Dragon’s Dogma Developer Diary #2: Four “D’s” In A Row, But The Game Looks Triple “A”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by geelw

That said, I do wish the collective internet fan yapppers would hush it with the “Skyrim killer” talk. This game, like every other big RPG, should be seen and judged on its own merits, not point by point with some other game that’s not taking place in the same game world. That way, if it IS better than Skyrim (or at least less buggy that that game was), it will have actually earned that praise. And if it isn’t, well, those folks who kind of keep saying that but haven’t played Skyrim at all (but sure, reading negative posts about a game counts as “playing” it these days) won’t have to go into turtle mode and defend themselves from people who actually know what they’re talking about. Of course, this latest dev diary goes a long way in keeping both camps happy that they’re getting another solid RPG to take for a spin…

Starhawk Goes Gold (And How, For Beta And Warhawk Players)

Posted on May 2, 2012 by geelw

So, it’s on the way and soon at that, which is awesome. It’s even more awesome if you’ve been one of those folks playing the beta or were a big PS3 Warhawk player, as you’ll see in the above video. Personally, I love that LightBox is giving both single player and multiplayer fans something to look forward to. No matter which mode you choose, you can expect some of the tightest hybrid gameplay that should set the standard for this type of game for quite some time (well, until it gets copied to death by other developers). Of course, expect a few overly cranky RTS fans to whine a bit about the game making it so “easy” to blend fast-paced action with no need for insane resource management (or much in the way of micro-managing anything except trying to get shot up on foot or in/on a ride or or out of the sky when you’re flying around). SCEA has yet another mega-hit on their hands, and that’s always a good thing,,,

Playing Catch-up Can Indeed Be A Catch-22, Grrrr…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by geelw

Ugh. Yes, I’m STILL way behind on reformatting those thousand or so 2010 to mid-2011 posts, but it’s been way too busy inside and out of my gaming life to get to all of those updates. Nevertheless, I’m going to try to do some this weekend, barring incident. Still, I think I’m doing a decent job in posting new content every day. I could do MORE actual writing with an assistant fixing those older posts up, but I hate the whole “intern” thing. Hell, I just believe good work should be PAID work, not some crappy “do stuff for free and eventually you’ll be rewarded elsewhere when you apply for a real job” nonsense that’s become the norm these days all over. Double hell, I’m trying to find more writing work and all I see are “Hey, you can write for us for free!” posts in too many places or worse, scammy, scummy “send us four to six 500 word posts and we’ll see if they fit our site!” idiocy. Feh.

Oh well, enough griping. here’s some suitable art for my bridge-burning ways. Fire In the hole!