The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword First Impressions [GO]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“A little on the nose there, Nintendo, but you’re right. This game dropped on the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda”] [/caption] Skyrim and Skyward Sword are two vastly different games, but playing Skyward Sword made me realize just what felt off about Skyrim. It’s that uncanny valley problem again. When your game strives for photorealism as much as Skyrim does, it can’t help but feel a little off when your character doesn’t move like a real person. LoZ: SS has none of those problems, as you might imagine, because it looks so stylized. ...

November 21, 2011 · 5 min · el33tcapitan

2010 in Video Games [GO]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“375” caption=“Super Potato in Akihabara”] [/caption] As is typical of me, I played a ton of video games this year. Here’s a listing of what I played along with a few short (or long) words on each game. For the most part, this list is restricted to games released in 2010 unless I did not play them until this year. It’s also mostly in chronological order, with some skips here and there. ...

January 5, 2011 · 9 min · el33tcapitan