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One of the most enjoyable aspects of playing role-playing games (RPGs) is the ability to create an avatar of you to go on perilous adventures may they involve lifting curses, protecting villages from bandits, stealing relics from trolls, or befriending a dragon to fulfill a prophecy. Sometimes people have trouble coming up with a believable character or find it difficult to really “know” their character which may make their character not enjoyable to fellow RPG adventurers. James D’Amato’s book “The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide” will help you bring your character(s) to life! After reading this book I see it’s more than a “how to” book, it’s an interactive tome that makes creating your character fun and unique! If you’re new to the whole RPG world like me, don’t be afraid of this book! Each chapter is based off skill level, just like RPG games you start from level 1 and work your way up as you gain more experience!
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Just like the sudden and dramatic exit of your favorite character on “The Walking Dead”, the same shocking end has come to the developers of “Telltale’s The Walking Dead” as of this afternoon around 90% of staff was laid off from Telltale Games, the developer of the hit TWD games, and “The Wolf Among Us”. Friday started with 250 employees and ended with 225 seeking employment elsewhere. Due to the sudden “Red Wedding” surprise has now put the remainder of TWD final season in jeopardy as episode 2 will be coming out in a couple of days. Among other projects that are now in limbo (in the gaming industry, it means Canceled) is “The Wolf Among Us 2” and a “Stranger Things” game. The story is currently developing.
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Recently I wrote an article about the bundling of the two horror narrative games, “Layers of Fear” and “>Observer_”. The games’ developer Bloober Team gave me access to play both of their groundbreaking games for one epic review! Since this is a double review, I’m splitting the games up to avoid confusion and the last couple of paragraphs will be my final thoughts on both games. “Layers of Fear” is about a painter in the midst of the mental breakdown and his obsession over his latest art piece that he hopes will put him back on top. After you start looking at your latest work, that’s when the terror starts. As you explore the house, hallucinations begin to take over of paint drenched hallways, malformed specters, and artifacts that reflect your troubled past as you try to explore for answers only have your senses toyed with by the other side. There are times you have to do some problem solving
Continue reading →
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Two narrative-driven horror games that have set the gaming world on fire the last couple of years, “Layers of Fear” and “>Observer_” will be released again but this time in a one-stop-shop bundle! Both games are heavily driven by storytelling where players take terrifying journeys in first-person to two immersive locations, a mansion of a painter and the streets of a cyberpunk city. Nothing is what they seem as your locations can change in an instant and questions should not be answered. The bundle will include both games including their exclusive content (based on what platform you play the game on) and is available for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Continue reading →
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You may have heard of him or at least have seen his cheery black and tan face in the toy aisle at stores, Bendy. Some know who he is and others may not but soon many more will get to know this little guy as he’s coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this October! Don’t let his smiling mug and the whimsical title of his game, “Bendy and the Ink Machine” fool you, the Disneyesque façade of this story is pure horror survival! This first-person episodic game has players taking on the role of retired film animator Henry who has returned to his former employer’s studio. After arriving Henry soon realizes that something is wrong with the studio as there’s no one around, ink is splattered everywhere and the characters from the animated films the studio is famed for are alive, some of which are hell-bent on killing. The fifth and final chapter of “Bendy and the Ink Machine”
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Fans of the record-breaking Multiplayer RPG “RuneScape” will be delighted to know that the songs from the beloved game will be coming at them in the form of vinyl or CD! James Hannigan, BAFTA award-winning composer known for his work on “Harry Potter” and “Dead Space 3” has teamed up with Philharmonia Orchestra and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra to bring the music to life for fans. Two soundtracks, “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” and “RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics” will be available on vinyl records, CDs, or digital. If you preorder either albums (in vinyl or CD) you get a free copy of the digital soundtrack! You can pre-order your copies HERE! Two other soundtracks are available as digital copies only, “RuneScape: The Arc” and “RuneScape: Menaphose”. For those of you who are really curious, the game’s developer Jagex and Laced Records gave me some further info to pass on. “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” Deluxe Double Vinyl: 26 tracks pressed on
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Just recently Kalypso Media and Games Farm brought a new twist on the RPG gameplay to consoles in the form of “Shadows: Awakening”. I’ve played RPGs before but not your traditional ones, so I was pretty excited when I was given the chance to review this interactive artwork! As the title of this review states, I’m a noob (newbie) to this type of game but for my fellow RPG noobs out there, this is a great startup to the genre! “Shadows: Awakening” follows a Demon summoned by a mysterious mage to help combat a growing threat that’s about to be unleashed in the Heretic Kingdoms after members of the secret society Penta Nera were assassinated! The Demon can’t go on this quest alone and needs the help of “puppets”, People who were once alive and players can choose to come back from the dead to live again and aide the Demon. In the start you will be given the choice
Continue reading →
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Henry Cavill, who played Superman in Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman, and Justice League is set to star in Netflix’s adaptation of “The Witcher”. The story follows Geralt of Rivia (Cavill), a solitary monster hunter as he struggles t find his place in the world. When destiny sends him to a powerful sorceress and a young princess with a dark secret, they must learn to navigate the volatile continent together. Last year we shared the news that Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will serve as executive producer and the series’ showrunner. Variety is reporting that Alik Sakharov, Alex Garcia Lopez, and Charlotte Brändström will direct the eight-episode first season. Sakharov will also be executive producing. The Witcher began as a series of short stories by Andrzej Sapkowski before becoming a novel. Along with the upcoming series, there is a game franchise as well as comics and tabletop games.
