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Category: Games

  • Guest Post! What’s everyone playing?

    Today, HippoChippies is getting something I’ve been wanting to have for a long time, guests! I asked some of the coolest people I know for their opinions on the games they’re playing right now. Sometimes it can be good to dig around in someone else’s brain for a little while, so here are some thoughts on the games everyone has been into during the first half of 2012. (more…)

  • Downloadable Delights: Mutant Mudds

    I’m the first one to say how big a fan of the 3DS I am, and with the consistent quality of recent eShop titles, I keep getting even more excited for the system’s future. Mutant Mudds is another first-rate addition to the 3DS library. I’ve stressed enough in the past about my love of platformers, and the developer, Renegade Kid, knows how to get everything right that I love about the genre.

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  • Downloadable Delights: VVVVVV

    I realize a lot of games get overlooked; not everyone has all the time in the world to find out what games are coming out. Some of my favorite games over the years are the ones that my friends had no intention of playing, or ones that they never knew knew existed. Many of them are downloadable, on services like Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, or more recently the 3DS eShop. These games tend to fly under the radar more than their retail counterparts due to the large number of them being released every week.

    Today I’m going to highlight one of my favorites: VVVVVV (more…)

  • Game of the Year 2011 – Part 5 – Dark Souls

    Game of the Year 2011 – Part 5 – Dark Souls

    I just finished Dark Souls. I went into that game expecting greatness, and I came out 62 hours (of game time over a period of a few months, not all at once, Jesus Christ) later with something more. Like Demon’s Souls before it, you aren’t given a whole lot of direction. Hell, you never even get a map. You learn by playing it, it teaches you things without ever having to say anything to you. (more…)

  • Game of the Year 2011 – Part 1 – Resistance 3

    Game of the Year 2011 – Part 1 – Resistance 3

    I’ll admit, at the beginning of the year I had no intention of playing Resistance 3. I had heard negative things about the first and second game in the series, so I didn’t plan on giving this one a second thought.

    After picking it up a few months after its release, I was treated to the best first person shooter campaign in years. (more…)