Perfect Video Games

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gamer, games, gaming, hardspace shipbreaker, list, listicle, lists, mega man x, mixolumia, perfect game, perfect games, splatoon, xexyz

Today’s post was inspired by a question tweeted out by Eric Bailey, a Christian gamer (though I suspect he’d prefer the former be put more far forward than the latter) and… I guess I can also call him an accidental satirist? Honestly, his Twitter content is equal parts wholesome and random. He should be in your social feed if he’s not already. And don’t let his faith scare you off: He’s actually one of the good guys.

Anyway, back to the post’s point. Bailey had tweeted out for examples of the perfect video game, citing Contra and Tetris as examples. This prompted one response out of me, but the more I think about it, the more I kind of pondered other video games that I would think fit the bill. Mostly because the question is so complex yet simple. It asks not about favorite game or favorite game story or favorite genre; it asks you to consider a video game condensed into its “purest” form. To consider gaming as perfect means it fits its function and executes its idea so flawlessly and so brilliantly that you don’t even have to think about it. At least, that’s my interpretation. So, I decided to write about it.

The Best Anticipated List of Video Game Awesomeness for 2018 and Forever (Until Next Time I Do This List Thing)

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games, gaming, list, listicle, new games, new releases, upcoming games, upcoming releases, video games, videogames, videogaming

Okay, enough of the sad crap.

My previous blog posts have been kind of droll, with me saying goodbye to a loved MMO and before that having a bit of a whine about people not having fun.

So, in the interest of that whole spreading fun thing, I’m going to take a few moments to look forward to some of the awesome stuff that’s coming our way in video gaming. Because dammit, that totally deserves a moment of excited flapping.

This kind of flapping.

My 2017 in Gaming

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2017 gaming, 2017 in review, 2017 year in review, best games of 2017, best of, best of 2017, end of the year, games, gaming, gaming in 2017, list, listicle, nintendo switch, pc, ps4, year end, year in review

Look, you can’t be completely surprised by seeing this topic on my blog; it’s kind of typical of this time of year to look back at what was and I actually was asked in the Discord server I help run. So while it might be par for the course to write these sorts of things, my responses might not be expected.

To further entice you to stay, here’s a puppy picture.

Wolfy’s Most Anticipated Games of 2018

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2018, 2018 games, console, games, games of 2018, gaming, list, listicle, MMO, mmorpg, most anticipated, most anticipated games, multiplayer, pc, sandbox, single player

This is pretty much expected behavior for people who like to write about video games, I figure. So to further extend assumptions, I will now openly admit that I’m writing this in the hopes that I get all the free stuff from the games I mention.

In fact just writing that lead-in brought me about $35.

But seriously, though, whatever you feel about 2017 in terms of real-life things, it has been a great year for games and next year is looking pretty solid as well. So I wanted to wiggle excitedly in the direction of upcoming titles that I have no basis for anticipation for other than marketing speak and second-hand experience. Because piss off I like being excited.

Listmas 2015 – Five More Underloved Classics

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classic games, console, hidden gem, listicle, listmas, nes, underloved

The thing about listicles is that they’re kind of addictive.  I can sort of see why BuzzFeed is so enamored with the damn things–they’re fun to compile and can make some generally good writing without too much effort.

Or in the case of BuzzFeed, no effort whatsoever.

As I was going through the 12 Days of Geekmas (which I utterly failed on because the holiday loafing around COMPLETELY ate me), I wrote up eight underloved gaming classics.  Shortly after posting that list, however, my mind was almost immediately flooded with other titles that I’d completely forgotten about.

So here’s five more!

Geekmas Day 8: Eight Underloved Classics – A Listmas Detour

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classic game, listicle, listmas, nes, oldies, pc, retro

This post is part of the 12 Days of Geekmas.  Check out the concept here, and let NerdyAlerty’s blog feed your eyeballs as well!

Alright, so I’m going to be lame here, by my own admission.  I’m not writing about the listed topic for Geekmas with this post, which was about Battlestar Galactica, because I have no idea what the show is about.  I didn’t know anything about Steven Universe either, but that somehow was easier to follow up on than something like Battlestar.

Also, I am lame.

So that left me at an impasse…until I remembered Listmas was a thing, and thought up the idea to kill two initiatives with one post.  So, without further ado, here’s my list of eight underloved classic games.

Blaugust Day 17 – A Personal Top Three

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blog, blogging, blogging bonanza, listicle, murf, posts, top three, writing

So I just learned a thing that I probably would have actually learned if I just…y’know…read a Twitter profile or something.  C.T. Murphy is apparently a writer for the website MMOGames.com!

Go figure.

The point, though, is not to just only outline my own personal stupidity, but to outline a recent call to help him pull together a column.  In specific, Murf (can I call him Murf?) has asked for those who are participating in Blaugust to list their top three or five personal favorite blog posts.

Now I haven’t really been doing this that much, so I don’t have a really large backlog.  But still, I can appreciate that one’s time is limited by doing other things.  So, in the interest of helping out, as well as in the interest of filling out a new day’s blog post, I’ll be putting up my personal top three posts.  Why just three?  Because my time is pretty short too, if I’m honest.

This taco salad ain’t eating itself, people.

Blaugust Day 4 – My Favorite RPG Tropes

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favorite things, list, listicle, MMO, rpg

I go into RPG games with the full knowledge that I will be assaulted by a line of repeated experiences as long as my leg.

Dramatization of my nice legs.

I suppose one should be annoyed at the fact that RPGs are so loaded with the same old design thing.  Still, there are a lot of things that I look forward to when it comes to this type of game.  So I thought I’d make a list of some of the sorts of things that RPGs do so damned often because they do it so damned right.