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PURE Trophy Guide

22 02 2010

What’s this? A trophy guide? Yes, it’s been quite a while since my last trophy guide and you are correct this is a trophy guide in 2010 for a game that came out two years ago. However I didn’t just pick up this game for the trophies I recently reviewed PURE and if my recommendation wasn’t glowing enough in the review then this guide should be. It usually takes a lot for me to continually play a game until completion or even to achieve a platinum trophy but I found the game to be fun and the trophies not to be too difficult. So without further a do this is how I attained that elusive platinum for Pure. Feel free to leave any comments or suggestions in the comment section below. Now get out there and start hunting…

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Tags: PS3, PURE, Trophies, Trophy Guide
Categories : Trophy Guides

Game of The Year: 2009

16 02 2010

Well it’s that time of the year again, technically it’s past that time for most major blogs but that’s why this isn’t a ‘major’ blog. The main reason for the delay was I hadn’t played all of the blockbuster titles of 2009 and was going to attempt to play a few more but I figured that wouldn’t be fair to the other games I wasn’t able to play but more technically I didn’t play that game in 2009. I say that because I am certain not everyone will agree with my picks for Game of The Year and it’s not because I disliked a certain game it could very well be I have yet to play it.

I enjoy these types of reflection posts since for the most part we as gamers spend so much time and energy focusing on what’s new or upcoming that we sometimes neglect what we left in the past. This came apparent to me while looking at the games that released in 2009 and realizing just how many great games were released this past year. Its always difficult to differentiate my top games of the year or even of all time and how to pick these titles but for Game of The Year I factored in a few things like the amount of time I spent playing, overall presentation, my likeness for that title and impact on future titles just to name a few. I understand all of that can be subjective but for now that is what I choose to do since at the end of the day it is MY list. Anyways without further a do here are my games of the year 2009…

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Tags: 2009, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Codemasters, DiRT 2, Game Of The Year, GOTY, inFAMOUS, Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 2, Naughty Dog, RockSteady, Sucker Punch Productions, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Categories : Game Of The Year

Fallout: New Vegas Teaser Trailer

10 02 2010

Whats this, news? Granted this isn’t your dedicated site for hot off the presses news information, I rarely will do that just because there are other sites that do it better. But instead what I do is present relevant news that I have an opinion on. Anyways I am getting off-topic.

If you have followed me for any amount of time you will notice that I absolutely loved Fallout 3 – I notice my affection actually growing as I play other games and realize how wrapped up in that game I actually was. One of the earliest posts I wrote were my impressions of Fallout 3 as it sucked up my life. I even wrote another article last May in my anticipation for Fallout not quitting there I wrote my first trophy guide on, you guessed it Fallout 3.

Well what I am trying to get across is that I enjoyed Fallout 3 so when I saw the recent teaser trailer that was released I was itching for any kind of information. Now the trailer didn’t reveal much as it was a cinematic trailer but it showed enough that I am still extremely eager. I will stop my ramblings so you can see the trailer for yourself.