So, basically, I like totally just told you about 2 new members last post. Actually, there are 3...
WELCOME ERIK THE ALL-MIGHTY ALBINO LEPRECHAUN!!!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Erik
So, basically, I like totally just told you about 2 new members last post. Actually, there are 3...
WELCOME ERIK THE ALL-MIGHTY ALBINO LEPRECHAUN!!!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Dun da dun!
Introducing, the newest additions to the JR staff!
Joystick Rehab is proud to announce 2 new members! This means more reviews, more posts, and more me ranting on about video game genres and theology and other junk!
Flaw Of Insanity (Please, please call him Flawsie Cakes) And Shadow!
Give 'em a warm welcome!
Joystick Rehab is proud to announce 2 new members! This means more reviews, more posts, and more me ranting on about video game genres and theology and other junk!
Flaw Of Insanity (Please, please call him Flawsie Cakes) And Shadow!
Give 'em a warm welcome!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Yes yes I haven't posted in a while blah blah blah. I haven't gotten enough dough to buy a game yet, sue me.
But I really need to spread the word this time.
Video games are a form of art, of speech and, well a part of the gamer him/her self. But they're being threatened in america. State legislatures and congress are debating an issue that hits close to every gamer's home. BANNING THE SELLING OF VIDEO GAMES.
Stan Lee and gamers have joined forces against this, creating:
Please join VGVN and use your voice to help spread word, banning video game sales is against our constitutional right.
But I really need to spread the word this time.
Video games are a form of art, of speech and, well a part of the gamer him/her self. But they're being threatened in america. State legislatures and congress are debating an issue that hits close to every gamer's home. BANNING THE SELLING OF VIDEO GAMES.
Stan Lee and gamers have joined forces against this, creating:
Please join VGVN and use your voice to help spread word, banning video game sales is against our constitutional right.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Battlefeild: Bad Company
If you're a fan of the Battlefeild series, you know this game. It's a game in a fictional reality about a war against Russia.
Bad Company is about that war. In this game, though, you play as Preston Marlow. An offender as a soldier, he could have been sent to jail, but instead he was deemed "expendable" and becomes the new member of a 4-man team, the B-Company. The B-Company consists of expendable soldiers sent in on impossible missions, not expected to survive.
The game soon becomes about greed. Lots and lots of greed. A mercenary group is paid in gold bars (money is so overrated, man.) And apparently it's awesome to get, but it really doesn't do anything I can see.
Gameplay could be better. But there are a few things I like about it. Instead of sitting behind walls waiting for little swiss-cheesed pieces of yourself to magically come back, you have what I call, a magic-heally stick! Equip it, jam it in your stomach and you're good to go!
Storyline is followed easily, and it puts you in weird situations where things blow up around you like crazy. (Did I mention that everything is destroyable? Win.) And seems to make you feel like a good part of the fight.
AI is kinda dumb. I swear, Haggard once shot a BAZOOKA at a wall 3-feet in front of his face. And none of them can hit an ELEPHANT with ELEPHANT SEEKING BULLETS.
Overall, Bad Company is a great game. It gets 8 and a half exploded tanks, out of 10.
Bad Company is about that war. In this game, though, you play as Preston Marlow. An offender as a soldier, he could have been sent to jail, but instead he was deemed "expendable" and becomes the new member of a 4-man team, the B-Company. The B-Company consists of expendable soldiers sent in on impossible missions, not expected to survive.
The game soon becomes about greed. Lots and lots of greed. A mercenary group is paid in gold bars (money is so overrated, man.) And apparently it's awesome to get, but it really doesn't do anything I can see.
Gameplay could be better. But there are a few things I like about it. Instead of sitting behind walls waiting for little swiss-cheesed pieces of yourself to magically come back, you have what I call, a magic-heally stick! Equip it, jam it in your stomach and you're good to go!
Storyline is followed easily, and it puts you in weird situations where things blow up around you like crazy. (Did I mention that everything is destroyable? Win.) And seems to make you feel like a good part of the fight.
AI is kinda dumb. I swear, Haggard once shot a BAZOOKA at a wall 3-feet in front of his face. And none of them can hit an ELEPHANT with ELEPHANT SEEKING BULLETS.
Overall, Bad Company is a great game. It gets 8 and a half exploded tanks, out of 10.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Epic Win
I've just been told via Twitter that an up-and-coming game developer is going to give me a free game to review another. I'll have it done by next week!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Uncharted 2 Review
Welcome people of the interwebs!
This week's review is for the sequel smash hit on the PS3, Uncharted. An intriguing 3rd person shooter and action game. Let's get elbow-deep in blood in this week's review.
