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Yes, I actually own this game. All I can say is, watch the

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Yes, I actually own this game. All I can say is, watch the Angry Video Game Nerd review it. He's spot on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNvQYiM6bw

(Jon, if you read this, does standard HTML code work for making links? I don't want to try it and break the layout).

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 06:13am

I added a subset of HTML I forgot if links are part of that, I'll check.

Also, I have Bible Adventures AND Spiritual Warfare. Both so awesome!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/24/2012 at 10:25pm

Ah, I remember this game. I thought it was so cool that it was a blue cartridge!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 11:18pm

It's interesting when you find out that the blue carts, the gold ones, and the Tengen cartridges were all different because they were unauthorized.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/25/2012 at 02:51am

Im glad they went ahead and put out the games because they were really great additions to game history. I don't mean that in a sort of ironic way, I genuinely liked Spritual Warfare. Its a Zelda knock off but did a lot right and I played it quite a bit. Played Zelda more, but Spritual Warfare makes me laugh and think fondly of the good ol days. Plus playing it made me more confident in my heaven status, or at least at the time anyway. :)

Write about it one of these days. :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/25/2012 at 02:46pm

I luckily or unluckily never played any religious games until a couple years ago. I found this at a local game store a few weeks after seeing the AVGN review of it. So, I don't have the rose colored glasses. To be completely honest, my glasses are probably tinted the other way because I'm expecting something funny and bad.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/25/2012 at 03:06pm

For sure. My parents got it for me as an alternative to.... A non religious game. :)

Haven't played any religious games since. Wonder if people are still making them.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/25/2012 at 08:10pm

There were the Left Behind games a few years back.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/25/2012 at 10:34pm

If those were as awesome as the movies... (for the record, I did enjoy all the books, but the movies SUCKED)

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/26/2012 at 02:50am

Yeah the movies sucked. Can't imagine the video games being much better.... *shudder*

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/26/2012 at 04:34pm

From what I understand they were horrid.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/24/2014 at 02:05am

LOL My cousin, George, still owns the game. I remember playing it long ago.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/24/2014 at 02:21am

Shockingly enough, this game isn't as bad as the nerd makes it out to be. Yeah, the animals are slippery and some stuff doesn't make sense, but as a kid, I loved this game. Still kind of have fun playing it now.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2014 at 03:10am

I have fun playing it in the same way I enjoy watching Plan Nine From Outer Space. It isn't good, but it's fun in an "awww, you're trying" kind of way.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/24/2014 at 04:52am

That's how it is for me too, with a bit more "awww, I loved this as a kid" thrown in :D

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If you havent played this game, youre missing out. Im not

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If you haven't played this game, you're missing out. I'm not sure how well it holds up, though. Going back through my games to plug them all into the site made me really want to get a Windows 98 VM up and running to play a lot of these old games.

One thing you have to say about LucasArts, they have solid, polished games. The cinematic nature of this game was pretty much untouched at the time. Even with some glitchiness, the immersion was high, and the mechanics were great (again, for the time).

I downloaded the free version from iTunes because I saw it

I downloaded the free version from iTunes because I saw it in the top 10 free section on the App Store. I saw Disney as the creator and almost didn't buy it because, lately, I don't really identify with Disney games or movies.

First off the game feels like a Disney cartoon. They really bring a strong Animation effort to the table on this game in the direction of Swampy the Aligator main character. The gist of the game is that Swampy likes to take baths and you need to allow the water to fill his tub. Totally down with the premise and its actually fun to help him out!

Just beat the main "meet swampy" intro thingy and I was impressed that the puzzles were so varied. When... Read All

Recently I beat Borderlands. What an amazing game! What a

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Recently I beat Borderlands. What an amazing game! What a really anti-climactic ending. Haven't torn into the DLC on the PS3 yet, but I will soon.

Played through as the Siren. Focused on phasewalk damage and early on the game found a very over powered shotgun. I think I prefer playing the game with pistols or maybe I was just lucky and found a lot that dont have a lot of bullets but hit very very hard.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 04:49am

This is another of my top games this gen. I played through the whole thing, and still haven't managed to play co-op.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 04:59am

Co-op is great. I've played split screen with my friends and online with my cousin. It's basically harder with more people, which is awesome :)

The only thing is how to divide the loot.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:00am

I guess the only fair way to do it is with lots, like MMO's handle it.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:01am

Also, I chose the siren too. I actually haven't touched the other three. The fact that you haven't *really* completed the game fully until you've played it 8 times is impressive, but I can't imagine myself doing that.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 06:17am

So if you beat it 8 times is the ending different?

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:07pm

I doubt it. Though that would be awesome.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:08pm

What I mean is that each character can do a new game + so you haven't exhausted all the content until you've gone through twice with all 4.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 03:06pm

Ok that makes sense.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:40pm

Co-op is really where this game shines. I don't know if this happens in other missions, but in one of the early quests there was an extra mini-boss character that showed up once we added a 3rd person. Very hard to fight (especially how early the quest was, so our weapons sucked) but it was very fun to take him down. :)

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 06:24pm

Everyone I know who has this game has it on PS3, and I'm not a big fan of playing co-op with people I don't know. I got it for 360 thinking more people I know would get it there, but I was way wrong.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 07:40pm

I <3 mini bosses we need more games where you take down a mini boss and then they become who you fight a bunch.

