More of my son’s vulgar, frenetic tributes to vidya games.
Hey, at least he’s not in prison!
Category: Gaming
PlayStation, PC, XBox, Wii, PSP… we’ve got them all.
Game Review: Knack
Reviewed on Playstation 4, Official Website
Rated “E10+” for Everyone 10 and Up
Knack is the story of a big pile of widgets and gewgaws that, eventually, save the world from an even bigger pile of widgets and gewgaws. Like, bad ones. Oh, and there’s some really weird goblin racism as well.
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Paxsman’s Year in Games
My son is at the videos again. This is a bit late, but here’s his 2014 games in review.
He’s got others – which I’ll likely post late as well – but that shouldn’t stop you from taking a look and subscribing.
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Somebody Played VVVVVV
Somebody played VVVVVV and made a video about it! Somebody I know! Somebody who lives in my house and eats my food and who used to be a whole lot shorter but is now taller than me!
My son, you see, he made a video. He swears a lot because he’s not going to let the man (meaning me) censor his art!
(I’m not completely convinced that the phrase “shit-fuck-a-dolphin” is covered by artistic freedom.)
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Game Review: Thomas was Alone
Reviewed on Playstation Vita and PS3, Official Website
Rated “E” for Everyone, All Ages
There are some games that, when you finally get around to playing them, you literally ache with a vague, persistent worry because you might have missed this game. That, of course, underlies a sublime, barely constrained joy that you didn’t miss this game.
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Game Review: Infamous: Second Son
Reviewed on Playstation 4, Official Website
Rated “T” for Teen
Being a huge fan of the first two “InFamous” games (my review of “InFamous 2”), I was incredibly anxious for this. It was, in fact, the first disc-based PS4 game I purchased. I played it, I loved it, then promptly forgot about reviewing it. With the release of the first DLC for the game, inFamous First Light, I decided to rectify that.
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Game Review: Mario Kart 8
My son, who’s much more into the Wii U than I am, is trying his hand at blogging and has started with Mario Kart 8. Why not give him a visit and see what the target audience thinks?
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Game Review: Metro: Last Light
“Metro: Last Light” Official Website
Rated “M” for Mature; Reviewed on Playstation 3
This is the 2013 sequel to the 2010 game, Metro 2033, which was based on the novel of the same name. While the first game closely paralleled the novel, the sequel presented an original story that picked up a year after the events of the first.
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Review: PlayStation 4, Part 1
Model: CUH-1001A
Website: http://us.playstation.com/ps4/
MSRP: $399.99
The Playstation 4 is, of course, a Playstation 3 plus a Playstation One. Or two PlayStation 2’s. You get the idea. It’s the new one. I got the system on day one, despite the fact that I had no interest in any of the launch games. So instead of reviewing a system I wasn’t really using I decided to wait for a few months, get a couple software updates under my belt and maybe wait for a game.
I’ve already given some initial impressions, and a small gallery of photos, in my day-one article, “PS4 First Impressions“. In the first part of this review, I’ll focus on the hardware. Part 2 will focus on the system interface and software.
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Game Review: Brothers
Rated “T” for Teen; Reviewed on Playstation 3
Many successful indie games feature a novel game play mechanic (or several). The world-revealing ink splatter of “The Unfinished Swan” [Our Review] is immediately understandable and visually stunning. The “light equals existence” rule of “Closure” and the shadow-play of “Contrast” [Our Review] need a few moments of experimentation, but quickly become second nature. Indy games excel at exploring gimmicks.
