Getting Lost: Rogue Legacy Review

As I'm sure most of you have picked up from my past articles, I like to play games for nostalgia's sake. I love the feeling of being whisked back to my childhood through gameplay, remembering the good ole times of sitting back and playing to my heart's content. I am constantly searching for more and more games that can do this, and so my list of favorite games is ever-growing. But there is one game that I always love going back to: Rogue Legacy.

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Alternatives to Bloodborne

So Bloodborne came out. Critics are going insane over it, Let's Players are covering it, Speed  Runners are setting world records and oh yeah, it is a PS4 exclusive with no chance of coming to PC in the near future. It is one big heart break for fellow Dark Souls lovers. The short version is that Sony financed the development of Bloodborne on the conditions of an exclusive title, much like their first game: Demon's Souls. There is little we can do besides start petitions and cry our selves to sleep at night when it comes to getting this fantastic game onto PC. However, there are things we can do to get the same feel of a dark and gritty world without buying a PS4...

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Are games worth breaking friendships for?

To begin, I want to warn you that this is both a personal post as well as an opinion article. An overview of this article is going over an example of a situation where a very long and very strong friendship was broken to pieces by a well known video game. We'll then get down to the nitty gritty and also the deeper questions about morals, loyalty, and other questions of intentions. If you have any stories of your own where your friendship was broken over a video game, table top RPG, etc,I'd love to hear them over in the comments!

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Bro Night: Double Dragon Neon Review

Bro Nights have been a long standing tradition among friends. It's a night you look forward to all week, the night you get to just sit back and have fun. It's the bond between you and your bros that makes it so special, and Bro Nights only highlight and strengthen that bond. There are many games you can play during Bro Night, but there is one game that stands out: Double Dragon Neon.

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Madam Geek Recommends: Game Grumps Whether you're Grump or not so Grump, this YouTube channel can brighten your day. The Game Grumps crew has the ability take nearly any game and make it entertaining. I have fallen victim to occasionally laughing until I cry or quoting episodes in casual conversation. Finding myself humming the Banana Shoes remix is a common occurrence as well. These charming folks have not only brought joy to my day on countless occasions, but have also given me a great YouTube series to spread to fellow geeks. Read on to find out my top five episodes of Game Grumps.

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First Impressions: Heroes of the Storm(Closed Beta)

With Multiplayer Online Battle Arena or MOBA games like League of Legends, DOTA 2, Heroes of Newarth, Smite and so on filling the market and attracting gamers with their fast paced action, free to play system and challenging game play. Originally the MOBA begin with DOTA, which was a mod off of Warcraft 3 that grew in massive popularity over time. For any gamers out there who have never played a MOBA, it features ten players typically that are split into teams of five. Each hero has unique abilities, roles and various options to help increase certain stats in the battle. Riot Games later capitalized on the success of DOTA by releasing League of Legends in October 27 of 2009. Since it's launch the game has exploded with players. Every year the world tournaments grew in audience as well as stadium size. Many of their community came from World of Warcraft players discontent with the expansion at the time, Cataclysm. Finding forty minute matches, unique champions and the incredible range of item combinations refreshing from the huge time investment that WoW required from it's players. To this day it remains one of the most popular games to play and also watch on various streaming websites such as Twitch.tv. It was not long before Blizzard Entertainment entered the genre with a game of their own. This game is Heroes of the Storm.

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