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Game Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim


From the moment it was a mere rumor that the next entry in the Elder Scrolls series was to be released my anticipation had shot sky-high.  As much as I loved its predecessor, Oblivion, there was one thing that the game was lacking that could have brought it to levels of unimaginable awesomeness, dragons.  And dragons were to be the main focal point of the new game, let’s just say I got a little over-excited.  And as which happens when anticipation and expectation are at such high levels, in the end things didn’t pan out as I had wished and upon completing Skyrim I was left disappointed and felt slightly cheated.  Since this is one of the most popular games out there I’m not going to go into great depth with gameplay or style other than saying it is a first person hack and slash RPG with lots of exploring to do.

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First Impressions – Dark Souls and Skyrim


I started playing a couple of games recently, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Dark Souls and since both of the games I am playing are gargantuan adventures it will be quite a bit of time before I am able to finish them and get my review up.  So I thought it would be a good idea letting you know my first impression of each game if you may happen to be on the fence on purchasing them or are just curious as to what each of them is about.

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Themed Thursday- Heavy Metal Video Games


Like peanut-butter and chocolate, heavy metal and video games go great together.  Whether it be a game based around metal, a game that has a killer metal soundtrack, a video game music cover band, or just some heavy metal Easter Eggs, whenever there is some metal to be found in a video game you can almost always be assured there is going to be all kinds of awesome going on.  Let us know if there is any video game/metal mash-up that you dig on!!  Enjoy!!  Peace Love and Metal!!!

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