Gaming and Entertainment News & Reviews

Month: October 2017

Streams, Sales, & Random News!

Hello again!  Bit of an eclectic post for you this evening, so I’ll jump right in!

 

Extra Life 2017 Quickly Approaches

Photo from www.extra-life.org

Extra Life is next weekend!  If you haven’t donated yet, there’s still plenty of time.  This is a really great cause and since 100% of your donations go to the kids, every little bit does truly help.  You haven’t heard the last of this just yet, but if you’re able, please consider giving a little.  It is greatly appreciated.  We’ll try to have a segment at the end of the stream/evening shouting out our donors.  Big thank you to everyone who has donated so far, I’m about 1/3 of the way to my goal.  I’ve done better with each successive year and think we can continue that trend!

https://www.extra-life.org/participant/mark-goings

Now, on to more fun things!

Streaming Weekly!

I’ve been working on streaming a bit, so please check me out on Twitch and be sure to give me follow while you’re over there!  If you catch me online, say hello and let me know what you think of my content so far or if there’s anything specific you’d like to see from me, either here or on Twitch.  My current plan is to stream Wednesday nights, starting at 8pm ET.  Any other streams outside of that will be random for the time being.  Mostly, I’m streaming Destiny 2 and I haven’t been playing it outside of the stream, so you can monitor my progress.  Seeing as I don’t play a lot of FPS games, feel free to come and mock me for being a n00b!

 

Target Buy Two, Get One Free Sale!

Target logo from Target's corporate site

So, this week only (10/29 through 11/4), Target is having a buy two, get one free sale on video games and board games.  You can mix-and-match and the lowest priced item is free.  However, Switch titles are not eligible and neither are any of the Cards Against Humanity sets.  While that’s disappointing, there’s still plenty of other options here, especially with the plethora of fantastic titles released recently or releasing soon.  South Park: Fractured But Whole, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Destiny 2 PC, Call of Duty WWII, etc.  If you order online, it works with preorders, too!  Good news for people still interested in toys-to-life (Amiibo, LEGO Dimensions, Skylanders, etc), these are included in the sale too!  All around, it’s a great deal if you have some games you’ve been thinking about grabbing or a few you missed.  Head over to Target’s home page and you can’t miss it!

Nintendo Switch: A New Home For Indies

Nindies photo from GoNintendo.com

The Nintendo Switch has been hugely for the indie scene.  If you go and log in to the eShop, 8 of the top 10 sellers are not Nintendo titles (maybe 7 out of 10 with the release of Super Mario Odyssey).  Many of the titles have been released on other systems before but are receiving new life on Nintendo’s successful new console.  Stardew Valley has been fantastic so far on the system and only promises to get better once the multiplayer update is released (on consoles first)!  Axiom Verge, Golf Story, Overcooked, SteamWorld Dig 2, and The Flame in the Flood to name a few.  The ability to take your titles on the go as well as play on the big screen is also an enticing proposition.  Especially with the limited release of actual Nintendo titles, there’s plenty of room for indies to fill in the release gaps and be successful on the platform.  We’ll see if that continues to be the case.  While the indies won’t have the benefit of something like the Steam Sales, Nintendo did just add a sale section to the eShop.  Time will tell how good/frequent the discounts are in that section, but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on!

Ding Dong, Kinect Is Dead!

Kinect photo from Xbox.com

I just thought this was kinda funny.  Microsoft announced earlier this week that production of the Kinect peripheral is dead.  In an interview with Co.Design, Alex Kipman, the original creator of the Kinect, and Matthew Lapsen, Xbox Devices Marketing general manager, announced it was given the axe.  After doubling down on the device and including it with all launch bundles of the Xbox One, Microsoft took a step back and decided the extra processing power reserved for the Kinect would be better served being opened up to developers to help close the gap in performance between their console and the PS4.  Very few games in recent years have taken advantage of the device, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it’s being allowed to die.  If you’re so inclined, give Kinect Sports a dust-off to send it off in style!

 

That’s all for my random weekend post.  Thanks for stopping by if you made it this far!

Extra Life 2017 & My Triumphant Return!

Hello all!  It’s been a while, but I’ve taken care of some things in the real world, situated myself in a new apartment, and I’m ready to get back to work here.  First stop on the reunion tour is Extra Life 2017!  Anyone who knows me knows this has become a tradition, with this year being my 4th year participating.  It’s a great event for an even better cause.  Each year, we have friends fly and drive in from all over the country, we take over our friends’ house, and we game for a fantastic cause.  I’ve prepared a video for the occasion, as well as a bit about my return.

 

For the uninitiated, Extra Life is a charity event supporting the Children’s Miracle Network.  Gamers for all over the world pledge to participate in gaming marathons for 24 hours to raise money for kids in need.  100% of the proceeds go to helping local children’s hospitals to give kids a fighting chance.  That being said, every little bit helps, so if you’re able to give a little or a lot, it’s all greatly appreciated!  You can find my donation page here, as well as more information around this most excellent annual event!

My friends and I will be streaming again this year with a variety of games.  Some in-house LAN ideas have been thrown around and I’m working on making a final roster of titles I’ll be playing solo, as well.

With the event just under 2 weeks away, we’re getting down to crunch time.  Thank you all in advance for your generosity and I look forward to making more updates on my various channels in the near future, so stay tuned!

 

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