Group Question

I have noticed that there has not been a lot of activity probably because we all have lives and don't always have to play and then review a game. I personally have been working on my on personal gaming blog that can be seen here. My site is more of an editorial/dev diary for a project I am working on.

So I was thinking why not expand this blog to more general game news and analyze that.  I say that because it takes less time to have an opinion on say Xbone DRM news than play and review a game. Of course this  is just one way to expand our conversation on video games. Plus it give me a shamless plug for my site.  So everyone discuss, give a yea or nay , or just ignore if you want to roll like that.

Side note - if anyone wants to help collaborate on my blog or drop some info(I give credit to my sources) feel free to get in contact with me.

Just a thought

For future games to play I recommend we play anything from Game Jolt. All the games are indie and free to play. Just saying.

Marcus Review - The Button Affair

First I would like to admit that I was actually a bit surprised by this little game. After first initially watching the game trailer I thought it might have over hyped the game. But once I started playing it did it justice.

Story- The story is entertaining and yet pretty simple. A thief/ladies man tries to steal a ruby called "the button". An through the three levels it shows the capture, escape and payback of the hero. Also at the very end there are two alternate endings. One is happy and the other is bad so choose carefully.

Music- This games music fits perfectly for what they were trying to accomplish. It diffidently gives the vibe of a 70's spy film or the original Oceans Eleven movie or modern version if you are not into films before you were born. Plus the soundtrack is all original and is free for download.

Design/Game play-The design for this game is simple yet satisfying, kinda like its controls. The only keys that are used are the up,down, left and right keys. Use the up key to jump over obstacles and the down to roll under neath.  Now the game itself with is simple controls can be a bit tricky especially at the end of level 2 and level 3 for the most part. There are times were timing is key to make it to the next checkpoint. Though it is not to hard were one would rage quite. But you will die in this game which in itself is not too bad since each death has its own short cut scene which can be entertaining. Which brings back to the art of the game, where all of the characters have no faces but the text bubbles and body langue convey who each person is. Also each level its own set piece with its own challenges.

Overall this game is simple yet quite enjoyable. Though a down/upside is that it is very short(will take 10 minutes at most to beat) but that works in  its favor cause any longer it would be just too repetitive. Though one can not really complain with a free game.

Marcus AKA Tuxcedo Ninja's Game Proposals

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a visual upgrade to a classic shooter. For the most part it is just like Counter-Strike: Source but may be a bit easier to play for newer players. I is a game that one must play at least once.

DLC Quest is a little game show how ridiculous the game industry has gone when it it comes to downloadable content. The best part of this game that it is like $2 so its worth a try.

Planetside 2 is a free to play, open world, always changing, first person shooter. It is a pretty fun game but easier to play when one is part of a platoon that communicates.