We’ve been Far Cry players since the initial 2004 release when that wonderful graphics-card-stressing first title introducing the CryTek engine. It had us stalking bad guys through a beautiful jungle island, and now the Far Cry franchise brings it home to Hope County, Montana in Far Cry 5. We can’t wait to do more shooting,… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Live: Far Cry 5 Launch Day | Welcome to Hope County, Montana!
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More Tech Than Time: Episode #1 – Patenting Microtransactions?!
Welcome aboard, GWW fans! Agasicles and Joe kick off an exciting new chapter in the life of GWW Radio and get together to talk tech! Tonight , the crew discusses law suits and patents! Andy Rubin getting sued, Activision patenting microtransactions, and a whole. Lot. MORE!!! Intro and Outro music, Nightwalk by AirTone, used via… Continue reading More Tech Than Time: Episode #1 – Patenting Microtransactions?!
Is Open World “Snow” the Future of Extreme Sports Games?
When I was a kid, extreme sport culture was Jackass culture. It was jumping off hotel balconies into a pool culture. It was lighting things on fire and hitting your friends in the head culture. And, out of this culture, came video games. Lots and lots of video games. There were skateboarding games, of course,… Continue reading Is Open World “Snow” the Future of Extreme Sports Games?
More than a Zelda clone? | “Cornerstone: Song of Tyrim” Preview
Full disclosure: A preview copy was sent to GWW Cornerstone: Song of Tyrim is an open world RPG in the vein of Zelda. The imitation is hard to shake with its cell shaded graphics, child hero, and general format of the game. I can’t fault the developers Overflow for making a PC Zelda clone as… Continue reading More than a Zelda clone? | “Cornerstone: Song of Tyrim” Preview
Xenoblade Chronicles X Spoilercast!
Andrew Barton and I talk all about Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U in this two-part spoilercast. In part 1 (which is spoiler-free in regards to the story), we talk about everything but the story, including what we loved and didn’t love about the game itself, and comparisons between X and the original Xenoblade Chronicles… Continue reading Xenoblade Chronicles X Spoilercast!
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Gets 2 Massive Expansions
This week CD Projekt Red, the creators of the story-driven, next-generation open world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, announced two expansion packs that will be coming to said title. The expansions will be called Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, and both will be paid content. “With the development of Wild Hunt… Continue reading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Gets 2 Massive Expansions