#MadMonday:Pokemon GO, and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

I’m tired of people. I’m tired of people feeling the overwhelming need to rain on others’ parades. I’m tired of people trying to devalue the harmless, carefree hobbies of others, whether it be to make themselves feel big and smart and busy, or just to make everyone else feel small and immature. I’m so very…

#MadMonday: Shut up. You’re Spoiled.

Dark Souls III dropped this week. Also dropping with it? My tolerance level for the whiny gamers who want the game to be “easier”. Think-pieces abound: the game is too hard, it should be more fun, people asking FromSoftware to make the game more playable, i.e., they’re complaining because they keep dying a lot. This…

#MadMonday: Let me make what EYE want!

Look. I’m not very good at games with shooting mechanics. I’m slow, I miss my target a lot, and I can’t free aim worth shit. I’ve gotten considerably better from playing The Order and Fallout 4. The fact remains, though, that I’m sorely lacking in the skill-sets required to be good at games that may…

#MadMonday: Sorting Through The Division

So it’s Monday again, which means someone is mad. And this week it’s me. So let’s start with this. The Division is a very fun game that feels like it was made for me. It’s a very great marriage between shooter and RPG, and I feel it has just enough of both to attract fans…

MadMonday: Get over Ultra SF4.

Don’t forget, you can submit your own short rant to OurcadeGames(at)gmail(dot)com. We’ll feature it here! Early last week, there was a raging debate on twitter during the wee hours of the morning. The subject: would SFV would be terrible? There was some “Daigo wouldn’t play it” going on. A little “it will be broken and…

MadMonday: WHERE IS ONIMUSHA?

[inserts coin] Hey everybody. Thanks for stopping by. We’ve got a new feature for you guys: MadMonday. What is it? Well, I’m glad you asked. MadMonday is a new offering, giving our readers the chance to be contributors along with us. MM is exactly what the headline implies: a place to get our random gamer…