Uncharted begins with the middle of the story, climbing up a train somewhere very, very snowy as it hangs by a thread. (Spoiler: It's Nepal kids!). From there you learn the fundamentals of gameplay and have a flashback, which guides you up to the point that got you into this mess.
The story isn't bad, It actually really cool. It takes you to the most interesting situations ever without not explaining how. I thought it was amazing climbing on moving trains through tunnels, climbing through museums at night.
Gameplay mechanics are smooth, and easy to maneuver. I found them easy to handle and fun to use.
Other than that, I don't even know what to say. This game blew me away. In my book, Uncharted 2: Among Theives gets a solid 10 ancient artifact daggers out of 10.
This week's review is for the sequel smash hit on the PS3, Uncharted. An intriguing 3rd person shooter and action game. Let's get elbow-deep in blood in this week's review.
Uncharted begins with the middle of the story, climbing up a train somewhere very, very snowy as it hangs by a thread. (Spoiler: It's Nepal kids!). From there you learn the fundamentals of gameplay and have a flashback, which guides you up to the point that got you into this mess.
The story isn't bad, It actually really cool. It takes you to the most interesting situations ever without not explaining how. I thought it was amazing climbing on moving trains through tunnels, climbing through museums at night.
Gameplay mechanics are smooth, and easy to maneuver. I found them easy to handle and fun to use.
Other than that, I don't even know what to say. This game blew me away. In my book, Uncharted 2: Among Theives gets a solid 10 ancient artifact daggers out of 10.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Bioshock 2 Review
Hey guys!
I've been unholy busy lately. So I've decided to take another day to post. (It's Wednesday SOMEWHERE, right?)
Bioshock 2 is the sequel to 2k Marin's Bioshock. A 40's themed underwater city in the mid-Atlantic meant for scientific research went wrong there before the series. An element called "ADAM" (Which grants the user the ability to automatically alter their genetics, very painfully) drew people insane and crazed for the substance.
The second game takes place 10 years after the end of the first game, in a future where the evil ruler Andrew Ryan has been killed and eventually overthrown by a Dr. Sophia Lamb.
You play as a big daddy in this game (Large man in a diving suit), trading up the wrench melee weapon for a personal hand-drill. But you're not just ANY big daddy. You are the FIRST big daddy. Subject Delta. One of the few still capable of free thought.
Here's where the story gets interesting. In the first game, to get to these little girls who are precursors of ADAM, you had to kill their Big Daddy. The new leader of Rapture, Dr. Lamb once had a daughter, who became Delta's Little Sister. Lamb found this out, and she is not pleased. She tries to make you kill yourself over her. You wake up, many many many many years later in a Vita-Chamber (Chamber used to revive when you die.). Bent on revenge, and getting your little sister back.
The gameplay is fun and adds a lot to the original controls. It focuses on dual-wielding weapons using the shoulder buttons. It works well, and I found it easy to grasp.
The storyline does NOT match that of Bioshock 1's by a long shot. It's choppy at times and it's really kind of silly. I really do not care for it at all, it could have been a lot stronger.
Overall Bioshock 2 was good, just not as good as Bioshock. I give it 8 full EVE hypos, out of 10.
I've been unholy busy lately. So I've decided to take another day to post. (It's Wednesday SOMEWHERE, right?)
Bioshock 2 is the sequel to 2k Marin's Bioshock. A 40's themed underwater city in the mid-Atlantic meant for scientific research went wrong there before the series. An element called "ADAM" (Which grants the user the ability to automatically alter their genetics, very painfully) drew people insane and crazed for the substance.
The second game takes place 10 years after the end of the first game, in a future where the evil ruler Andrew Ryan has been killed and eventually overthrown by a Dr. Sophia Lamb.
You play as a big daddy in this game (Large man in a diving suit), trading up the wrench melee weapon for a personal hand-drill. But you're not just ANY big daddy. You are the FIRST big daddy. Subject Delta. One of the few still capable of free thought.
Here's where the story gets interesting. In the first game, to get to these little girls who are precursors of ADAM, you had to kill their Big Daddy. The new leader of Rapture, Dr. Lamb once had a daughter, who became Delta's Little Sister. Lamb found this out, and she is not pleased. She tries to make you kill yourself over her. You wake up, many many many many years later in a Vita-Chamber (Chamber used to revive when you die.). Bent on revenge, and getting your little sister back.
The gameplay is fun and adds a lot to the original controls. It focuses on dual-wielding weapons using the shoulder buttons. It works well, and I found it easy to grasp.
The storyline does NOT match that of Bioshock 1's by a long shot. It's choppy at times and it's really kind of silly. I really do not care for it at all, it could have been a lot stronger.
Overall Bioshock 2 was good, just not as good as Bioshock. I give it 8 full EVE hypos, out of 10.
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