Category Archive: Uncategorized

May 03

Mega64: Introducing Assassin’s Creed V, VI, and VIII

Mega64 It’s pretty strange how Assassin’s Creed became that kind of once a year game. Then again, a lot of game franchises have become once a year releases that we normally use to associate with sports games and Call of Duty. I guess it’s because for games like Assassin’s Creed II, each game that came …

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Apr 01

Entry #1

Erik's room

So last night Erik was acting really weird. He refused to come out of his room but he kept talking to me through Skype. His door was locked but I could clearly hear him in there. He was talking to someone. Not sure who. Earlier in the day he was kind of freaking out. He …

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Mar 11

Pach-Attack: Nintendo Criticism

Pach-Attack! 1) Nintendo Going Sega Okay, something I don’t understand about Pachter criticism. Nintendo has been known to make profits on their hardware and while that has been going down, they are apparently still making a profit. Doesn’t Sony and Microsoft usually sell their console at a loss and expect to make up for it …

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Feb 20

Felyne and Sweethearts – Awesome Monster Hunter 4 Figures

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I want Monster Hunter 4. But in the meantime, I want these Monster Hunter 4 figures. Actually I just want a Monster Hunter figure of anything. It’s a series that has a such a great art style, whether it’s the monsters or the hunters in their awesome armor.  

Feb 01

Speculation Friday: Two Games Are Better Than One With Cross-Genre Games

Earlier this week I played the public beta for Dust 514. The idea behind it is that it’s a Battlefield-esque first-person shooter that is influenced by the MMO Eve Online. When I first heard of this game a few years back, I was kinda blown away by the concept, but now that I’ve actually gotten …

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Feb 01

Gamasutra: 5 Things Jammin’ Teaches You

So during my last article on what my Game Jam experience was like, I mentioned how the whole thing was like game development in hyper-drive. Basically, you will pick up skills from the Game Jam that you might not have gotten anywhere else.   Well, on Gamasutra there is this article that gives you five …

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Dec 11

The Best Mustaches in Gaming

5 Second Project – “Huge Mustache” from Sam Aono on Vimeo. Let’s take a look at some of the finiest ‘staches sported by some of the most iconic video game character including Mario, Dr. Eggman, and Solid Snake. Also in .gif form.  

Jun 03

Battlefield Friends: Vehicle Waste

I remember in Battlefield 2142, when I sucked at piloting jet planes, I would use it to taxi myself to missile silos and just crash it. Now that I’m better and more experienced, I don’t do that anymore…mostly

Apr 30

Weekly Update #21: Activating Pit in Attack Mode!

Does the title confuse you? It should but on Saturday I went to a GameStop in San Jose for a Kid Icarus meet and greet. It was a ton of fun, and I got to meet some serious Kid Icarus AR card collectors. Some people brought rather hefty binders containing some really rare AR cards. …

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Nov 29

We’re so…so…sorry

It came to our attention today that one of our writers had been stealing parts of his work from other websites. This is of course plagiarism, which is the worst offense a journalist can commit. We are truly, truly embarrassed that this has happened and he has been removed from the staff.   At this …

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Nov 06

The Store Is Up!

Unfortunately, our store isn't THIS awesome. . . YET.

We now have a store! We don’t have much in it at the moment, but we will be adding more designs. So yeah. If you feel like supporting VideoGameOlogists, or you just like shirts (and eventually we’ll offer other stuff if people want it), then head on over to the Store!

Oct 26

The Forums Are Up!

SUCCESS! It is OH SO SWEET.

So the forums are now functional and presentable. Go check them out and hell, maybe even post something. (I know we’ll be posting interesting news there when we find it.) Forums Link (for the people who don’t feel like clicking the one above): http://www.videogameologists.com/forums3/