Posted in Video Games, tagged Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, hyrule, Link, Mario, mass effect, mushroom, pokemon, song of ice and fire on September 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This is a cool compilation of pictures. Dorkly created a neat gallery where they took famous video game families/clans and made them into Game of Thrones families with accompanying icons and words. They’re based on neat trivia and if you have the skill/knowledge of video game universes to ‘get’ them all, then you should give yourself a good pat on the back. I only put the ones I know below, so check out the rest of them over at Dorkly, tell me where the other ones come from!
Posted in Articles, Video Games, tagged Casual game, Gamer, Gaming Culture, Gaming Taboo, Hardcore Gamer, Ouya, Softcore Gamer, Video Game on September 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Urban Dictionary defines a hardcore gamer as “someone who plays video games as a primary hobby. They tend to spend large amounts of time playing games, often in excess of two or three hours a day.” As many hardcore gamers as there are out there I’m willing to bet there are even more softcore gamers. Young kids who love Mario Cart, weekend warriors with an Xbox 360 in the man cave, or university students like me who are just trying to improve their Starcraft II ranking. The first thing I was told when I got to college was that between a social life, good grades, and sleep, you can only pick two. What if I want it all and to play games?
Posted in Character Profiles, Video Games, tagged bilson, celebrity, hot, kardashian, Rashida Jones, Sexy, women on September 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
From IGN
Here’s a cool gallery that IGN compiled. They essentially put Mario mustache’s on famous women in pop culture. Of course they’re all photoshopped, but it’s still hilarious and adorable. Everyone from Nicki Manaj to Kim Kardashion to Rachel Bilson. Even Lady Gaga has an appearance and it’s totally Gaga.
Posted in Video Games, tagged creeper, enderman, mine, Minecraft, mojang, nether, pickaxe, skeleton, Steve, zombie on September 25, 2012| 1 Comment »
This is a really cool video regarding Minecraft! The Creeper is one of the most feared creatures in the Minecraft world, and they’re kinda mysterious when it comes to where they come from. On a developer’s note, apparently it was a pig design gone wrong, but in terms of game history, it’s hard to say. To be honest, Minecraft doesn’t really reveal too much about story in the first place. So I suppose we’ll just believe fan-made videos like these until the developers come up with something better.
Posted in Video Games, tagged chell, glados, I see You, no hard feelings, portal, thinking with portals, valve, wheatley on September 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I absolutely loved Portal, so much that I’ve included one of the sounds as my text tone. So when I see something a awesome as this, where they take the original soundtrack and an artist creates a fully animated and original take on an iconic scene, I get super freaking giddy. I loved the reaction Chell has, seeing as we technically can’t see it. Her face is full of absolute disgust, and then GLaDOS is masterfully rendered as a half human/half robotic being that captures her chilling tone. And Wheatley looks like Steven Merchant. Which fits perfectly. Gosh I wanna play this game again, I’ll probably play it again in a couple of weeks seeing as I’ve probably forgotten how to solve some of the puzzles.
Posted in Reviews, Video Games, tagged 2k games, Borderlands 2, games, gearbox software, handsome jack, randy pitchford, Review, siren, vault hunters on September 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
All images owned by Gearbox Software
Since my midnight pick up of Borderlands 2, it’s an understatement saying that it’s been a tremendous trending event in my life. I’ve had about a week with the game and I’ve thrown over 40 hours into it so far. With other places like IGN, Gamespot, and other professional sites giving reviews of having played even more hours than I have, I decided to share some of my experiences and impressions instead.
Any Problem with the First Game? Consider it Fixed
If your beef with the first game was the dry settings, similar AI, and bland/uncompelling story, then start praising Gearbox for taking the time to listen to their audience and fix all these problems. It’s not uncommon knowledge that the settings are way ore beautiful, the enemies are way more diversified, and the story is much more sensical and even worthwhile. Even some smaller issues with the game like lack of personalization of your characters are attempted to be fixed. Beforehand, ‘treasure hunting’ was the primary motivation for the vault hunters, but the game makes somewhat an effort to try and draw why these new characters are on Pandora in the first place. And if you were confused as to why the originals are in Pandora, seeing them again certainly fills in some plot holes.
