Cary is Looking Forward in 2016!
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Posted on January 15th, 2016 by
Well we’re into 2016 now, and with the 2015 Game of the Year stuff out of the way, it’s time to look forward to games that will be coming out this year! So here’s a list of games that I’m personally looking forward to. Now this isn’t a full list, since some stuff hasn’t even been announced yet since it’s so early. And my list does tend to lean toward the Nintendo side, because I don’t have a PS4 or Xbox One yet. But one of the things I’ll be looking forward to is finding out if those systems will have more games that interest me this year. It could very well happen, you never know! Well, at any rate, here are some games I’m looking forward to in 2016!
Cary’s Best Games of the Year 2015 Awards Show!
Posted on January 8th, 2016 by
Can you believe that 2015 is already over? What I like to do around this time is write about the best games of the past year. Keep in mind that no outside opinions went into the making of this list. It’s just my own picks. And if a game is missing from my list, it either didn’t appeal to me as much, or I just simply haven’t played it yet. Can’t play all the games out there, you know! Plus I do apologize if this list leans toward the Nintendo side. I don’t have an Xbox One or PS4 yet, so you’ll just have to deal with it. So with that out of the way, welcome to my Best Games of 2015 Awards Show!
Animal Crossing 2016 Calendar
Posted on January 1st, 2016 by
Happy New Year! Usually every year for Christmas, I get a new calendar for the coming year. For the past few years, it’s been a video game related calendar and I’ve usually written about it here. Well this year it’s the same way as I got an Animal Crossing calendar! So I thought I’d share some pictures of it along with a few other things I got for Christmas.
Unplugged: Holiday Guide 2015
Posted on December 15th, 2015 by
Give the gift of face to face time with a boardgame. It’s time once again for me to preach to the masses on the greatness of boardgaming. Nothing beats the social aspect of in-person gaming with friends. Last year’s run-down remains a great list of recommended games. Here again are some great examples of boardgames to get you and your family gaming. You might not find all these titles at your local mega-mart but many can be found online or in a friendly local game store. Some may argue $50+ boardgames are expensive, but compare that to videogaming (and where multiple copies are required for multiplayer play) and the economics of boardgaming shows their true value. Good boardgames are timeless, just as good today as they will be years in the future. They will provide many more hours of entertainment than most video games. In that vein, feel free to delve into some past year’s guides for 2013, 2012, 2010, and 2009.
The Three Amiibos
Posted on December 11th, 2015 by
I’ve been lucky lately and have been able to get pretty much all the Amiibo figures that have been released recently, so let’s take a look and see what I got this time!
Fallout 4 Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide (Book)
Posted on December 2nd, 2015 by
Fallout is a super popular post-apocalyptic action RPG shooter series, and the newest game, Fallout 4, was recently released. It’ll probably end up being one of the big Christmas titles this season, so you’ll want to be prepared with the Fallout 4 Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide. It’s a robust, super-thick paperback strategy guide, and we’ll take a look at a few sample pages in this review.
Neato Nintendo News
Posted on November 29th, 2015 by
There are a couple of Nintendo related news bits that I thought you all might be interested in, so I wanted to post them right away. One is that Pokémon toys are in McDonald’s Happy Meals through December (and you can get a rare Pokémon on your 3DS via their Wi-Fi stations, and the other is about a Nintendo Holiday Mall Tour! Click to read more!
Unplugged: The Little Prince: Rising to the Stars (Boardgame)
Posted on November 19th, 2015 by
Designers: Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
Publisher: Ludonaute
Players: 2-6
Ages: 6+
Time: 15-30 minutes
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), protagonist of the third most translated book in the world, is back in the form of another boardgame. This time, it’s a young aviator who is leaving her grandfather’s house to fly to meet the little prince on his home planet. Players use cards to move their personal aviator across the map while collecting stars. The twist is in the turn order. The last place plane always takes the next move. The Little Prince is a quick little game that makes a good filler (a quick short game), but despite its art and straightforward rules it does have some aggressive play that may not fit well with younger players.
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Amiibo…Amii-whoa!
Posted on November 13th, 2015 by
Here’s another blog where I show off my Amiibo figure collection additions. This time we have the Classic 3-Pack, a couple of Amiibo figures included in recent games, and some exclusives I thought I wouldn’t be able to get! So let’s check them out!
Unplugged: The Star Wars RPG – Force and Destiny
Posted on November 7th, 2015 by
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to appear a month from now. Aside from repeatedly watching the film’s trailers, how will a Star Wars fan manage to occupy their time? Enter the Star Wars Role Playing Game from Fantasy Flight Games. A story-oriented game, it features streamlined rules so that player actions aren’t bogged down with complicated rules. Many aspects of combat, such as range, are abstracted and most actions are quickly resolved with a simple roll of custom dice. The core rules have been released in three different settings, with the newest one, Force and Destiny, focusing on force sensitive characters under the Empire’s rule (Episodes IV through VI.)
