (1); Mr.
Dr. Professor Movie Critic Juanolo (2); Mray901 (2); Ninja assasin 18 (1);
Pizza Koopa (1); RadiantChaos (1); StonedMagician (4); The Destroyer (7); The
Gaming Hoodie (1); The RedQueen of Space and (´???') (1); The Rolling Gamer
(1); This World Begins With <3 (1); Thomas Stensland (1); TidusandYuna1983
(3); Vanna Fox The Triforce Wielder (1); Zebra3 (1); zombierecon (1); and of
course yours truly...Saint.
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