#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…

The Various Types of Gamers

Note: For the record, some of these terms already exist. This is just my description of these terms. Ah, video games! Full of fun, controversy, and broken friendships (COUGH blue turtle shell COUGH), they made a huge impact on a lot of people throughout the years. An impact so big, they actually created different personalities…

A Weekend With Titanfall. Beta Impressions.

Valentine’s Day weekend was surprisingly good for the forever alone crowd. Usually you’d be stuck at home drunk tweeting and watching 500 Days of Summer. This year you had a choice between the NBA All Star festivities, season 2 of House of Cards, and most of all, the Titanfall beta. Titanfall is one of the…

XBox Off? Investors See XBox Division As Non-Essential?

So yesterday I was prepping for the podcast and a friend called me with some gaming news. He directed me to an article that claimed investors wanted Microsoft to axe the XBox division. It sounded unbelievable, so I went to view the article myself. After looking around, I found the source article. Now I’ll admit…

Does Respawn Need A…..Respawn?

Cool title right? No? Awww. I’ll do better. Ok. So this post is the direct result of Respawn’s recent comments. Apparently, they feel that it is tough to market their triple A title Titanfall due to the lack of a traditional single player mode. My initial thoughts mirrored the majority. The single player experience hasn’t…

Buying Guide (December 2013)

What’s going on Ourcadians? No? Too cheesy? Ok. I’ll start over. Sup! I’m back with December’s buying guide. Its usually a VERYYYYY light month for game releases, and this year is no different. With that said, I still have a responsibility. I’m here for the people. So let’s get you informed. I usually only list…

Xbox One Day 1 Hardware Breakdown

ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE! Introducing the last of the next gen launches, Microsoft’s Xbox One (Referred to as XB1 for the rest of the article). There are some similarities between the PS4 and the XB1, so where those are concerned I’ll keep explanations brief. This console hasn’t arrived without its fair share of…

Buying Guide (November 2013)

Hey there gamers!  Big month ahead for us. This buying guide will deal strictly with the current gen (of which we consider Wii U a member because its our blog and we can. So there.) We will detail the launch of the XBox One and PS4  down the road. So for those who aren’t purchasing…