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How to play Caravan in Fallout: New Vegas
Currently on my third playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas, I’ve logged somewhere around 120+ hours in the Mojave Wasteland, and, amazingly, I only won my first game of Caravan last night. Now, this wasn’t my first time trying to earn … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, entertainment, musings, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged Caravan, card game, Fallout: New Vegas, Tetra Master, Triple Triad, Xeno Card
Games Completed in 2011, #18 – Back to the Future: The Game – Episode 1, “It’s About Time”
Taking place six months after the conclusion of Back to the Future III, Back to the Future: The Game – Episode 1, “It’s About Time”–from here on out known as BttF EP1–does a wonderful job of keeping the story strong … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 completed games, entertainment, impressions, musings, review, science, videogames
Tagged Back to the Future, Doc, Episode One, It's About Time, mac, Marty McFly, point and click, Telltale Games
30 Days of Gaming, #20 – Favorite genre
If you thought the answer to this topic was gonna be racing or cooking sims, well…you’ve clearly not been paying much attention to Grinding Down. I’m all about the roleplaying games, but it did take me some years to really get … Continue reading
Posted in 30 days of gaming, entertainment, links, lists, love, meme, musings, RPGs, videogames
Tagged Deus Ex, Dragon Quest IX, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy VII, Mini Ninjas, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Suikoden V
30 Days of Gaming, #19 – Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in
Fable II was an okay game. It did not wow me, but it had a lot of pretty to it, and bumbling into a new location was always a joyous moment because it meant immersing myself in a place and … Continue reading
Posted in 30 days of gaming, entertainment, links, lists, meme, RPGs, video, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged Bowerstone, Fable II, Oakfield, Sandgoose
A delicious taste of L.A. Noire’s 1940s-esque soundtrack
I did not pay much attention to L.A. Noire simply because I dismissed it early on as a 1940s era Grand Theft Auto, which, as any loyal Grinding Down reader will know, is not my favorite game. I mean, you … Continue reading
Posted in do want, entertainment, impressions, music, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged Ella Fitzgerald, Grand Theft Auto IV, L.A. Noire, Louis Jordan, Rockstar, SoundCloud, Team Bondi
Got the itch to Quidditch
I’m a huge Harry Potter fan, and everything from the books to the movies to the LEGO-ized videogames to the tiny, but fantastic theme parks are laced with pure joy because once I interact with them, I’m beyond content. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, first impressions, impressions, musings, playstation 2, randomness, videogames
Tagged Calvinball, Harry Potter, LEGO Harry Potter, Quidditch, Quidditch World Cup, Ravenclaw, Snidget, sports
Onwards to another quest for magical treasure
Over the weekend, at my niece’s and nephew’s first birthday party, I was chatting with my friend Kevin, one half of Math the Band, and he tipped me off to a game he absolutely loved, and I was surprised to learn … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, nintendo wii, videogames
Tagged Monkey Island 2, pirates, point and click, The First Hour, Zack and Wiki
Adding to the Backlog – Ratchet: Deadlocked, Secret Agent Clank, King’s Field: The Ancient City, Myst III: Exile
Yup, four more games. How did it happen? Well, let me tell you, inquistive Grinding Down reader. GameStop is currently running their Power Saver Sale to make more room on their shelves for all things shiny and current. That means … Continue reading
Xtreme shopping sales on Xbox Live today
There’s some crazy deals happening on Xbox Live today for tons of games. Seriously, there’s a lot of content marked down, way too much for little ol’ me to type up, but Major Nelson has a good summary of it all. … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, purchase of the month, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged A Kingdom for Keflings, arcade, Costume Quest, Microsoft Points, minigolf, Monkey Island 2, X-Men, xbox live
Tiny text is the plan, the plan is death
The Xbox 360 version of Torchlight was my breaking point, and so I wrote a little editorial about tiny text in videogames, which is one of the worst new gaming trends currently invading this industry, and you can read my … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, fail, impressions, musings, rant, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged article, editorial, small font, The First Hour, tiny text
