Hands-On with Super Mario Odyssey
As we begin to gear up for the holiday season of video game releases, all eyes are on Nintendo and the upcoming release of Super Mario Odyssey.
Destiny 2: Open Beta Recap
From July 21st to 25th Bungie hosted an open beta for Destiny 2, allowing everyone to go hands on with one of 2017’s most anticipated games. While I had a good time playing through the brief campaign mission, the vanguard strike, and some of the multiplayer, when everything was said and done I was not totally blown away. I even found myself wondering if I was just playing another add-on for the original Destiny.
What Went Wrong: The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier had potential. I think most fans can at least (begrudgingly) admit that. But in many ways, the game was doomed from the start.
Operation Health: The Suicide of Rainbow Six Siege?
Last week in a quiet announcement developer, Ubisoft, pulled a bait and switch on players of Rainbow Six Siege. With gamers expecting the release of new operators and a new map, when a very different announcement appeared the community was not too pleased.
Save the Lasers: The Problem with Historic War Games
Written by Andrew Busch // Edited by Drew Beyer // Header Image courtesy of Activision In the last couple of years the first-person shooter market seems to have been oversaturated with hyper-futuristic games that emphasize high mobility and utterly ridiculous weaponry. The Call of Duty series has certainly taken this direction of future war to heart, pumping out title after […]
First Time Long Time: ActRaiser
First Time Long Time is about making the effort and experiencing some of these classics that might have slipped us by and seeing how they hold up so many years after their initial release. This week it’s time to talk about ActRaiser!
The Longest Dark Ever
Written by Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller // Edited by Drew Beyer // Header Image courtesy of Hinterland Games A few months ago, my boyfriend and I were sitting on our couch, browsing through various games available on his Xbox One. We were discussing our preferences, weighing our options, and generally coming up empty… until we stumbled across something intriguing. It was titled […]
Life on the Bottom: My Losing Record In Battlegrounds
Written by Andrew Busch // Edited by Drew Beyer // Header Image courtesy of Blue Hole The wind whistles past my character as I skydive toward a small cluster of houses in the middle of a giant grassy island. Right as I near the ground my character pulls the rip chord and my parachute deploys. My dive this round is […]
Catching Up: What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Here are all the games the Game FES staff is playing this weekend (4/8/17). What are you playing? What are your thoughts on these games?
An Open Letter to The Witness
Written by Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller // Uploaded and edited by Drew Beyer // Cover image courtesy of Playstation.com, doctored by Drew Beyer (Editor’s note: the following contains major spoilers for The Witness along with strong language. You’ve been warned.) Dear The Witness, Oh, how I loved thee. I loved you so much, I played until my eyes couldn’t stay open anymore and then […]
The New Roommate: Nintendo Switch First Impressions
The Nintendo Switch was finally released on March 3rd. Supply hasn’t been a disaster like the NES Classic Mini Whatever, but it is a new console so it’s still going to take some time to get the system into the hands of everybody who wants one. Because I’m someone who managed/decided to get a Switch on launch day, I will lay out my experiences so far. Behold!
We’re Not in Hyrule Anymore: Extended Thoughts on Majora’s Mask
Written and Uploaded by Drew Beyer // Edited by Andrew Busch // Header image courtesy of Nintendo Everything (This is an extension of my section from the “meet the team” feature.) Nothing excites me more about the prospect of impending doom than seeing “dawn of the first day. 72 hours remain.” pop up on a television screen. I hope you know […]
Super Mario Day: Anything You Can Do, My Mom Can Do Better
Peach might be the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, but I’m convinced my mom is the queen.
Eldritch Ennui: Storytelling in Night in the Woods
Written by Drew Beyer // Uploaded and Edited by Andrew Busch Night in the Woods resonates with me in ways I’m not entirely sure I’m comfortable yelling into the void that is the internet. Through the story of a feline ne’er-do-well and her loser friends, the trio at Infinite Fall synthesizes humor and horror into something that I find more […]
My Mom is Better than You at Banjo-Kazooie (Yooka-Laylee Demo)
Written by Drew Beyer // Edited and Uploaded by Andrew Busch My mom is better than me at Banjo-Kazooie. She’s probably better than you at it, too, considering her most recent play through clocks in at seven hours and nineteen minutes, which ranks her in the top two hundred in the world according to speedrun.com. When she texted me to […]
Staying Inside: How Playdead Tells a Great Story without Telling a Story
Written by the wonderful Drew Beyer // Uploaded and Edited by Andrew Busch (Note: the following contains minor spoilers for Playdead’s Inside- I tried to not spoil anything, but it’s hard to talk about a story without giving things away) It’s so late at night some might say it’s early in the morning. My friends Andrew, Ian and I run […]
