Author Archives: Patrick

Battlefield 5: Augmented Reality, the future of gaming?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Patrick

With all the craze around Google Glasses, people were bound to take it further and create some awesome, brilliant videos based on what Google is working on, and I think this has got to be my favorite video. This is … Continue reading →

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Joel McHale (think Community) Goes Viral for Nintendo

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Patrick

Nintendo has teamed up with Joel McHale to bring a “viral” Nintendo 3DS ad to life. It worked out pretty well, there’s some good humor and a lot of randomness to it all, which fits well with Joel McHales show Community.

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8-Bit Google Maps

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Patrick

Google introduces Google Quest an 8-Bit version of Google Maps in this hilarious video. The Google Quest logo and music is quite reminiscent to Enix’s very popular RPG series, Dragon Quest.

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Assassins Creed 3 & the American Revolution

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Patrick

Various video game news outlets such as Joystiq, Game Informer and the internet forum NeoGaf have published a leaked image of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 game and to everyone’s surprise, it doesn’t seem to include Ezio or any one … Continue reading →

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Mass Effect 3 Live Action Trailer

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Patrick

I love live-action trailers, especially when they’re done right, like the ones created for the Halo franchise and even more recently, the Deus Ex live-action trailer. Now Mass Effect 3 has one. Say what you will about the franchise, it … Continue reading →

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Operation Rainfall & Xenoblade Chronicles

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Patrick

A few months ago I posted about an online campaign called Operation Rainfall in which gamers came together to pressure Nintendo to release three highly-anticipated games (Xenoblade Chronicles, the Last Story & Pandora’s Tower) in North America. The campaign has … Continue reading →

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Dead Space & what scares me

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Patrick

I love video games of all genres. I’ll play anything at least once. It doesn’t always need to be artsy or deep as long as it’s fun and entertaining. I don’t discriminate – I’ll play games made for mature audiences … Continue reading →

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Andy Richter Voice-Overs in Skyrim

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Patrick

Andy Richter is pretty well known as being the partner in crime on Conan O’Briens late night talk show, but little did we know he had a role working on Bethesda’s epic game, Skyrim.

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Pwn Stars in the Video Game Universe

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Patrick

So what would Pawn Stars be like if it existed in the video game universe? Something like this:

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Quick Thoughts: the iPhone Edition

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Patrick

I used to dislike playing games on my iPhone because the idea of only using the touch-screen to control the game and nothing else did not appeal to me. It felt clumsy and inaccurate. But I feel that more recently … Continue reading →

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