So it is Easter Sunday, ofcourse I don't think any overly large news will be taking place, unless the Game Developers conference (2013) is still going on. This  year for it, it have been very Meh.. about it. Don't get me wrong , I enjoy games as much as the next gamer, but besides the amazing discussion with the guys from Bungie about Destiny, there wasnt anything that caught my attention. For the past two three years there has been. I have been really excited for Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Metal Gear Rising: Revengance, Skyrim, And ofcourse Bioshock Infinite and so much more.

This year was kind of hard because in my opinion I seen alot of franchises not perform the way the successors have before. Or ofcourse I have spend this comferrence time play Bioshock Infinite...... I suppose both are valid arguments. 

Anyway, 343 Studios talk and here of the Ninja Gaiden Z, and the joys of EA's power house first person shooter Battlefield 4, it feels like publishers are not will to take massive risks with many things. Don't get me wrong, Battlefield 4 looks beautiful this time around, But from what I hear, it is using a whole new engine, called Frostbite 3. Which I don't know how long it takes to make a good gaming engine, butless than two years doesnt really seem sufficient. I mean Unreal 4 has been in development for almost 3-4 years now, and Cryengine 3, maybe even a bit longer. I ask mainly if there was a need for them to claim there was a new engine, or if they were just upgrading theexsisting one, I but the looks, I would say it is a Frostbite 2X, or 2.1. Not a whole new engine.

I really wanted to see news on Dragon Age 3... Or any roleplaying game for that matter, but there was nothing.... nothing at all, and that sucks. I love RPG's and havent played a Decent new realise rpg since Skyrim. (This is being said before having played Ni No Kuni). And even this year there doesn't seem tobe anything. I dont even like shooting games, ofcourse Ive grown to like them alot. Deus Ex: HR, Bioshock Infinite, Spec Ops: The Line, and Resident Evil 6, I have enjoyed to quite a high level. But as of late, there has been more shooters thst I have not liked at all. I actually almost missed out on Deus Ex, and Spec Ops, and must I say Bioshock Infinite because of allthe shooters coming out, because it is driving me insane. I am tried of aiming and shooting in themkst genaric cordor shooting. If we had more Infinites or more Spec ops: the lines, I would be for it. But this trend is really starting to upset myself.

Ok so next post Ill talk about Destiny, but it looks amazing.... despite being a shooter :

So as we probably know, Bioshock Infinite is out for the PS3 X-box 360 and the PC. And might I had I picked up my copy on launch day. I never had money for it unfortunately so I ended up trading in a bunch of my games including Metal Gear Rising, which I will have to rebuy eventully because it was a very good game. But Bioshock Infinite is a different game, and a very special game. As good as games I traded in to get Bioshock Infinite, nothing really compares to the experience I have had with the game. 

First off, why Bioshock is so weird for me is because I don't like shooting games, expessally First person Shooters at that. With the exception to the Original Bioshock, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the Half Life series, I cant say I have ever can say I loved a First Person shooter. But Bioshock Infinite was beyound these games in what it offered. I guess because I really liked Booker Dewitt and I liked Elizabeth. I like the colour pallet, the aesthetics of the game, I loved how the story was told (narrative), and the story itself. But many games have great story tell. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, one of the games I listed has an incredible story, and some of the greatest dialogue in gaming history. I reviewed the game when it was realised giving it a 10, because it is everything I would want in a Rpgfps. Plus the game itself I would not consider an fps but an rpg played in first person.

Bioshock Infinite is in whole, a First Person Shooter. And expessally shooting that have been realised the past while, I have really grown to detest them. Because they all have the samey generic feel. Plus worse, is the industry keeps pumping them out. Two years ago we had a Battlefield 3 and now just announced is a Battlefield 4, and chances are, there will be a new Call of Duty gameThan just like in 2011 we will have the war of modern military shooters.

 But Bioshock Infinite, like i said before is very much so different which hopefully starts a new trend for First Person Shooters like the original Bioshock before, it, but I dont see that being very likely. But for me, Bioshock Infinite showed me that an fps released with decade can be good, and doesnt have to play like a standard shooter. As much as my least favorite aspect of Bioshock Infinite was the shooting, I would stll say without a doubt this game is the best game I have played thus far in 2013 and probably in the past couple of years.

And how Bioshock Infinite does this is through everything else it offers besides the shooting. It captures you in the world, the characters, and even the lore that is found throughout the world of Columbia. To be honest, it was the same feeling I had when I played Portal 2, but Infinite yet, blows Valv's beloved classic puzzle game out of the park. Why, because depth was put into areas that mattered. Everything that was in the game was ment to be in the game. From people in the world dancing, to the individual blades of grass in the gardens, to music which beautifully reinforced the story. What Bioshock Infinite feels like is a very discriptive and poetic novel, much like the old classic by C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Bioshock Infinite feels like the beautiful film Dark Knight. What these three works have in common, is the level of depth given to something so simple. And that is the beautiful thing about BioShock Infinite.

I could go on forever about this game, which I plan to do, however, I want to play more Bioshock Infinite. Peace

Here I am, just running through the last dungeon on Hunted: The Demon's Forge, and I am finally able to answer this mind blowing question, "What are Video Games?". Lets start my saying, some people may feel offended by this, but that just means it is the truth. :P anyway. What are video games? Video games to a very minor low level are a game. But Gamers like me and yourself reading this blog, probably believe video games are a bit more then just a "game". Game by definition is "a competitive activity involving skill, chance and/or endurance. There is a bit more definations of the word game but I found the one that might best suit video games. Video games, as we have seen from Call of Duty series and the Halo series are competive games, whether your a fan of them or not, the games do have a competitive edge to them. But not all video games are competive, some don't even require skill chance of endurance, so does this mean we should still call them video games, are prohaps video games more then just a game? We look at this defination of game, and only find very few video games have all three of these characteristics, the best one I can think of off the top of my head is Ninja Gaiden. Ninja Gaiden compbines the elements of skill, chance and endurance to create a really hard but addictive experience to the game. Ninja Gaiden is not a game where you can go the whole game with spamming the same move over and over. You will probably die many times if you tried that. However a game like Final Fantasy X, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion or Little Big Planet don't really have the elements of a game besides the fact they are fun..... well then what is something we could call video games that talk about the video game media as a whole? Answer: ART. The moment we call video games an art, the word "gamer" starts to have much more importance then just the people who play video games. Now we are expereincing a video game like how someone would experience a great novel. Games like BioShock and Shadow of the Colossus tell us stories through the gameplay, but just stringing together cutsceans to make it moreof an interactive movie, not that itis a bad thing, but gameplay is the key element of a video game, it is what seperates video games as art from Fourie's Requiem (if you havent listen or hear of this look it up, it is a beautiful piece of art). So in conclusion if I were to answer what a video game is, I would have to say, video games are an experience. From Sonic the Hedgehog realesed in 1991 on the sega genesis to Mass Effect even to Duke Nukem Forever , all video games are an experience. Prohaps next map you play in Call of Duty, or next time you explore the world of Cyrodil or Cacoon and Gran Pulse, think about the experience the game creator wanted you to have when you emersed in the video game. Any way love to hear comments about this topic