Also, feel free to visit my website over at Perpetual Diversion, where you'll find information about ongoing game projects.
2014-01-14
The Caffeine Gamer on YouTube!
Hey everyone! Sorry about the extreme lack of updates, but I bring good news for anyone who's still interested! Anyone?
The Caffeine Gamer is now on YouTube instead, featuring two videos so far. If you want to see reviews, gameplay, impressions and whatnot, head on over there instead. I try to post videos whenever I have something to talk about, so it's mostly the same kind of informative, laid back style that was in this blog too.
Also, feel free to visit my website over at Perpetual Diversion, where you'll find information about ongoing game projects.
Also, feel free to visit my website over at Perpetual Diversion, where you'll find information about ongoing game projects.
2011-06-16
What's Up? - June Edition
Hey folks! Long time no see, eh? Well, I sure wish that you know that I'm posting regularly on my website, http://www.perdiv.com! And on my twitter, http://twitter.com/caffeinegamer!
Be sure to check those out if you want more regular updates.
So, since I'm here, I'm here to talk about video games, right? I sure am. I'm here to tell you What's Up this month.
Unless you just arrived here in modern time from a hundred years in the past or so, you've probably heard of L.A. Noire. The crime investigation adventure game from Team Bondi and Rockstar that boasts the largest credits list for cast of characters in a video game yet. One of its selling points is that the team used a new facial scanning technique for capturing the actors' faces down to the smallest detail, and it looks amazing.
But it's so much more than just a facial scanning technology showcase. It's a game that's been in development for many years and the attention to detail is stunning. The writing is, for most part, excellent, and there are lots of interesting cases and characters.
I finished the game just yesterday, so I'll have a review for it up and running hopefully within a month after this post, so keep a lookout for that!
Of course, since Portal 2 was released just recently, I should get a review up for that too. I have so many things to say about that game, so much praise and love for it, but I'll keep that for another time. Gotta pack up my laptop now, work day's over!
Remember to check out my website and Twitter for more frequent updates, and keep your eyes peeled for reviews on hopefully both Portal 2 and L.A. Noire.
Until then!
Marcus out.
Be sure to check those out if you want more regular updates.
So, since I'm here, I'm here to talk about video games, right? I sure am. I'm here to tell you What's Up this month.
Unless you just arrived here in modern time from a hundred years in the past or so, you've probably heard of L.A. Noire. The crime investigation adventure game from Team Bondi and Rockstar that boasts the largest credits list for cast of characters in a video game yet. One of its selling points is that the team used a new facial scanning technique for capturing the actors' faces down to the smallest detail, and it looks amazing.
But it's so much more than just a facial scanning technology showcase. It's a game that's been in development for many years and the attention to detail is stunning. The writing is, for most part, excellent, and there are lots of interesting cases and characters.
I finished the game just yesterday, so I'll have a review for it up and running hopefully within a month after this post, so keep a lookout for that!
Of course, since Portal 2 was released just recently, I should get a review up for that too. I have so many things to say about that game, so much praise and love for it, but I'll keep that for another time. Gotta pack up my laptop now, work day's over!
Remember to check out my website and Twitter for more frequent updates, and keep your eyes peeled for reviews on hopefully both Portal 2 and L.A. Noire.
Until then!
Marcus out.
2011-03-06
What's Up? - March Edition
Absence makes the heart go younder! Or, you know, whatever.
It's time for yet another edition of What's Up!
So, what is up this month? Some catching up, in the form of playing through the awesomely brutal Darksiders. Like many have said before, the game shares a lot of gameplay elements with the Zelda games, but it presents them in a more gritty, gory fashion. At first, it seems that all those similarities that people talk about were in fact very vague, but as you make your way to your first real mission, it becomes a lot more apparent.
These shared elements do not, however, make Darksiders feel like a Zelda clone, at all. It's a bloody, fast-paced, hack-n-slash-fest unlike anything I've played before, and I love it!
Other than that, I'm also playing Dead Space 2. Not a lot to say about it, other than that it's a sequel in the simple sense; more of the same and some extra stuff on top and a whole lot more variety in environments. It's a traditional sequel-treatment in the good sense that it's more of the brutal necromorph slaughtering. It's great!
I recently also played the first two episodes from the Back to the Future season, made by none other than the modern point-and-click adventure gurus at Telltale. As I'm struggling to express myself about them, I'll just begin by saying that I'm a huge fucking fan of BTTF. I love the movies and have watched them more times than I can count. As for the games, so far Telltale has given the franchise a more than righteous game treatment, managing to capture that adventurous and even the nostalgic feel you get from the movies. Kudos for that, Telltale! You've given us the BTTF-games that we've waited for so long.
That's all for this time. Keep on gaming!
Marcus out.
It's time for yet another edition of What's Up!
So, what is up this month? Some catching up, in the form of playing through the awesomely brutal Darksiders. Like many have said before, the game shares a lot of gameplay elements with the Zelda games, but it presents them in a more gritty, gory fashion. At first, it seems that all those similarities that people talk about were in fact very vague, but as you make your way to your first real mission, it becomes a lot more apparent.
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| Just a little teaser for what to expect out of Darksiders. Note that the icon hovering above the bad dude means it's time to fucking butcher him. |
Other than that, I'm also playing Dead Space 2. Not a lot to say about it, other than that it's a sequel in the simple sense; more of the same and some extra stuff on top and a whole lot more variety in environments. It's a traditional sequel-treatment in the good sense that it's more of the brutal necromorph slaughtering. It's great!
I recently also played the first two episodes from the Back to the Future season, made by none other than the modern point-and-click adventure gurus at Telltale. As I'm struggling to express myself about them, I'll just begin by saying that I'm a huge fucking fan of BTTF. I love the movies and have watched them more times than I can count. As for the games, so far Telltale has given the franchise a more than righteous game treatment, managing to capture that adventurous and even the nostalgic feel you get from the movies. Kudos for that, Telltale! You've given us the BTTF-games that we've waited for so long.
That's all for this time. Keep on gaming!
Marcus out.
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