Archive for June, 2010

6 Things I HATE About Modern Videogames (Part 3)

Posted by Kent Ward on June 28th, 2010 under Games
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We finally made it to the final act! By now, you are probably sick of my weekend long manifesto on the things that I hate about modern videogames. I started off with mandatory tutorial levels and quick time events. Then I covered the flaws of modern action games with regenerative health and the flood of [...]

6 Things I HATE About Modern Videogames (Part 2)

Posted by Kent Ward on June 26th, 2010 under Games
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In my last article, I brought up the first two things I hate about modern videogames. I began with how games I hate playing start off with mandatory tutorial levels and then I went into the greatest buzz kill in action games. Now I will cover what has hurt action games(specifically first person shooters) over [...]

6 Things I HATE About Modern Videogames (Part 1)

Posted by Kent Ward on June 25th, 2010 under Games
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Last week I was one of the speakers at the IGDA Orlando chapter meeting. I had almost missed it due to some… complications. (*ahem*) However, I did get to present my topic in Pecha Kucha presentation form to a captivated audience that consisted mostly of college students.
I am sure I told those students things [...]

Rez and Child of Eden

Posted by Kent Ward on June 16th, 2010 under Games
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Last decade, music games were huge and they haven’t died off yet. When you think of music games, you think of dance pads and plastic toy guitars. WRONG. Instead, you should be thinking about the video game version of a technicolor raveland.
Rez combined an interactive music experience with rail shooter gameplay that looks like something [...]

The Most Legendary Cat Ever

Posted by Kent Ward on June 9th, 2010 under Life
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During the recent Memorial Day weekend, my brother and I drove up to Georgia to see our folks. For their 27th wedding anniversary, we went camping with their redneck friends(and some obscure relatives) and pursued fun adventures on boats, ATVs, and golf carts outside of civilization.
To finish off the trip, we stayed at the house [...]

How to vote properly in “Best of Orlando” 2010

Posted by Kent Ward on June 8th, 2010 under Uncategorized
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Orlando Weekly is doing their annual “Best of Orlando” survey to let Orlandians know what is worth checking out.
Others will tell you how to vote but you should think for yourself. If you can’t think for yourself, then you should listen to me and nobody else. That is how you will live a happy life!
The [...]