Need a Job? Microsoft is Hiring.
July 3, 2010 by Patrick Traynor
Filed under News & Lifestyle
After the announcement of Halo Reach being Bungie’s last dab in the Halo Universe, Microsoft’s 343 Industries want to work on more games based around the Halo Universe.
The jobs page on Microsoft’s web page was updated with 15 new job titles including 9 that were already posted.
If you got what it takes, visit their website at:
http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/343-Industries-Jobs/190537/
The E3 2010 Microsoft Presentation review – from a “Hardcore gamer’s” perspective
June 14, 2010 by Chi Wong
Filed under News & Lifestyle
I’m writing this article right after watching a live stream of Microsoft’s presentation at E3 2010, which was a let down apart from Hideo Kojima’s new title Metal Gear Solid: Rising, which looks very promising. Nothing new to show actually; just a thorough playthrough of Microsoft’s Kinect.
The presentation started off with Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, with same kind of gameplay as the previous CoD titles, and slightly better graphics. Epic’s Gears of War 3 looks a bit promising. The new affiliation between Microsoft and Crytek, who is developing a new game for Microsoft’s project Natal which is renamed Kinect. Bungie’s Halo: Reach was also shown with it’s first worldwide gameplay demo. And furthermore, a new Forza racing game for Kinect. Read more
Jean’s Top 20 Of All Time, The Final Countdown!
May 26, 2010 by Jean Beurskens
Filed under Opinion & Columns
“It’s the final countdown~” Sorry, couldn’t resist. Anyways, here’s the final list of the last 5 games listed in my Top-20! But first, let’s recap:
Now that’s out of the way, let the countdown continue!
5# Half-Life
Well, this is the game I referred to when I was talking about Halo and Baldur’s Gate. I remember it was hard dividing my time between the awesomeness that was Baldur’s Gate and this magnificent shooter. This shooter revolutionized the shooter genre, by adding a different way of story telling. Clever opponents were also a part of Half-Life and the multiplayer was a load of fun.
The story starts of with Gordon Freeman, working as a mere scientist at the Black Mesa organization. He works on an experiment, which unfortunately goes very wrong. Portals are opened and aliens make their way into our world. Gordon fights for not only his survival, but also of his fellow teammates. The army eventually comes in, assuming to help clear the aliens out.. but that too isn’t the case. Read more
Jean’s Top 20 Of All Time Part 10 To 6
May 17, 2010 by Jean Beurskens
Filed under Opinion & Columns
The countdown continues, but before the next 5 games are shown, a quick recap on what already has been shown:
Now that’s out of the way, let the countdown continue!
10# World of Warcraft
I started my World of Warcraft journey on day one. My little brother and I got the game (the limited edition) and we were very eager to see if the World of Warcraft was all that we expected from it. After years of waiting (you know how long Blizzard takes with their games), we finally got the chance to play the game.
Seeing as we were both playing on one account (yeah I know, Blizzard doesn’t really like that.. but I wanted to see what the game was all about before getting it myself) it sometimes could get quite difficult to divide playing time. Seeing as WoW takes up a lot of time, a 2 hour play session isn’t really that long, so it didn’t take long before we didn’t play the game anymore. Not because we didn’t like it, not at all, we both loved the game.. but it just isn’t possible to both play on one account. Seeing as I didn’t have the money to both pay for subscription and the game itself, we didn’t play for about a half year.
Funny thing is, before the game was even launched, my brother and I both wrote down our characters background stories. Odd actually, seeing as we both never even role played (RP) before. I thought about this one day and when I suddenly stumbled on the WoW webpage and found out there was a new RP-PVP server announced. It was the server that kept me in it’s grasp for over four years. The name of the server: Defias Brotherhood. Read more
Jean’s Top 20 Of All Time Part 15 To 11
May 5, 2010 by Jean Beurskens
Filed under Opinion & Columns
Previous in the top 20:
Interested to see what the next five games in my list are? Well, you can check them out right here. We start off at 15#!
15# Pokémon
These games absorb a lot, and I mean A LOT, of your time. I started my journey with Pokémon Blue, around the time that Pokémon was a huge hit in not only our country, but in the entire world.
I remember me and my little brother getting these games for Sinterklaas (Something like Christmas, you get presents and such). My father already bought these games early on, but he always lets us test the games to see if it works and if we like it. Heck, we liked it so much, we secretly started playing each time my parents weren’t home. By the time we really did get the presents, we already nearly finished the game! We even bought another Gameboy so we could play together.
After a year or so, Pokémon Stadium got released on the Nintendo 64. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen in videogames. The ability to see your own trained Pokémon in full 3D, that was so awesome. Read more
Girls suck at playing games!
February 1, 2010 by Maikel De Bakker
Filed under Opinion & Columns
Or do they? I don’t think so, although the biggest part of the gaming community does think girls and games don’t mix.
“Girl Gamers only play puzzle games or kiddy games with Barbie’s, ponies or other cute pets in it while eating candy and dressed up in pink dresses right?”
The Making of Halo 3: ODST Live-Action Short
October 1, 2009 by Maikel De Bakker
Filed under News & Lifestyle
Halo 3 ODST came with a great short The Life. But how did they create it? And who are the people behind it. The micro-documentary also reveals some surprising trivia about the shoot, including the fact that the opening funeral scene was shot inside the cooling tower of an operating nuclear power plant including a training area with real Hungarian special task force members. Oh, and the battle sequence? They filmed it at the bottom of a coal strip-mine. Man they have seen half of the world.
Patrick: different types
August 31, 2008 by Maikel De Bakker
Filed under Opinion & Columns
Gaming has evolved through the years. Which was one a little toy you plug into a TV, now becoming a sport. The average gamer’s age is around 30, while gamers are usually between the ages of 4 and 30. It is both a hobby to some, and extremely serious to others. There are many different types of Gamers, Casual, Hardcore, PC Gamers, and Fanboys.
Casual Gamers are gamers who are new to gaming and usually own 1 console. They usually play sport games like Madden, halo, and the 2K series, games like Wii Fit, Wii Sports, and Wii play, games like Mario and Kirby, and PC games that include Runescape, Webkinz, Neopets, Toontown, and Maplestory. The age group of Casual gamers is usually 4-15.
Hardcore gamers usually have more than 3 consoles and gaming is one of their main hobbies. They love almost any game for any system.
PC Gamers are Gamers who, well like the title says, play mainly or only PC games which include First-Person-Shooters like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Battlefield, Call of Duty, and other First-Person-Shooters like it, Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Games like World of Warcraft, Everquest, Kal Online, and many others.
Fanboys are gamers that only like one company, play any game for the system, and defend the company that they love. They are usually hated and hated upon by fanboys of other consoles or people who think they are plain annoying.
Many people think all gamers are anti-social and have no life, while in some cases is true, but is not correct. Many hardcore gamer I know have tons of friends and have gotten many girlfriends in the past. My friend has all the Pokemon games, has almost every console, and wears a gaming shirt to school everyday, while my other friend is not really a gamer, and is not really popular.
It has nothing to do that you are a hardcore gamer or have every game in existance, you just need to get real friends who will like you for who you are. So don’t go the extra mile to pretend you are someone you are not, just be yourself. So some people will not like you, who cares? You won’t care when you are around people who actually like what you do.
Author: Patrick Joseph Traynor
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