tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82333373581381323622024-08-31T08:51:05.539-05:00This is the home of the Untitled Gaming blog and Untitled Podcast! Here, you'll find two gamers with rather proficient writing skills writing about games and whatever game-related things come to mind, plus we podcast whenever we feel like it! We're all about discussions, so please comment away!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09987139175666049825noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233337358138132362.post-22719068519947458662014-04-03T12:25:00.001-05:002014-04-03T12:25:29.393-05:00

Sorry for the lack of updates here, but I've been busy with a few things. First, I took a couple weeks to drive my family around Florida. We followed the Cardinals around for a bit, as well as took a weekend to hang out in Key West. Second, I've been playing quite a bit of Elder Scrolls Online, and mostly enjoying it. The few bugs I've hit have been excruciatingly upsetting, but I think they

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A lot of my fellow developers in my shop are also avid gamers themselves, and we often will have daily chats about what we've been playing. Aside from the mega-releases, we're rarely playing the same thing at the same time, but have often played the same games, regardless. In talking to one of my buddies here, who is finally in the process of busting his Mass Effect cherry, it's been interesting

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I fucking love buffets. It's like a human feeding trough, but with better-tasting preservatives and a total disregard for respect of one's body. But it's all (one hopes) great-tasting, and it's a great chance to actually try something new. And while buffets are great for food, it's also my favorite way to approach blogging. I don't have much of an attention span, and collies make great pets

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I was wrong. Thief unlocked some time this morning. Yesterday, the countdown on Steam indicated a 1PM central unlock time. I've been able to squeeze in almost a couple hours today, and here's what we got so far. Bear in mind, these impressions are drawn from the best version available, the PC version. First things first, this is a fairly good-looking game. I've maxed all the settings, but

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I think anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 of my 'gaming' time is actually spent NOT gaming, but experimenting with gaming technologies. Yes, it's a mad party up in my rig. Or some such thing. Lately, it's been perfecting my stream-to-TV setup using the Steam Streaming beta, and modding some older Bethesda titles. On the streaming front, things are going very well. I was pleased to discover that it

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Sorry for the no-post yesterday. Between meetings, a busy development schedule, a lunch date, and then some bizarre health issues, it just didn't happen. But, I'm back today! Words can't describe how much I despise winter. I don't like cold, I hate driving in snow, I hate driving on ice even more, and the shortened sunlight hours slowly make me crazy. I'm no fun to be around, and my mind slowly

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Dear Game Developers and Publishers, First, let me thank you for all the great releases. Sure, it's been a bit of a dry spell for the last year or so, but leading up to that, you were doing great, and then the console refresh caused some fundamental changes to your approach, so you needed some time to figure out what's what before the big releases start up again over the next few weeks. We've

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Titanfall. I never expected you to even blip on my radar. Really, I figured I was done with multiplayer shooters. Call of Duty had long since stopped being something that commanded my attention, and Battlefield, despite multiple attempts on my part, just didn't hook me in any sustainable fashion. But, Titanfall, despite my attempts to dismiss you, something about you kept beckoning to me to

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Every summer, I build a new PC. I alternate between a desktop and a laptop each year. In some cases, I actually build them, but as I've gotten older, I more frequently 'build' them (order them, with some heavy customizations, off a website.) This summer, I'm due for a new laptop, but I may actually hold off. Yeah, my Alienware laptop has some aspects that I don't like, and I really would like to

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Back in the Day I remember, in the days of yore, when Microsoft first showed off the Achievement system for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, I was curious, but not overtly excited. I wasn't opposed to the idea, but I was interested in seeing how it was implemented, and what effect it would have on the way we game. As it turned out, some of my good buddies instantly became what's now affectionately known

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I'm a HUGE BioWare geek. HUGE. Ginormous, even. Quick note - this piece is written from the perspective of someone that has gloriously bathed in the awesomeness that is the PC versions of Dragon Age, not whatever the console versions turned out to be. Why one would subject themselves to such a vile taint is beyond me. Dragon Age: Origins Origins Dragon Age: Origins was the first game since the

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WARNING: BEGIN RANT So, I spent a big chunk of the last weekend in a certain MMO beta, and really enjoyed a lot of it. Much of this established single player series' tropes were in place, which I enjoyed, and while it took a bit to wrap my head around some of the MMO concessions, I eventually started to 'get' the game once I started putting my preconceptions to the side. However, because of the

