When I think of Mass Effect, I think of synthesis… And not just because of that word’s prominent role in the series conclusion. There are so many layers to a video game, especially a story-based RPG, that it’s reductive to say “this game works because of X.” And I’ve certainly been guilty of this. When…
Download link (you may have to right click and “Save As”) Listen to Part 1 (#10-6) here. The long-awaited finale is finally here! With their oddball picks out of the way, Dan, Collin, and Brian drill down into the hardcore classics, occasionally challenging and contradicting each other. [wp_biographia user=”dan”] [wp_biographia user=”brian”] [wp_biographia user=”collin”]
Download link (you may have to right click and “Save As”) Following their idiotic/inspired Mountain Dew podcast, Dan, Collin, and Brian are back with a countdown of their favorite video games of all time. Here, in part 1, they take turns revealing their #10-6 favorite games and discuss each other’s picks. Highlights include a discussion…
I play an obscene amount of the deckbuilding card game Ascension, all of it on the wonderful iPhone port. I’ve played dozens of games against humans online and hundreds of games against AI. It’s a fun game that’s often tense, frequently surprising, and almost always satisfying: Few gaming experiences are as rewarding as executing a late-game combo…
In ascending order, here are the top six reasons I consider Dragon Age: Origins one of my two or three favorite video games ever. 6. World After working with Star Wars and D&D worlds for a decade, BioWare entered Dragon Age with a clean slate, eager to create a massive world with a sustainable franchise.…
When I was putting this list together, I had The Sims 3 ranked about here, in the top 40, and I wondered “does this game really deserve a spot this high?” So I installed the game and all twenty expansion packs — yes, twenty — and booted up the game. I made a Sim named…
Mount and Blade, a computer game series by Turkish developers TaleWorlds, has some of the coolest game mechanics of any game ever. It has an unparalleled sense of scope: From tiny battles with raiders to eternal glory as king of an empire, the Mount and Blade series lets you live a medieval rags-to-riches story. You…
I’ve played so much of the NBA 2K series, to a point that should probably be embarrassing. (Point of comparison: I’ve probably spent about 10x more time playing basketball video games than watching actual basketball over the past few years.) The thing that sucks the vast majority of my time is “The Association” mode, where…
Yahtzee Croshaw is an English-born, Australian-based comedian and gamer who started posting game review videos to YouTube in 2007. The videos were low-production, rapid-fire slideshows of pictures he drew in Microsoft Paint and narrated by himself. Six and a half years later, and Yahtzee is one of the most popular game reviewers on the net.…
The first TV console I owned was a Playstation, which my brothers and I got for Christmas sometime around the year 2000. A few years later, I saved up some lawn-mowing money to buy an SNES on eBay. Great decision. Since I splurged for Super Mario All Stars (remakes of all 4 NES Mario games)…