Posted in Video Games, tagged Culture of the United States, Destructoid, Double standard, games, steam, Valve Corporation on September 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Steam has been banning fake games from its service, but it’s also knocked back a legitimate — if rather risque — project. Seduce Me is an erotic strategy game “inspired by the lives of American socialites and celebrities.” Ironically, the developer blames that very same American culture for the ban…
Valve has every right to ban what it wants, and does warn that it reserves the right to block “offensive” material. Even so, this situation highlights the fucked up double standards we have, where scenes of violence and murder are deemed more acceptable — more normal — than images of two consenting adults doing what almost all consenting adults will do at some point in their lives.
Article from Destructoid brings up some really interesting points,
Check it out here
Posted in Video Games, tagged 2nd, funny, humor, mario. luigi, memes, Minecraft, Steve, Video Games on September 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
From Cracked:
Aside from some jogging scenes in “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out,” the training montage never really made the transition from movies to video games. We asked you to show us what we’re missing out on, and why in some cases, that’s probably a good thing.
Posted in Lists, Video Games, tagged creeper, diamond, enderman, games, iron, Minecraft, mojang, pick, tips, tricks on September 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Minecraft is trending hard in my life, so I’m tending to write a lot about it recently.One of the toughest things about Minecraft is the lack of a rulebook. If you’re not familiar with the Minecraft wiki or the game itself, getting started can be one of the hardest things. The game doesn’t really tell you how to start or even what you’re supposed to do when you arrive on your randomly generated world. And if you haven’t seen any videos or don’t have an experienced buddy playing with you, learning some of the pro tips can be difficult. I learned about half of these for the first time only about a week ago and I’ve been playing for 2-3 months! So this is for all who could use some tips to make the best of your Minecraft experiences!
1. Pressing Shift While Clicking Allows You to Move Directly from Inventory to Chest or Chest to Inventory
If you need to move mass stacks of objects from one place to another, holding shift while you click is a good way to do that! Before that, you’d have to click things in individual objects. This principle can be applied to removing things from ovens, chests, inventories, etc. Definitely a must if you need to speed move.
Posted in Television, Video Games, tagged coco, Conan, games, ginger, kinect, late night, michael phelps, Minecraft, Skyrim, Star Wars, tbs, team on September 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
I’m not much of a late night talk show guy, but out of the trope, I think I like Jimmy Fallon and Conan O’Brien the most. The latter has a small series that caters to two of our categories here at Banana Scoop: television and video games. Conan isn’t much of a video game player, but he’ll often take up the sticks and play a game or two. It’s really funny how he applies his wit to point out basic plot holes in hilarious ways. You simply have to see it yourself. I’ve included his ‘review’ on Minecraft and below includes Skyrim and some others. Both Skyrim and Minecraft are absolutely hilarious, and I hope he does more in the future!
Posted in Movies, Video Games, tagged aragorn, cobblestone, creeper, funny, humor, legolas, Lord of the Rings, Minecraft, mojang on September 6, 2012| 1 Comment »
This image isn’t even that cool. Pysch!!! This is really cool. But totally geeky. It just really tickled my fancy because I’ve been crushing a lot of Minecraft lately. With Aragorn screaming some classic Lord of the Rings lines, Legolas sees the dreaded Creepers, but instead of telling him they’re headed to Isengard, he does on the truly sensical thing: builds a wall of cobblestone. Brilliant Legolas, but I also think that bow would’ve worked just as well. Here’s to hoping it’s enchanted.
Posted in Video Games, tagged Activision, developing, ea, Employees, kotaku, publishing, Riot Games, Testimony, Video Games on September 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
You may or may not want to read the article linked here before continuing onward to the rest of the article. This week I talk about where the industry is headed after reading some alleged testimonies from various employees at major game publishing companies such as EA or Activision. While these intervies/reviews of the companies may be entirely false, I’m operating under the assumption that they are in fact employed at said companies. If it turns out that I am wrong, then I recant the following… (more…)
Posted in Books, Television, Video Games, tagged Clash of Kings, fighter, George R.R. Martin, HBO, lannister, storm of swords, winds of winter on September 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This is a cool image created by Dynamaito and it features Game of Thrones characters as street fighters. It’s really neat how many small nods there are: Hear Me Roar, the Lanniser slogan. Bronn as a back up. Tyion’s infamous slaps. Paying debts. The small council in the background. Joffrey looking like a bitch. I would totally buy this game. I hear the only Game of Thrones game out there was that rpg that didn’t do so hot. This is the kind of game they need, one where they can’t tinker with the ambitious story scope and just capitalize on the many references they could fit into characters, back ups, settings, and attacks.
