#videogames
#videogames
by Omar (@siegarettes)
In which I both tell you why I find it difficult to pick my favorite games and what a few of them are.
“What kind of music do you listen to?” It’s a moment I keep remembering, a girl I had just been introduced trying to get an idea of my tastes. “What’s on of the bands you listen to?” I wanted to reply with Disasterpeace, but I knew that with him not being a commonly known artist she’d have no idea what it meant. "Radiohead, I guess.“
With that she gave me an "ok” and the conversation was over. I should have said Disasterpeace.
by Omar (@siegarettes)
Spoilers for the early chapters of Wolfenstein follow. No seriously, I’ve warned you:
There’s a moment in Wolfenstein where BJ Blazkowicz struggles to get to grips with a modern coffee machine. It’s a short, humorous vignette that is interrupted by a Nazi officer questioning you. Afterward there is an abrupt and brief sex scene, which then match cuts the image of Anya’s exposed back to a scene where they plot to infiltrate a prison from a nearby hotel room. BJ narrates the scene leading up to the prison in gravelly tone that makes it feel like a movie trailer. A half hour later and you’re blowing off Nazi heads and limbs with dual-wielding shotguns.
by Omar (@siegarettes)
We here at Clickbliss have been a bit late jumping on the next-gen train. Speaking for myself, I’ve often found that new generations of hardware rarely hit their stride until at least a year into their life. Even now I don’t feel that developers have really made something that feels entirely impossible on the previous generation of hardware. With that said, due to a generous donation by Microsoft* the upcoming holidays I’ve decided to take the plunge regardless. We’ll be updating the site with some impressions of the games themselves, but for now here’s a run down of the hardware.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
I’m on a Musou break right now. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing like ravaging through battlefields as Lu Bu or Wang Yi that screams out fun, but I just got fatigued from the genre. But during this hiatus, I need something to fill in that void of senseless fun. I was about to purchase Call of Duty: Advance Warfare to fill in that void but then I saw that Earth Defense Force 4 (known out in the west as EDF 2025) was free on the Japanese PS+ selection, so why not?
By: RJ (@rga_02)
Yes I said it. Parasite Eve is better than your favorite horror game. Better than Fatal Frame II, Resident Evil 4, and REmake. No other horror game matches the masterpiece that is Parasite Eve.
It’s All Hallow’s Eve! Want something appropriate for the occasion? Here’s a couple recommendations to jostle your skeleton around:
Space (Jam) Camp is a series about what happens you attempt to learn how to play one of the most complex sports games made without knowing anything about basketball.
A while ago I decided that I’m going to play a sports game. In an effort to have a broader knowledge of the medium, I’ve been expanding the scope of the games I’ve been playing, and reading up on games that I never intend to play. The NBA 2K series is one of the most popular, dominating the charts and being one of the few sports titles not crushing the opposition through Electronic Art’s near monopoly on the genre. (It’s also one of the most complex, with an insane amount of context sensitive Isomotion™ moves to pull off). So with that knowledge, I promptly went over to my local game store and picked up a copy of NBA2K11 (and a bullet hell SHMUP by Cave).
by Omar (@siegarettes)
Neverending Nightmares
Developer - Infinitap Games
Publisher - Infinitap Games
PC (Steam) and Ouya (reviewed on PC)
Rating - N/A
Neverending Nightmares is not fun. As I played it, it became a game I became reluctant to return to. From start to finish, it was an experience that left me feeling ridden with anxiety. That’s also exactly the way it should be.
Built as a conduit to channel the depressive and intrusive thoughts that creator Matt Gilgenbach experienced following the commercial failure of the studio’s previous game, Retro/Grade, Neverending Nightmares is grave deep in oppressive atmosphere. From the very start Nightmares makes it clear that the experience won’t be fun.
