Happy Lunar New Year! We celebrate this joyous occasion by firing up Overwatch and working towards unlocking the latest Lunar New Year skin!
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STUNNING! Guilty Gear -Strive- Beta Matches featuring Giovanna, Sol, and Ramlethal
The Guilty Gear -Strive- beta has been an absolute disaster. But during the few precious moments it’s worked, I’ve been having a great time! Here’s my first ever matches with Giovanna against online competition!
The Guilty Gear -Strive- Beta Is a Mess, But One Aspect of the Experience Deserves Rave Reviews
During the last Guilty Gear -Strive- beta, I flagged a number of major complaints with the game’s online experience.
- The beta was wildly unstable. Outages happened for hours at a time, leaving many anxious fans out in the cold.
- The Habbo Hotel inspired lobby system was an absolutely horrible way of connecting with other players.
- Combat was driven by inferior delay-based netcode. Fights suffered from inputs getting delayed, which compromised the integrity of battle.
This time around, things are…different.
- The beta is again, wildly unstable. Arc System Works extended the beta to compensate for lost time.
- Despite overwhelming negative feedback from the community regarding the Hobbo Hotel style lobby system, Arc System Works kept it in the game. At least you can matchmake through training mode in the beta.
- Delay-based netcode was replaced with rollback netcode. And…
My Eternal Rival! – Street Fighter V Live Stream
Matchmaking keeps pairing me up with a specific Ken player and I struggle mightily to defeat him across multiple sets. Do I manage to finally take this demon down? We also run a little Street Fighter 101 and teach the value of normal moves!
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Sayonara Wild Hearts Review
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a stylish rhythm action game in the same vein as Rez and Child of Eden. With so few games of this ilk in existence, it’s good to see others exploring what’s possible within this space. But is this latest take on the genre a bop or a flop? Continue reading
Rogue Company But With Twitch Subs On The Line!
Time for our community to get paid! I plan on giving away a Twitch sub at the end of the stream, but will give away a total of three if Switch to Decaf, PlayerTwoStart, MacGyverisms, and I win more matches than we lose. Are we able to secure the bag for our community?
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Good Reads! – Street Fighter V Live Stream
Continuing to work myself back into game shape, I take on the world in a series of tough Street Fighter V matches! Everyone puts up a strong fight, but you can’t stop the good reads!
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Favourite Songs from Sayonara Wild Hearts Soundtrack
Sayonara Wild Hearts is self-described as a “pop album video game“. As you race down windy streets in your motorcycle and fly through an assortment of ethereal spaces, all of the action is driven by an awesome electro pop soundtrack.
When I go back and listen to the soundtrack, I generally just let it run from beginning-to-end and vibe to the album as a whole. Even so, I can’t help but groove to these standout tracks and levels from the game.
NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE! – Street Fighter V Road to Redemption!
My Street Fighter V road to redemption hits a major stumbling block when I run into two characters I’ve never fought against. How do I respond squaring off against characters and strategies I’ve never seen before?
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A Love-Centric List of Video Games to Play in Celebration of Valentine’s Day
Video games have a lot of growing up to do when it comes to the subject of love. Decades of catering to the taste of young boys has left the content a bit…emotionally-stunted. As such, those looking for a love-related content fix will heavily gravitate towards other mediums such as film, music, and literature instead.
To gaming’s credit, steps are being taken in the right direction. Gaming is starting to take on the subject in more thoughtful ways and I’m here for it! As we head towards Valentine’s Day, maybe a few of these games can get you in the spirit of the season, whether you’re madly in love or wrestling with heartbreak.
In Third Person 