Skyrim, I Will Remember You On April 15th, Bethesda Game Studios announced they would be moving on to their next big game. Amid tears and heartfelt farewells, I won't give up on Skyrim. I will remember you... with alittlesharp [video id="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dxvSGSCsU" type="youtube"] ...

Fire Emblem Awakening REVIEW It has been a long, winding road for the Fire Emblem series. Renowned for its difficulty, FE is a strategy-RPG that started way back in 1990. Over the years, FE has been released on several consoles and received various levels of acclaim. Most of the old versions are available on virtual consoles, but now is the perfect time for anyone and everyone to start playing this marvelou ...

Dark Souls 2 Announced Namco Bandai released a trailer for the next Dark Souls game, Dark Souls 2, during Spike TV's Video Game Awards. Finding that trailer is proving as hard as getting through Dark Souls itself. Lawyers are all hot and bothered about keeping that trailer in one place. Nevertheless, the video is being posted all over the place and the boards are lighting up with speculation. A little diggi ...

Drakensang, Battlestar Galactica, Runes of Magic, DC Universe Online, and Dungeons and Dragons Online, top our list of the best Free MMORPG's. Here's why. By Enemy Crab Let's Begin! MMORPGs are fun or frustrating depending on your standpoint. Some people adore the grind of slaying a dozen “Juvenile Brown Bears”, collecting 25 “Sharpened Warg Teeth” or the slightly-less-routine “Escort Merchant Samson to the ...

Dark Souls DLC: Boss Fights Walk-through By Veritas The Dark Souls DLC is finally out for consoles as well as the patch that nerfs and buffs a lot of favorites. This guide assumes you have some working knowledge of the game. We also assume you are prepared to die. Getting Started With Dark Souls DLC The Dark Souls DLC areas are not immediately available for new characters. You must have cleared up to Anor L ...

Changes In Dark Souls Artorias of the Abyss Artorias of the Abyss Changes & Nerfs by Veritas *Warning: Dark Souls DLC Artorias of the Abyss minor SPOILERS ahead. Also, for the sake of brevity, this article assumes readers have some knowledge of the Dark Souls'  weapons and combat system. Finally, the Dark Souls DLC Artorias of the Abyss is out for consoles along with a patch. For two months, hardcore fa ...

  Dead Island Riptide   Developer Techland's hit Dead Island is getting a follow up, Dead island Riptide. Despite technically being a role playing game, it gained fans as one of the best shooter games for Xbox, PS3 and PC this past year, although it did have some issues. Luckily, Techland patched up the problems and learned from their troubles, promising Riptide to be a much smoother experience, a ...

Remember Me: Memory as a Weapon Memory is an integral part of the human psyche. From it, guidance may be derived for the path to follow based on previous experiences. Solace can be gleamed from evoking a happy event. Memory dictates to whom we are loyal and for whom we hold an enmity  It is the unassailable keep which makes up individuality. It is sacred, inviolate and deeply personal. At least until visiti ...

  It never fails.  A fun RPG is created and within two weeks, the game universe is filled with farm accounts, bots, cheat macros, and hacks.  The normal player wanting to play the game as designed has no chance of achieving a high ranking unless he chooses to join the ranks of the lowlife cheaters.  Eventually, he loses interest in the game and quits.  Eventually, the game becomes so clogged with cheat ...

  The second game in FromSoftware's Soul series wants to introduce you death, to have you embrace it. The back of the case reads "Prepare To Die" and you will die a lot. Extraordinary deaths that will bring rage and yelling, which may even feel cheap but will improve your play. Dark Souls makes no apologies for its difficult onslaught, there is no pause button and you can be attacked while in item menu ...

  Naughty Dog's newest entry is sure to keep players clutching their controllers. In this PS3 exclusive, protagonists Joel and Ellie try to survive a post apocalyptic world where people are almost extinct. The beautifully rendered architecture is being reclaimed by nature through crawling vines, protruding roots and stagnant water filling the streets. Clearly, the catastrophe that wiped the city out di ...

  As a child of the 70s, I have encountered role-playing games of all sorts, beginning with Dungeons and Dragons to the various spin-offs (oh, how I miss Marvel Super Heroes).  With the advent of home computers, some of the first games created for the PC were RPGs.  They were text based for a while, but that was not too unlike D&D, though missing the fun social component.  As technology increased, ...

  My husband bought Skyrim the day it came out. I saw him playing it, and had no idea what was so enchanting (pun intended) about the game. Oh, wow. You can take women’s clothes off and ravage people’s homes? Wow…innovative-- I thought sarcastically…at first. And then I picked it up and started playing it. Needless to say, the amount of sandwiches my husband has since received since I started playing t ...

  As the saying goes, truth can be stranger than fiction. It’s no wonder that history has endlessly fascinated us as a species; there are some incredible stories that have unfolded over the years!  We shouldn’t be surprised then, to encounter some of these giants of the past striding through that most modern of genres: video games. Let’s take a look at the top historical figures that continue to have a ...

  Mass Effect 3 Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in Commander Shepard's story and fight for survival against the Reapers. The animation is really beautiful and on a large scale. The Reapers are often bigger than a city's skyscraper. As they approach they create scary loud sounds enough to make your speakers rattle. The Reapers have one intention, to destroy Earth. You play as Commander Shepard who  i ...