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Blog Herding: Community Edition 11/13/14
After a couple of slow weeks, the community was back in force with a week marked by the return of a few big names we haven't heard from in quite some time. There were also so many big titles released this week but surprisingly they weren't really the topic of conversation. Check out what was on the community's mind by reading this week's selection of blogs and user reviews.
Blog Herding Stats:
Period Reviewed: November 03 – November 09, 2014
Number of User
Blogs: 52
Number of User
Bloggers: 33
Number of User
Blogs Herded: 10
Community Events:
Game
Informer Online Fantasy Football League Scoreboard – Week 9
Based on cerpintaxman's
colorful commentary it sounds like it was an interesting week for those
participating in the GIO Fantasy Football League. Read the highlights and
you'll be all caught up.
Community Blogs:
Evolve:
Evolving What Disability Accessibility In Video Games Is
Many gamers were playing the
Evolve Big Alpha to check out the new four-versus-one gameplay, including LetMeGetToACheckpoint. She also evaluated the game's accessibility features.
Ranking
Assassin's Creed Before Unity
Assassin's Creed Unity is out
now, but before its release xghost777 posted this exceptional blog ranking all
of the previous episodes in the series. And there has been quite a few of them.
Nintendo's
NGP
TurdFurgy speculates about
what features a next-generation portable gaming device produced by Nintendo
might offer, with a few ideas of his own he'd like to see included in the
device.
The
Saddest Games In My Backlog
Supersnake admits he has
several different types of backlog lists, but this particular one includes
games he feels guilty for not completing. The good news is there are only two
games on it.
The
Future Of Gaming
It's been years since we've
heard from DarkLadySarai. There were rumors she was the latest victim to be
cast into the Sarlacc Pit. But with this latest post about the future of gaming,
we now know she lives.
What
N7 Day Means To Me
Orochisama LEVON, Spectre
might just be the biggest Mass Effect fan from the GIO community, so it shouldn't
be a surprise he would post something remarkable on what has been dubbed N7
Day.
Three
Games That Changed My Life
Has a video game ever affected
the person you are today? Raging Searchers shares a personal reflection
regarding three games (and not necessarily his favorites) having an impact on
his life.
There
Are Actually Two Different Call Of Duty Communities
Much has been said and written
about the Call of Duty franchise, both for and against it. Jonathan Harrison
takes a shot at explaining the differences between the various communities.
My
Top Fifteen Favorite Super Smash Bros. Fighters
Nintendo's crown jewel
fighting game seems to be doing very well ever since its release and
MightyMagikarp decides it's time to share his list of favorite Super Smash
Bros. fighters.
Stan
Lee's Comikaze 2014
If you didn't have the
opportunity to attend Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo, all you need to do is take a
look at Kyle Wadsworth's photo-rich blog about the event and you'll feel like
you were really there.
Community Reviews:
Call
Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Multiplayer 5 Point Review
Rich provides a brief synopsis
of the latest chapter in the Call of Duty series with a specific look at
Advanced Warfare's multiplayer features and gameplay.
The
Binding Of Isaac Rebirth Review
The Binding of Isaac Rebirth is
essentially the original game with some new features and happydude633 is happy
to share his thoughts on this dark and quirky little title from Nicalis.
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 (11/03/14
– 11/09/14):
Alto1st; ATOMIC;
Buddy Acker; Cameron Koch; Caudex; cerpintaxman; Christopher A. Franklin;
DarkLadySarai; Gamemaniac3434; happydude633 (2); HeroFromTheDark; Jonathan
Harrison (2); Kyle Wadsworth; LetMeGetToACheckpoint; Lukedoc321; MightyMagikarp
(2); O'Dell Harmon; Orochisama LEVON, Spectre; Postmita (2); Raging Searchers
(2); rebekah (2); Rich; Stranger; Supersnake; SWAD42 (2); Tai Kamiya; The
Destroyer (7); thegodofwine7; TonberryKing128; TurdFurgy; Uesugi-dono;
xghost777; and yours truly...Saint.
Video Game Quote of the Week From Twitter:
"Just sittin' here thinking about Earthbound
and getting sad and happy at the same time and dang you guys, I love that video
game so much." @Pixel_Kaiser
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