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Not long ago I talked about the upcoming surreal sci-fi game “Elea”. The game’s developers, Kyodai and Sodesco were kind enough to allow me the chance to review the game early before its September 6th release. The game itself is an episodic adventure telling the story of Elea, who’s on a journey through space to find her husband who’s gone missing along with his crewmates on a mission to find a new planet to colonize and now his ship was found but is mysteriously going through a quarantine procedure. After completing the first chapter it should be noted that the story I’ve played will be updated on launch day with a different beginning since I don’t know exactly how much of a change there will be, I’ll forgo focusing too much on the narrative I encountered in my playthrough. The main thing that blew me away was the graphics! Nicely detailed and textured, the colors are amazing and fit well
Continue reading →
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Flux Game Studio’s fighting game splattering the PC gaming scene “GUTS” is now being developed for consoles this fall, this comes in light of some major updates to the PC version as well. The game is a lot (and not) like traditional fighting arcade games, with the exception that under its cartoonish appearance it’s ultra-bloody. “GUTS” is a game show (not to be confused with the 90’s Nickelodeon game show!) where fighters fight to the bloody end using unique fighting styles leading up to using your GUTS finisher. As the characters fight, they’ll lose limbs which won’t stop them as there are unique fighting moves associated with missing limbs! The comedic animations along with the outlandish violence confirm the developers claim that the game is a “Tarantino-style” game. Keep an eye out this fall as “GUTS” comes to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Continue reading →
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One of the most enjoyable aspects of playing role-playing games (RPGs) is the ability to create an avatar of you to go on perilous adventures may they involve lifting curses, protecting villages from bandits, stealing relics from trolls, or befriending a dragon to fulfill a prophecy. Sometimes people have trouble coming up with a believable character or find it difficult to really “know” their character which may make their character not enjoyable to fellow RPG adventurers. James D’Amato’s book “The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide” will help you bring your character(s) to life! After reading this book I see it’s more than a “how to” book, it’s an interactive tome that makes creating your character fun and unique! If you’re new to the whole RPG world like me, don’t be afraid of this book! Each chapter is based off skill level, just like RPG games you start from level 1 and work your way up as you gain more experience!
Continue reading →
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Just like the sudden and dramatic exit of your favorite character on “The Walking Dead”, the same shocking end has come to the developers of “Telltale’s The Walking Dead” as of this afternoon around 90% of staff was laid off from Telltale Games, the developer of the hit TWD games, and “The Wolf Among Us”. Friday started with 250 employees and ended with 225 seeking employment elsewhere. Due to the sudden “Red Wedding” surprise has now put the remainder of TWD final season in jeopardy as episode 2 will be coming out in a couple of days. Among other projects that are now in limbo (in the gaming industry, it means Canceled) is “The Wolf Among Us 2” and a “Stranger Things” game. The story is currently developing.
