tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:07:24 +0000good newstrophysfunnymoviesAnimalsbooksRPGgadgetsactivisionawesomenesscartoonsdsVideo gamesdvdcutesimpsonsviral videoDouble FineCERNnintendoPCpetsgears of wartvEAgta ivreviewAtarighostbustersCelebration IVdisappointingRockstarps3Rule of RoseidioticcostumeOld RepublicWoWhome theaterXboxaward showindustrykillzoneCelebration 4in-game adsPayneFinal Fantasytoo many gamesMiniaturesGuitar HeroFamily GuyMaxmedialittle big planetnoirtechnologyubisoftstrangebroken swordstraight outta lynwoodmidnight launchfable 2fallout 3World of Warcraft360Xbox 360sonybizarredlcvery coolprince of persiacomplainersBullyPS2Okamifalloutasininecollectiblegreat game introslightsaberscienceremakeConAliens007videosDethklokslave LeiatelevisionLegotoyslifegame bizJames Bondphoenix wrightcoolhalf-lifeConventionMax PaynemicrosoftStar WarsGearboxWeird Al YankovicWhere the elite meet to...I don't know, do stuff.http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)Blogger1189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-3805522106711836505Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:42:00 +00002012-02-11T17:42:24.700-08:00 Valve makes great video games. But you know what? They also make great media. Take their promotional campaign for Team Fortress 2 for example. Valve developed (in house) several CGI short films focusing on each of the character classes, establishing humorous  back stories that brought the individual personalities of what are essentially cannon fodder. These stories were so well produced it madehttp://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/02/review-valve-presents-sacrifice-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-6315362056810878108Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:54:00 +00002012-02-08T20:54:41.377-08:00Tim Schafer wants to make an adventure game and needs $400,000. Please help him. http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/02/please-support-tim-schafers-new-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-8897368115517925608Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:35:00 +00002012-01-23T14:35:32.043-08:00After one of the most epic playthroughs I've experienced in The Old Republic (which will be featured in a couple weeks on Darkstation), I got a little bit closer to understanding the Legacy system within the game. After reaching level 30, I was prompted to create a last name for my character. From what I understand now, I can choose to create a character that will have the same last name and earnhttp://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/old-republic-legacy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-5120485578407483350Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:52:00 +00002012-01-19T13:52:54.481-08:00It seems like 38 Studios' Reckoning: Kingdoms of Amalur is one of those games that has been in development forever because its constantly been in the press since the announcement two years ago. With the demo released earlier this week, people were finally going to see what 38 Studios and Curt Schilling were up to and my knee-jerk reaction after playing it for an hour was "just another action RPG.http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/kingdoms-of-amalur-impressions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-6895836910039392407Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:19:00 +00002012-01-12T20:19:02.421-08:00 I spent some time lately reflecting on the graphic novels I've read over the past few months. While excellent and enjoyable, most of the titles either been taught thrillers, frightening horror stories or dramatic treatises on love and friendship. I felt it was time for a break and read something that was mindless, fun and gratuitous. That's when I discovered a little comic called Bomb Queen. http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-bomb-queen-by-jimmie-robinson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-1591374488477427518Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:56:00 +00002012-01-12T20:33:05.857-08:00I'd like to begin this review with another one of my gaming confessions: I have never played any of the Saint's Row games - I did try about an hour of Saint's Row 2 but found myself quickly bored. Don't get me wrong, I appreciated the ludicrous nature of the game in light of the semi-serious tone of Grand Theft Auto IV, but in the end it just really didn't do much for me. Given the amount of hypehttp://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-saints-row-third-x360.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-4480537943773274410Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +00002012-01-11T10:33:12.362-08:00I can get pretty frustrated with Nintendo sometimes. They seemed content to allow fly by night third parties to turn their revolutionary (at the time) console into a dung heap occupied by the latest and dumbest shovelware crap. Nintendo didn't really seem to pay any mind, as their console was the talk of the town and their first party games, like Metroid and Pokemon were products worthy of your http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-super-mario-3d-land-3ds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-5402070890966663345Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:31:00 +00002012-01-09T20:31:36.867-08:00Seeing my reviews on Metacritic = Priceless http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-never-get-tired-of-seeing-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-3069709836053433506Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:15:00 +00002012-01-09T10:15:07.587-08:00If not, head over there for my review of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Spoiler alert, I liked it.http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/been-to-darkstation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-2825276279698593814Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:40:00 +00002012-01-06T08:40:19.662-08:00I had a speech prepared that went at length about how this degree of blatant sexism in the video game industry is prevents it from being taken seriously by certain members of the populace and opposite sex, but I find myself mysteriously distracted. Even for Japan, the advertisement is ridiculous. That being said, it is pretty tame compared to the crazy ad campaigns for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2: http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/soul-calibur-vs-mammarific-ad-campaign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-5986732200494470415Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:10:00 +00002011-12-20T23:10:06.036-08:00                             http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/unboxing-star-wars-old-republic-ce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-3464927387016193880Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:38:00 +00002011-12-19T16:38:57.690-08:00Hey folks, Head on over to Darkstation to check out our deliberations for Game of the Year. We're going to post the staff's choices all week, so come back often. My top five choices were posted today and I feel pretty good about them.http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/darkstations-game-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-7467923344407693702Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:38:00 +00002011-12-10T17:07:17.052-08:00 Set in 1917, Petrograd is a graphic novel about the "mad monk" Grigori Rasputin, a Russian Orthodox Christian and supposed mystic who managed to plant himself at the seat of the Tsarina during World War I. Philip Gelatt's graphic novel is less of a biography and more about the attempt by English spies to deal with Rasputin over fears that he would use his growing influence to instigate peace http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/petrograd-by-philip-gelatt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-6766901720570962796Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:50:00 +00002011-12-09T17:50:29.238-08:00If you enjoy video games more than your average Joe then you need to visit Dead End Thrills. What he does with screenshots is nothing more than spectacular and his love letter to the Westwood Blade Runner game deserves special attention.http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/screenshots-as-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-8024570987401292336Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:11:00 +00002011-12-05T20:11:46.798-08:00Osamu Tezuka, widely considered to be the grandfather of manga, is the mind behind such child-friendly favorites Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. He is also known for penning darker thrillers, many of them involving women and subject matter that is far unsuitable to younger audiences. That said, his more serious work is the subject of fascination for me because not only are they wildly http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-of-human-insects-by-osamu-tezuka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-1725447930177929473Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:24:00 +00002011-11-18T12:24:12.048-08:00I firmly believe that a lot of developers need to pay attention to Naughty Dog, if they haven't already. Apart from Valve, I have difficulty trying pinpoint a studio that has been more ambitious in its storytelling, scope and presentation than the folks from Santa Monica. The Uncharted franchise stands, in my mind, as one of the better action game trilogies of this generation because of deep http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-uncharted-3-ps3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-2559385352247431439Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:32:00 +00002011-11-18T09:32:52.903-08:00I've found myself in a number of different places as of late and I thought it'd be nice to use this blog as a means to direct attention to some of my other hang outs. If you've enjoyed (or, at the very least, been interested in) the stuff I do here, check them out for more opinionated insanity. I've conveniently listed them to the right, under the "Looking For More?" menu.http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/cant-get-enough-of-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-4482601516295665736Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:58:00 +00002011-11-06T18:58:05.893-08:00Another year, another EA Sports game in a long list of yearly franchises. This month saw the latest release of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour line but setting it apart from the rest is the inclusion of the Masters Tournament, the biggest and most famous golf tournament in the sport. You'll have to bear with me during this review because I haven't played a great number of golfing games in the past. My http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/reviewwarning-tiger-woods-pga-tour-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-3081208769727121559Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:38:00 +00002011-11-02T20:38:43.280-07:00Welcome back to Los Santos. http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/grand-theft-auto-v-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-368450868030632958Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:36:00 +00002011-11-02T11:36:09.153-07:00How do you go about creating a sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed action games of 2010? By doing it all over again. Rocksteady rose to fame with what has been considered the best treatment of Batman in video games, taking him out of the realm of clunky side-scrolling action games and into a dark, 3D world that placed a higher significance on his skills as a detective, but also gave http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-batman-arkham-city-x360.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-7965073597294487166Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:41:00 +00002011-10-31T17:41:06.452-07:00So...who is Kratos going to fight, exactly? He kind of murdered the entire pantheon of Greek Gods. Obviously, they will most likely set the game before his war against Olympus, but it is more fun to speculate who Kratos is going to fight next. Buddha? Kuniumi and Kamiumi? Ra? God?http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/santa-monica-studios-working-on-new-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-6389680407940271499Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:58:00 +00002011-10-27T17:58:00.579-07:00Reposted from DARKSTATION.COM! The Battlefield franchise moves beyond the free to play browser game and spinoffs with a full fledged sequel to Battlefield 2. EA has been pushing DICE’s game as a Modern Warfare 3-killer in an attempt to unseat the undisputed king of war themed first person shooters. Unique to this game is the inclusion of a single player campaign, a surprising turn considering http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-battlefield-3-pc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-8238393349285614366Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:59:00 +00002011-10-22T21:22:46.421-07:00Blankets is an autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson who tells the story of his life under a strict Christian household. Initially, the comic explores Thompson's relationship with his brother and the instances in which he, as the older brother, failed to protect him from their father's punishments or the bullies in school. Craig has a hard time adjusting to school, as his drab, "grungehttp://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-blankets-by-craig-thompson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-3583915559254412233Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:45:00 +00002011-10-16T13:45:45.565-07:00After five years of service and entertainment, I am sad to announce that my launch PS3 has died. As I was loading up Demon's Souls (of course it would be that game to break the machine), the machine shut down by itself. When I tried to turn it back on, the power light turn green, then yellow then a blinking red. Doing some research online, it sounded like it was either a loose hard drive (which http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/memorial-services-to-be-announced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15195307.post-2626055466908061187Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:33:00 +00002011-10-13T23:33:56.278-07:00 While your body is being mutilated beyond repair by a horrific race of biological machines, consider all the benefits the Mormon faith can give you!http://sithlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/whats-wrong-with-this-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sith Librarian)0