Posts Tagged ‘skyrim’
Video Game Purists Episode 50: Finally Out of the 40s
This week has random discussions about life before diving head first into a bunch of games. Trees has been playing more Skyrim and Fall Guys, but also Resident Evil (REmake), Wreckfest, and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. Fred has been making the most of game pass with Cyber Shadow and The Medium, but also continuing to tackle Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning and finally wrapping up Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time!
Video Game Purists Episode 49: Catch Up
After a necessary week off, Trees and Fred deliver a massive episode bringing each other up to speed. Then it’s on to many a video game including Trees’ continued adventures in Skyrim before Fred joins in to discuss Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. Finally Fred has completed Gears 5, including the Hivebusters DLC.
Video Game Purists Episode 47: Noid!
This week Fred and Trees share New Years tales and Birthday tales, then it’s on to the games. Trees is still enamoured with Skyrim while his son barrels through Super Mario Odyssey and beyond where Trees has ever gotten! Fred is struggling with Death Stranding but enjoyed Terminator Resistance and went retro with Crash 2 & 3 and Snatcher.
Let’s Talk About Game Length
When I was younger and talked to friends about games I was often asked the question that would come up regularly, “how long is it?” If I followed up, “well, not that long bu…” I would usually have lost their interest and they would dismiss the game entirely despite me possibly recommending the game whole heartily. In this article I wanted to explore the topic of game length and give some personal thoughts.
As I’ve grown older I went through a few phases with my perception of game length. When I was very young without a care in the world and I messed around on the Amstrad and the Mega Drive, I didn’t care diddly squat about game length. I was small and just happy to mess around with this fascinating medium. To quote Dylan Moran from a a episode of the hilarious Black Books TV show, “He looks surprised, all children look surprised, the world is new to them.” This was absolutely me as a youngster everything just amazed me. I wasn’t allowed to play games for extensive lengths of time because my dad did accounts on the Amstrad computer and I was interested in other things like rocks and bugs. When I did game I didn’t care about length, I didn’t care about completing the game I was just having fun. I rarely would finish a game because I was young and pretty dumb, this probably pleased my parents as it meant that they didn’t have to buy a whole lot of new games.
Podcast: The Final Countdown – Part 3
We continue our Final Countdown series that swaps the wonderful stories associated with some of the most beloved games of all time. We still couldn’t quite wrap it up, but we crank through games 39-10 and break down some of the biggest titles ever released. This time around Fred from Gaming History 101 is joined by Trees from EZ Mode Unlocked and Jake/Jacob from Gameranx.
Gaming History 101 