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The more I play through Bethesda RPGs, to which, as I've established, I'm very much a late-comer, the more I'm eager to get into Elder Scrolls Online, and see how much that experience translates. From the little I know, ESO seems to come very close to the 'authentic' Elder Scrolls experience. I'm not talking just about the interface and control, either. I'm talking about the feel of the world

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So, I was perusing the comments (WHY do I that?! WHY?!) of some article on GameSpot, when I came across an unexpected explosion of the anti-PC vitriol that has only intensified with the release of the 'next-gen' consoles. I think the subject in question may have been the re-release of Tomb Raider for XB1 and PS4, with visuals that are closer to PC-quality than the PS360 release. I believe some

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I meant to talk about my 'gaming space' yesterday, but got completely derailed by ... oh wow, there's a trailer for Murdered: Soul Suspect. I think I remember hearing about that game somewhere, at some time, but damn ... and it says there's an Xbox One 'version,' which implies another platform. Maybe PC? Was that one of those that was gonna have a TV show attached to it? Can't remember. No, that

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Because I'm a sad little man that is constantly trying to fill a void where once my soul resided, I finally caved and spent some cash on Steam. I bought 'early access' Wasteland 2 and Age of Decadence, bought The Banner Saga, then preordered Thief, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall. Dragonfall hadn't even been on my radar. I had completely forgotten that was coming

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So, here we are. We've culled through the games that are on my radar, but about which I have some concerns, the games that I've found enticing, about which I'm very curious, and am eager to see more before I buy, which brings us to today, in which we discuss the games that I WANT. NOW. This is a shorter list than what I've previously presented in the past couple days. There are fewer questions

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I've often had pride in the fact that I'm not afraid to try something new. Whether it be a new Indian dish, a show that's not science fiction or fantasy, a band that is formed of guys that are not from a grunge-era band, or a girl that does not have red hair, I'll try anything once. Where the consideration comes in for games, though, is two things. Time and money. To ask someone to invest $20-60

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When it comes to unreleased games, I tend to veer sharply in one of two directions. On one hand, I'm stupidly loyal to series that are long past their expiration date. I've been that guy that's chugging down a gallon of curdled Final Fantasy releases for quite a while now, to the point where it's easier to beg them to stop that it is me. On the other, I'm also pretty good at reading the

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I've been avoiding doing individual posts about the remaining RPGs of 2014 about which I'm excited because, frankly, I hate writing previews, especially when there are so many skilled and paid writers out there already doing exactly that. Instead, I think I'll just dump them all here, tell ya a bit about why I'm excited for it, and let you take it from there. It's not a matter of sheer laziness.

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One of the things I've enjoyed about aging (I'm now in my mid-30s) is that my tastes have slowly narrowed in the gaming realm, and I'm very happy about that. I used to play the latest everything, plus a lot of interesting niche titles, and I really didn't look down my nose at a game unless it was just flat-out bad. I also didn't finish a lot of games, and actually developed something of a

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I have been the biggest supporter of Star Wars: The Old Republic since before it launched of pretty much anyone I know. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is one of my top three games of all time, Star Wars is probably my favorite franchise of any, and I loved that BioWare was bringing their 'fourth pillar' of story to an MMO. For me, having a 'single player' MMO set in the Old Republic

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So, as I discussed the other day, 2013 was a pretty dogshit year for RPGs. My assumption is that the console transition killed things for a bit, even on my beloved PC, since PC game release schedules are now beholden to their lesser, malformed console counterparts. 2014, though, looks to be much brighter. Much, much brighter. Almost blinding in its potential. To kick things off, though, I'll be

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I've been an RPG fan for a good long while. Yeah, I've been playing games that are mislabeled 'RPG,' such as the Legend of Zelda series, since the first iteration on the NES, but more importantly, I cut my teeth on the early console RPGs, such as the first Final Fantasy (loved it) and the first Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) (didn't really like it.) All through the 90s, I stuck with the

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Being that I'm in my mid-30s, employed, a family man, and someone that can string together a sentence that qualifies as 'proper English,' I really only play RPGs and driving sims now (and anything Relic releases). Time and intellectual reward are my focal points in terms of measuring risk-reward when engaging in recreation, and 'Call of Duty' and 'Assassin's Creed' just don't pass the test. So,

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