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10 Reasons Growing Up on PC Games Made Me a Responsible Adult
AzaleaValkyrie - 01/11/2016 - 08:34 - 1 comment
There's a lesson in everything we do, even when you're playing as a fat, Italian plumber who does no actual plumbing. A common refrain among parents is that video games will ruin your life. However, I recently realized that there are a lot of ways that playing video games actually helped me to become a responsible adult. Adulthood is definitely scary when it’s looming over your head, but if you take a closer look at the things you love, you can pick up a lot of valuable lessons from them. ...
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Shadow of Mordor Gameplay: 10 Things You'll Love
AzaleaValkyrie - 01/11/2016 - 08:25 - 0 comments
Do you have what it takes to simply walk into Mordor? It can often be disappointing to step into the worlds of your favorite movies and books through video games. As a long-time fan of the Lord of the Rings series, I was cautiously optimistic when I heard about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Of course, I pre-ordered it anyway. After all, I loved The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age and love LotR, on the whole, to the point of being really annoying about it. Are you the kind of person w ...
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5 Ways Felicia Day Has Made Gaming More Accessible to Women
AzaleaValkyrie - 01/13/2016 - 06:14 - 0 comments
She's so much more than a geek icon. Gaming has long been treated as something just for the guys, but why should they get to have all the fun? I was raised on the Commodore 64 and the Nintendo Entertainment System, and I just couldn’t stop there! I can’t even begin to guess how much time I spent on the Sega Genesis and Nintendo 64 when I was a kid. From Kingdom Hearts to Tomb Raider to Heroes of Might and Magic II, I found myself enchanted by any game I could get my hands on. But ...