So, as we mentioned on the show this week, we are running a contest from Tuesday, April 15th- Friday, May 3rd to see who wins a free copy of Forza Horizon for the XBox 360. In order to enter the contest all you have to do is leave a comment on a blog post here [...]
Archive for the ‘360’ Category
Artistic Renderings’ How Cover Art Sells a Game
March 22nd, 2013 
Nicole Marie If you haven’t been following the development of Beyond: Two Souls you should probably start looking into it. Not only does this game look to be one of the most visually spectacular games I’ve seen in a long time, it’s striving to become a game that breaks all the molds that video games seem to fall [...]
Posted in 360, PS3 
Tags: beyond, beyond: two souls, cover art, ellen page, quantic dreams, two souls 
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Women Playing Women; Let’s Get More Female Protagonists
February 18th, 2013 Nicole Marie As a woman who plays games I find myself constantly wishing that more games had playable female characters in them. This wish does not stop me from playing the games I love, but when they start to embrace the playable female character I get really excited. This recently occurred when Gears of War 3 came [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PS3 Tags: epic games, eric perna, female protagonist, gears of war, oxm 2 Comments »
Dead Space 3 demo; You’re Definitely Not in Kansas anymore
January 27th, 2013 Nicole Marie If you listen to the podcast you have heard me say that I played the Dead Space 3 demo this past week and that instead of telling you about it, I wanted you to just go out and play it. Hopefully by now you’ve had some time to either play it or at the very [...]
Video Games and Social Bonding
January 22nd, 2013 Nicole Marie In the wake of the national debate over whether or not violent video games make players more prone to violence, I wanted to discuss a different, more happy side effect of video games; the bonding effect. Anyone who has played a game can attest that there is a deep social bond created through the act [...]
When Games Become a Part of Reality
November 2nd, 2012 Nicole Marie As technology advances, video game developers are able to portray realism in their games much more accurately: graphics make video games look like movies, AIs interact with characters at an uncanny level, and the stories can hit closer to home than ever before. Still, some people will always look at video games as unrealistic and [...]
Stop Blaming the Games
October 29th, 2012 Nicole Marie As a GameStop employee I have to be extremely aware of the ESRB Rating system and what each rating means. Employees are required to test on the rating system before they can begin their employment and are trained to take the ratings very seriously. Every time a M (mature) rated game is entered into the [...]
Halo 4 and the Bombshell A.I.
October 21st, 2012 Nicole Marie Halo 4 is releasing in just over two weeks and we’ll be seeing the return of our favorite hero, Master Chief and his A.I. sidekick Cortana. We’ll also see a few changes to the game as a new enemy emerges and the reliable Cortana seems to be losing her mind. AI’s in this world have [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PC, Uncategorized, Windows Tags: halo, halo 4, sexuality, sexualized characters, women Comments Off
Semantics and Silence: What is “Rape” in a Video Game? *trigger*
October 10th, 2012 alexlayne ***super super duper trigger warning: rape, victim shaming, assholes*** Recently there has been a big debate about the depiction of rape in video games. I’ll recap quickly for those who haven’t heard. In the upcoming Tomb Raider game, there is a scene in which Lara Croft has to defend herself against an oncoming attacker. [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: lara croft, rape, semantics, tomb raider 3 Comments »
Resident Evil: 6, Another Capcom Failure
October 8th, 2012 Nicole Marie This past Tuesday (Oct. 2) marked the release of the much anticipated Resident Evil: 6 and the internet was immediately flooded with reviews claiming RE:6 to be the worst in the series yet. One review on Destructoid by Jim Sterling even said, “If any consistently good thing can be said of Resident Evil 6, it’s that [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PC, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: Capcom, game review, Resident Evil, reviews Comments Off
