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Computer games part 1: Hitman

3:39 AM on 04.07.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vJVQo0zNbk See if you can put up with my voice for three quarters of an hour. more

Mass Effect Trilogy (mondo spoilers)

11:13 AM on 03.07.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

Y'know, because i'm so current. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U0EbIe-ONQ more

Emotional Games

8:19 AM on 02.28.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

Yesterday I finished playing Telltale's Walking Dead. It made me think about what it takes for a game to create an emotional connection with the player. Here is a bit of vague wishy washy talk in... more

Look at how bad I am at Rayman

2:40 AM on 02.27.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

We recently were treated to a bunch of new info about the PS4. I don't want to talk about that. I want to play a game from 2011 and talk about a bunch of completely unrelated stuff. http://www.y... more

Montowers

3:59 AM on 02.16.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

I shouldn’t be playing it, but I am. Montowers is a free to play iPhone game. In Montowers you summon monsters to fight other monsters in towers. Apparently I’ve been playing it for twelve ho... more

09-02-13 Rayman Legends & Wreck-it Ralph

7:03 AM on 02.09.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUMdKFY37o more

Sony up the * **

8:58 AM on 02.01.2013 // BobofMainframe's blog

I'm a little upset about Sony's handling of the digital edition of Ni No Kuni in the PAL territories. Incase you're unaware, the problem is that it absolutely doesn't work. No one with a digital ... more

2 Harvesty 2 Moony

6:25 PM on 12.15.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Which means you’ve already seen the first one. Sean and I return to our Wonderful Life. In part 2 we plant our first crop, eat a psychedelic mushroom and show flowers to a homeless man. This ti... more

Harvest Moon Brother

11:08 AM on 12.11.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Say it in a Liquid Snake Voice. My brother and I take a trip down memory lane and do something we haven't done in a long time. We play a game together. Today we'll be playing Harvest Moon A Won... more

Gamers Are from Mars, Players Are from Venus

2:39 PM on 12.10.2012 // kona's blog

You know, I fancy myself a pretty nice guy most of the time. I call my mom to tell her I love her all the time, and usually it’s not even before I ask for another loan. I donate to regularly. An... more

Little Inferno?

6:17 AM on 12.10.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

A few days ago I bought my first downloadable game on the Wii U. I was almost certain that first game was going to be Trine 2. Then I caught a look at the trailer for Little Inferno and bought th... more

25th Anniversary, anniversary fan art

6:15 AM on 12.08.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Last year was the Legend of Zelda's 25th anniversary. (Which makes me older than the Legend of Zelda.) To celebrate the occasion I did a little bit of fan art, which I have just now finished. E... more

Nintendo WiiK (Week): WiiK end

4:56 AM on 12.02.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

This is it, the final video of Nintendo WiiK, wherein I take a little look at the Wii U. Good times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxMGCd7EBug I hope the Wii U succeeds, I really do. It better... more

Nintendo WiiK (Week): Top 10 Wii Games

2:10 PM on 11.29.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

I slow the pace a little for the final top 10. Nintendo WiiK (Week) is coming to an end. Tomorrow I go pick up the Wii U. I can hardly wait. To be honest it was much harder putting this list tog... more

Nintendo WiiK (Week): Top 10 DS Games

7:55 AM on 11.28.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Watch the quality sink further down the toilet as Nintendo WiiK (Week) continues. Today I take bleary incoherent look at my favourite games on the DS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGGGRWZYWL0&... more

Nintendo WiiK (Week): Top 10 Gamecube Games

1:19 PM on 11.27.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Nintendo WiiK (Week) continues and today we (wii, why not) look at some highlights from the Gamecube. This list was especially difficult to put together, as you are about to see. http://www.yout... more

Nintendo WiiK (Week): Top 10 GBA Games

6:34 PM on 11.26.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Here in the UK we are one WiiK (week) away from the launch of Nintendo's all new home console the Wii U. Well we were a week away when I had the idea to do anything about it. It's an exciting t... more

It's Uncanny.

4:35 PM on 11.08.2012 // kona's blog

A simple wooden door. I've lost count of how many times my gaming adventures have been halted by one of them. In my possession I hold an axe, a crowbar, and my trusty bazooka on my back. But n... more

You Can Go Home Again. And Again and Again...

2:14 PM on 10.17.2012 // kona's blog

Press Start. Such a simple, innocuous command. A directive that lies at the beginning of any player’s journey into a game, that glorious moment when anticipation transforms into reality, and the ... more

Wii U turn

12:31 PM on 10.06.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

I have a bit of a history when it comes to Nintendo. The Nintendo Entertainment System was my first ever console. I used to play Duck Hunt with my brother. The game had no story, ducks appeared ... more

Questions for Theatrhythm

11:47 AM on 08.18.2012 // BobofMainframe's blog

Having spent the past three days playing Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. Or to give the game it’s full title Theatrhythm trademark Final Fantasy copyright. I find myself with a few questions. Theat... more

A History of Violence

7:43 PM on 03.12.2012 // kona's blog

Something about that Jennifer Helper interview and the that ensued bothered me. Not because she asked for a combat skip button in games—it's been experimented with before, and even Bioware offe... more

Enjoying the Simple Things: 25 of My Favorite Gaming Tropes

9:43 AM on 02.22.2012 // kona's blog

Life is full of simple pleasures; those little fleeting moments that make you happy to be alive. Waking up to the smell of coffee in the morning, the thrill hitting all green lights when you’re r... more

Keep It Simple, Stupid.

9:42 AM on 02.17.2012 // kona's blog

On a particularly boring and nostalgic night this week I decided to pop in one of the greatest arcade games of all time: The Simpsons Arcade. In the midst of a litany of pithy catch-phrases and i... more

Shorter? Longer? Better? A Counter-counter Case for Shorter Games(Dubstep remix)

2:02 PM on 01.20.2012 // kona's blog

When I saw your post the first thing I could think of was this old XKCD gem: I see that like mine, your inner hardcore gamer is alive and well. But like the ancient saying goes: If you see y... more

Harder, Better, Faster: The Case for Shorter Games

9:22 PM on 01.19.2012 // kona's blog

Recently, I’ve been wrestling with a truth I dared not utter: I firmly believe that the industry would actually from shorter games instead of longer ones. I’ve suspected it for quite some time,... more

Hustle and Flow: Why Games Need to Keep it Moving

3:38 PM on 12.21.2011 // kona's blog

Heat came on TV the other day which meant much like Goodfellas and the Godfather, I had to stop whatever I was doing and watch it. Eventually, I get to THAT scene. Yeah, . I’ve seen this one scen... more

Thanksgiving: Sega, the Little Multinational Corporation That Could

12:48 PM on 11.24.2011 // kona's blog

In the land before time (the early 90's to be exact), before the Xbox was a twinkle in Bill Gates’ eye and a Playstation sounded more like something you'd shove a screaming toddler into, there wa... more

Love Thy Neighbor: The Need for Compassion in Games

11:21 AM on 11.14.2011 // kona's blog

They had us pinned down. There’s so many bullets flying overhead that mere seconds of exposure meant certain death. There was blood in the water, and those sons of bitches could smell it. And tha... more

Dude, You Got RPG in My Peanut Butter

12:01 PM on 11.03.2011 // kona's blog

Ya see kids, back in my day, you knew what a game was when you blew into it a few times and plugged it in. Platformers were platformers, beat-em-ups were beat-em-ups, shooters were shooters, a... more

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