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Today someone randomly found my town and gave me some coins.

Today someone randomly found my town and gave me some coins. Thank you stranger, I couldnt find your town to reciprocate though.

Bummer.

Cave Story Is Very Fun

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I got this game as part of The Humble Bundle 4. In fact, I got the bundle just for Cave Story and Gratuitous Space Battles. If you loved old NES or SNES side scrollers you need to check out Cave Story. Playing through it with a USB SNES style controller is the way to go.

I technically have Cave Story+ but turned the settings to only show me the old graphics, those seem better to my eye.

I haven't beat it yet, just put a few hours into it here and there. So far, really really fun.

This site is making me reminisce a lot. Who else remembers

This site is making me reminisce a lot. Who else remembers staying up til 4AM downloading .WAD files over crappy modem speeds just to play bizarre Doom mods? There were some clunkers, but there were some true masterpieces too. I played a Star Wars total conversion, complete with light sabers, that was incredible.

This was the second PC game I ever played, I think, and I still play it occasionally. Even the keyboard controls have held up, or at least my fingers still remember it. iD may have sunk a bit these days, but they're still one of the almighty developers in my eyes.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 01:06am

Doom was the first video game deathmatch experience I had over a modem. Before that all I played was BBS door games like LORD and Tradewars. The first match didn't last too long as someone called and kicked me off but it was fun for the few minutes it lasted.

If memory serves he destroyed me.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:19am

I didn't get into deathmatch until Quake 2. I could still play Quake 2 deathmatch for hours right now and be perfectly happy.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:53am

Awesome.

The first shooter deathmatch I was heavy into was Quake. I got my first hub and we played that game at Starcraft/Quake LAN parties.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 03:43am

Starcraft is about 50% of college for me. That's what I remember most.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 03:43am

That and Final Fantasy VII

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As an FPS game this is pretty good if a bit generic. The

As an FPS game this is pretty good if a bit generic. The missions are mostly fetch-and-retrieve quests or "kill this X times" and the story line is barely there. However, with the addition of some RPG elements (classes, leveling, and loot) this game gets seriously addicting and this is one of the best co-op games out there in my opinion. You can play off-line 2-player split-screen and up to 4 player co-op on-line and this game really shines. I primarily play this with my wife and we're both having a blast. We're both level 51 and we've completed the main story line and two of the expansions (House of Ned and Claptrap Revolution) and are working our way through the other... Read All

Wheres episode 3 already?

Where's episode 3 already?

One of the first games I heard being touted as proving games

One of the first games I heard being touted as proving games can be art, and with good reason. The platforming is solid, the time manipulation mechanics work exactly as expected, the puzzles are challenging but satisfying. But the true stars of this game are the story, which is very thin but compelling at the same time, with a hell of a twist-ending, and the artwork. The game looks like nothing else, and has inspired a new sub-genre of artistic platformers. This is easy to knock out in just a few hours, so it's great for a Sunday afternoon with nothing to do.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 01:00am

Have you tried Cave Story... I just checked your game list, you have played Cave Story. So +1 to looking before writing! lol

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:19am

I wouldn't say I have played it... I played a bit of the original one, but not the re-release with some financial backing. I still need to get to it. It was on one of the big Humble Indie Bundles.

Tungsten wrote on 03/06/2012 at 03:32am

What about limbo? That was another good artful platformer.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/06/2012 at 03:34am

I got the demo on the PS3. I liked it. I didn't get attached to it enough to nab it.

Tungsten wrote on 03/06/2012 at 03:37am

Its worth $5 on sale some time. Its fun, smart, and pretty

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/06/2012 at 03:38am

Cool, ill check it out.

Will_Owens wrote on 11/22/2012 at 02:30pm

I'm playing this one for my blog and hope to have a lot of meaty stuff to get into. Is there anything you would recommend knowing before I start the game? It seems pretty straightforward, but there are some mechanics that are a little opaque. I hope I will have a lot to write about for this game. (And it has a lower time investment requirement!)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 11/23/2012 at 04:03am

It really is quite straightforward. I can't think of anything I could recommend, as learning the mechanics is, to sound a bit cliche, an organic process.

Will_Owens wrote on 11/27/2012 at 04:03am

Do I have to wait for the end for a payoff? I have some material to write about... but I'm in World 6 and I haven't seen that mindblowing thing people are talking about besides the clever mechanics and permutations thereof.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 11/27/2012 at 06:58pm

I'm not sure what mindblowing thing people were talking about, but I can say that there is a pretty big payoff at the end.

Will_Owens wrote on 11/28/2012 at 09:52am

I think I'm on the last world now (1). It's pretty good mechanically but I thought there was more to the story rather than some elliptical creative writing... maybe I'm tipping my hand here.

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