Tagged: shooter
Heavy Rain taught us that the mundane can become the humanizing. Remember putting away the Mars family groceries, buying a balloon, checking into a motel? Probably not, but the emotive effect sticks like a bad habit. These are people, we’re… Read More »
“Mature” and “Nintendo.” Two words that haven’t meshed in a long time. There have been mature games on Nintendo platforms, MadWorld, Dementium: The Ward, and No More Heroes come to mind, but the middling quality and distance between releases make… Read More »
Another game begins. I spawn, an abandoned warehouse in front of me, and I instantly know how to sprint, how to aim down the sights of my rifle, how best to move around the map, how to check corners, and… Read More »
Capcom had a surprise up its sleeve for attendees of the publisher’s behind-closed-doors Resident Evil 6 presentation at E3 this year, leaving the GamerNode editors plenty impressed and ready to see more of the game. While gamers were already well… Read More »
Back in April, PAX East offered me an introductory course to the basic improvements, enhancements, and general feel of Borderlands 2. Through it I got a taste for the new guns, wildlife, and expanded leveling system that are being offered… Read More »
Everyone had the opportunity to witness the first of Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s two E3 demos when it closed out Microsoft’s media briefing. Another US city, Los Angeles, is lit ablaze as David Mason tries desperately to protect… Read More »
With E3 over faster than a hip-hop concert at a gaming convention, I’m reminded of the unique, uncomfortable interactions between gamers, games press, game developers, and… the others. That is, specifically between the “nerdcore” and the “observers,” whose well-intentioned false… Read More »
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier just wants to be liked. Its looks to blend its strategic, slower heart (which is still beating strong) with the hastened disarray of current military shooters, never fully committing to one or the other. There’s life in the… Read More »
“Day 1” of E3 2012 kicked off this morning with Nintendo’s press conference. In case any gamers out there missed it, here’s a brief rundown of what happened. Things got off to a strong start when Shigeru Miyamoto came out… Read More »
Eddie here. I’ve been planning to resurrect the old column, so what better way to do it (especially with E3 looming and that resource called “time” looking pretty thin) than with the return of my column-within-a-column “Scribblings” series? Scribblings is… Read More »
