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A Massive Place In My Heart (M.A.G. Review)

Let me take you back to the year 2008 where Sony Interactive was taking the stage at E3 (Rest in Peace). Towards the end of the press conference, host Jack Tretton gives us the “one final thing” moment. Big claims of a massive multiplayer game that was unlike anything else and in many respects, he was not underselling it. An action game that would push the envelope of what was possible in the current play space. He then welcomes Andy Beaudoin of Zipper Interactive (also rest in peace… to Zipper, I’m sure Andy is alive and well) to talk about MAG: Massive Action Game.  Big claims were made of 256 live players in a squad based first person shooter. It wouldn’t be until the following year at E3 2009 that we would see this game in action. Andy would once again take the stage and show us a “live” match with a team of devs and testers. And it was incredible. Early the following year the game was released and I was stoked to get my hands on it. I can’t recall if I got my Playstation 3 for...
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Sex Is Awesome (HuniePop Review)

Foreword Sex is awesome. Perhaps a cursed way to start a blog post but how does one start a review of Huniepop? As I daydream while working my 9 to 5, I thought about starting a discussion about adult entertainment and its place in gaming and society as a whole. But the fact that I'm writing a review for said adult video game, have done Let's Plays for both the original and its sequel, and I run a show where we shamelessly talk about adult games every Valentine's Day; should be evidence enough that I feel adult entertainment is pretty great.  There are caveats, of course. Is it for everyone? Of course not. There are those who think sex in the media is taboo and immoral and, while I don't think it should ever be outright banned, I can understand the argument for certain games. I don't think something like The Elder Scrolls games need blatant sex scenes. There are also definitely cases where it would harm the game, an example being a Battlefield or Call of Duty where ...

A Phenomenal Movie (Iron Lung Spoiler Free Review)

  Foreword I feel it is necessary to say that I am perhaps a bit biased when it comes to this review. Being a content creator myself, of course, I know who Markiplier is. I followed Mark during the start of Five Nights at Freddy's, back when both he and the game were a mystery to me. I was never a huge fan of the overreaction to horror games lots of Let's Players were known for (JackScepticEye, PewDiePie, Kilplixism), but something about Mark's personality convinced me to give him a follow. And now - eleven years later (Death approaches closer to me every single day), I'm sitting down at 2:30 in the morning after seeing a late-night screening of his feature length movie, "Iron Lung".  I always viewed Markiplier in a favorable light - I am a fan of his and I greatly enjoyed his YouTube content. But when he released his "In Space With Markiplier" my opinion shifted into something more. I enjoyed his previous narrative driven videos such as "Who Ki...