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On 07/05/2014 at 11:13 PM,
by daftman
After a very productive May, June was slower on the games front. We took two little trips during the month (yay, vacation!) and while I did play games during that time, it was mainly just party and multiplayer stuff, which doesn't do much for my backlog.
On 06/18/2014 at 10:48 PM,
by daftman
My last blog was right before we left on a little trip. I can't believe it's been a week since we got back! The summer solstice must be getting screwed over because I swear the days are getting shorter 
On 06/07/2014 at 08:16 AM,
by daftman
In about 30 minutes we'll be leaving for the airport to visit my family for a few days. Well, assuming my in-laws are on time to pick us up. It will be very...interesting flying with my not-quite-two-year-old son but my wife has pretty much every possibility prepared for, though I'm sure we'll still have some surprises. Speaking of my wife have I mentioned that she's pregnant? At this point I can't remember who I've told lol. She is about halfway through things (found out last week it's another boy!) and it's just one more thing to make the trip...interesting.
On 06/01/2014 at 11:50 AM,
by daftman
May was a good month for games! At least for me. I've had far too many games going at once these last couple of months and I've finally finished most of them (there are a few stragglers). And not too many new games!
On 05/30/2014 at 09:22 PM,
by daftman
Earlier this week I posted my opinion on what the Game of the Generation was the Wii/PS3/360. (Check out the blog here or in the forums here.) But that game is not my favorite game from these last eight or nine years, and I was happy to see plenty of others seemed to agree with me. You see, my favorite game from last gen is definitely Super Mario Galaxy. I won't go into great detail (Alex-C25 wrote a great love letter to the game not long ago, which you should totally read if you haven't) but let me paint with some broad strokes. Super Mario Galaxy is the essence of fun, boiled down its purest form. The game is simply a joy to play, and the amount of creativity on display is astounding. It looks great and I love the orchestrated soundtrack. But mainly...it's just so dang fun, and isn't that the point of games in the first place?
On 05/26/2014 at 09:44 PM,
by daftman
About a month ago I started working on a blog about the Game of the Generation. Though we’ll continue to see PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games for a while yet (Persona 5, anyone?), a new chapter of gaming history is underway with the Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Obviously I never finished that blog but IGN recently posted its picks for the Top 100 games of the generation, so it seems like a good time to revisit the idea. IGN’s list is ripe for controversy, as any such list would be, but their criteria is so vague that it’s hard to know exactly how or why they put certain games where they did in the list.
On 05/25/2014 at 09:37 AM,
by daftman
The App Store has plenty of runners—too many, even—so I understand your skepticism when I tell you that this review is about another one, free-to-play to boot. But Adventure Beaks manages to sidestep many of the genres problems and present a compelling, well, adventure.