Try and find more!
Posted in Video Games, tagged creeper, ender, funny, Minecraft, mojang on September 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I’ve had Minecraft for a couple of months now and I’m continually finding new things to keep me interesting from the rather simple game. There are still a number of things I still need to investigate and haven’t seen: The Nether, The End and an even larger number of things I haven’t crafted, pistons, enchanting tables, and potions. So there are definitely a number of things I still need to do, despite playing hours upon hours of mining, digging, and cutting. But of course, there are a number of experiences I want to share with you guys. Here are 4 heart thumping moments I’ve had with my time with Minecraft.
Go get Minecraft here!
Posted in Video Games, tagged Healthy Gaming, IGN, Justin Davis, Video Game on September 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Lets be honest, video games are awesome. But every now and then it is good to take a step back and make sure that your relationship to your Xbox or PC is a healthy one. Justin Davis at IGN has written an insightful article on the role that gaming plays in his life. He analyzes the pros and cons in an honest manner. “Would you recognize if you were abusing the hobby that you love?”
Posted in Video Games, tagged bits, dorkly, funny, humor, jokes, Luigi, Mario, parodies, Video Games, videos on August 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Dorkly Bits will certainly delight you if your love old fashioned video games. Dorkly is a website for classic dork stuff, including old-timey games like Mortal Kombat and Mario. In their segment called “Dorkly Bits”, they create videos that play off the more hilarious plot holes, parodies, and satires of the games. For example, check out the above video where in the original Super Mario Bros, instead of Mario getting a Super Star, a Koopa enemy gets one. Years of hate emerge in the Koopas temporary invincibility. It’s very hilarious and you should check out some of the videos I compiled below as well as visiting the Dorkly Bits page to see the more recent stuff.
Posted in Articles, Video Games, tagged Magazine, Nintendo Power, Publication, Video Games on August 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
One of the biggest video game publications will finally come to a halt this December. Nintendo Power will stop publishing their magazines come the end of this year. So comes the end to one of my favorite gaming magazines. Nintendo Power, while not on the scope of other game magazines, still remains one of my favorite to date. Their incredibly interactive fan answer sections (at least, from what I remember when I was younger) were all full of people that were just like me. I remember really being able to connect with it, though it also helped that the magazine always kept me in the loop concerning my favorite upcoming and recently released Nintendo games, complete with early game strategy games in order to help me get that little bit of ‘oomph’ to power myself up or find whatever missing treasure I needed to finally 100% whatever I was playing at the time. It will be missed, much more so than many of the other gaming magazines we still have today in my opinion. Farewell, friend!
Posted in Lists, Television, Video Games, tagged Firefly, mass effect, television, Video Games on August 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
From UnrealityMag
Movies adapted into games have largely been written off, and most TV-to-game adaptations have been pretty dismal. But by taking a game and putting it in a style that you wouldn’t expect, the results can be great. You would have thought a Walking Dead game would have emulated similarly themed titles like Dead Rising or Left 4 Dead.
Posted in Video Games, tagged Mario, Miyamoto, n64, nes, Nintendo, snes, Wii, Wii U on August 30, 2012| 1 Comment »
So this is a really cool image about Nintento’s past with controllers. It’s a really neat graphic that morphs the Nintendo Entertainment System controller through all the other controllers that lead up to this current Wii controller. It’s really neat at first at how buttons are slowly added slowly and then all of a sudden, you change from the Gamecube controller to the tiny Wii stick. I’m sure in a couple of months the creator will make a new .gif that includes the Wii U controller. That hulking mass of a tablet/controller.
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