He’s Everywhere! 10 Videogame Characters that Remind Me of Chris
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 03/27/16 at 03:45 PM CT
When you are best friends with someone for a quarter of a century, you really get to know them. And, as is universally known, familiarity breeds contempt. As only children, MeltedJoystick’s Community Manager (and database slave), Chris and I are practically brothers, so some good-natured brotherly ribbing is not unexpected… especially when someone seems to go out of their way to be as bizarre as Chris. My familiarity with his idiosyncratic looks and habits has conditioned me to see Chris-ness and Chris-like behavior everywhere, from the Warhammer Fantasy universe’s Squigs to Universal Pictures’ Minions to “Southpark’s” Eric Cartman. I often see these resemblances in videogame characters as well. Inspired by my recent exposure to the number one character on the following list, and in honor of Chris’ birthday at the beginning of March, I’m mildly-annoyed to present a Belated Birthday Roast for MeltedJoystick’s favorite indistinct lump. I only used one rule in …
Upgradable “Consoles” are the Logical Next Step
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 03/20/16 at 03:42 PM CT
The world of gaming news and rumors has been blowing up this past week due to rumors coming from sources exclusive to the debased Gawker Network regarding the potential release of an updated PlayStation 4 revision that is not only different in form (like all of the PlayStation console revisions of prior generations) but different in functionality, supposedly with much higher capabilities than the PlayStation 4 that released in 2013. This theoretical PlayStation 4.5 rumor follows in the footsteps of other rumors circling the Xbox One and its own alleged Revision.
While these rumors encircling the 8th Gen consoles should be taken with a grain of salt, Nintendo, being the closest thing to an innovator in the current console market, has already successfully (more or less) tested the public’s willingness to re-buy the same console with a minor update, though in Nintendo’s case the word “console” should be replaced with “handheld.” Both the DS and 3DS have received mid-life …
Xbox on Windows 10: Microsoft Does Everything Wrong
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 03/13/16 at 02:59 PM CT
I have been extoling the virtues of the death of Xbox as a line of consoles and its rebirth as a dedicated gaming platform within the Windows operating system for years. With Windows 10, it seemed that Microsoft finally saw reason and decided to move toward merging Windows and Xbox into a single platform. Unfortunately, Microsoft is no longer a company that innovates, but is instead a company that mimics already-established technologies. And instead of mimicking Valve’s Steam or CD Projekt’s GOG, which are both loved by PC gamers, they decided to mimic Apple’s iTunes, which is hated by everyone with the least bit of technological savvy.
Microsoft’s job of uniting Windows and Xbox should have been painfully easy. Of course, Microsoft already tried (and failed) to create a unified PC gaming platform with the horrible always-online DRM known as Games for Windows LIVE, so they have a history of screwing-up the implementation of such things. Microsoft’s current debacle is the …
Review Round-Up: Winter 2015
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 03/05/16 at 04:48 PM CT
Welcome back to another installment of the MeltedJoystick Review Round-Up. Here’s what our staff has reviewed since last time:
Nelson’s Reviews:
This Winter, I played through new WiiU games as I received them, ensuring that the only backlog that gets bigger is the one Lord GabeN hath bestowed upon me. The MJ Crew also managed to co-op our way through “Fight the Dragon,” but since Chris has not yet successfully fought the dragon and since Nick is on strike from even clicking a star rating, let alone writing a review, I’m the only one who got it reviewed by the deadline.
“Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3” – 4.5/5
“Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4” – 4.5/5
“Yoshi’s Woolly World” – 4/5
“Legend of Grimrock 2” – 4/5
“Deadfall Adventures” – 2.5/5
“The Last Tinker: City of Colors” – 3.5/5
“Until Dawn” – 2/5
“Xenoblade Chronicles X” – 3.5/5
“Fight the Dragon” – …
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