Continue reading →
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Recently I wrote an article about the bundling of the two horror narrative games, “Layers of Fear” and “>Observer_”. The games’ developer Bloober Team gave me access to play both of their groundbreaking games for one epic review! Since this is a double review, I’m splitting the games up to avoid confusion and the last couple of paragraphs will be my final thoughts on both games. “Layers of Fear” is about a painter in the midst of the mental breakdown and his obsession over his latest art piece that he hopes will put him back on top. After you start looking at your latest work, that’s when the terror starts. As you explore the house, hallucinations begin to take over of paint drenched hallways, malformed specters, and artifacts that reflect your troubled past as you try to explore for answers only have your senses toyed with by the other side. There are times you have to do some problem solving
Continue reading →
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Two narrative-driven horror games that have set the gaming world on fire the last couple of years, “Layers of Fear” and “>Observer_” will be released again but this time in a one-stop-shop bundle! Both games are heavily driven by storytelling where players take terrifying journeys in first-person to two immersive locations, a mansion of a painter and the streets of a cyberpunk city. Nothing is what they seem as your locations can change in an instant and questions should not be answered. The bundle will include both games including their exclusive content (based on what platform you play the game on) and is available for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Continue reading →
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You may have heard of him or at least have seen his cheery black and tan face in the toy aisle at stores, Bendy. Some know who he is and others may not but soon many more will get to know this little guy as he’s coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this October! Don’t let his smiling mug and the whimsical title of his game, “Bendy and the Ink Machine” fool you, the Disneyesque façade of this story is pure horror survival! This first-person episodic game has players taking on the role of retired film animator Henry who has returned to his former employer’s studio. After arriving Henry soon realizes that something is wrong with the studio as there’s no one around, ink is splattered everywhere and the characters from the animated films the studio is famed for are alive, some of which are hell-bent on killing. The fifth and final chapter of “Bendy and the Ink Machine”
Continue reading →
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Fans of the record-breaking Multiplayer RPG “RuneScape” will be delighted to know that the songs from the beloved game will be coming at them in the form of vinyl or CD! James Hannigan, BAFTA award-winning composer known for his work on “Harry Potter” and “Dead Space 3” has teamed up with Philharmonia Orchestra and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra to bring the music to life for fans. Two soundtracks, “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” and “RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics” will be available on vinyl records, CDs, or digital. If you preorder either albums (in vinyl or CD) you get a free copy of the digital soundtrack! You can pre-order your copies HERE! Two other soundtracks are available as digital copies only, “RuneScape: The Arc” and “RuneScape: Menaphose”. For those of you who are really curious, the game’s developer Jagex and Laced Records gave me some further info to pass on. “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” Deluxe Double Vinyl: 26 tracks pressed on
Continue reading →
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Just recently Kalypso Media and Games Farm brought a new twist on the RPG gameplay to consoles in the form of “Shadows: Awakening”. I’ve played RPGs before but not your traditional ones, so I was pretty excited when I was given the chance to review this interactive artwork! As the title of this review states, I’m a noob (newbie) to this type of game but for my fellow RPG noobs out there, this is a great startup to the genre! “Shadows: Awakening” follows a Demon summoned by a mysterious mage to help combat a growing threat that’s about to be unleashed in the Heretic Kingdoms after members of the secret society Penta Nera were assassinated! The Demon can’t go on this quest alone and needs the help of “puppets”, People who were once alive and players can choose to come back from the dead to live again and aide the Demon. In the start you will be given the choice
Continue reading →
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Henry Cavill, who played Superman in Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman, and Justice League is set to star in Netflix’s adaptation of “The Witcher”. The story follows Geralt of Rivia (Cavill), a solitary monster hunter as he struggles t find his place in the world. When destiny sends him to a powerful sorceress and a young princess with a dark secret, they must learn to navigate the volatile continent together. Last year we shared the news that Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will serve as executive producer and the series’ showrunner. Variety is reporting that Alik Sakharov, Alex Garcia Lopez, and Charlotte Brändström will direct the eight-episode first season. Sakharov will also be executive producing. The Witcher began as a series of short stories by Andrzej Sapkowski before becoming a novel. Along with the upcoming series, there is a game franchise as well as comics and tabletop games.
Continue reading →
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Not long ago I talked about the upcoming surreal sci-fi game “Elea”. The game’s developers, Kyodai and Sodesco were kind enough to allow me the chance to review the game early before its September 6th release. The game itself is an episodic adventure telling the story of Elea, who’s on a journey through space to find her husband who’s gone missing along with his crewmates on a mission to find a new planet to colonize and now his ship was found but is mysteriously going through a quarantine procedure. After completing the first chapter it should be noted that the story I’ve played will be updated on launch day with a different beginning since I don’t know exactly how much of a change there will be, I’ll forgo focusing too much on the narrative I encountered in my playthrough. The main thing that blew me away was the graphics! Nicely detailed and textured, the colors are amazing and fit well
Continue reading →
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Flux Game Studio’s fighting game splattering the PC gaming scene “GUTS” is now being developed for consoles this fall, this comes in light of some major updates to the PC version as well. The game is a lot (and not) like traditional fighting arcade games, with the exception that under its cartoonish appearance it’s ultra-bloody. “GUTS” is a game show (not to be confused with the 90’s Nickelodeon game show!) where fighters fight to the bloody end using unique fighting styles leading up to using your GUTS finisher. As the characters fight, they’ll lose limbs which won’t stop them as there are unique fighting moves associated with missing limbs! The comedic animations along with the outlandish violence confirm the developers claim that the game is a “Tarantino-style” game. Keep an eye out this fall as “GUTS” comes to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Continue reading →
