Category Archives: What I’m Doing With My Joystick

Origins makes you hope the Resident Evil 2 remake will stick to its roots

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Daniel

After playing so many bastardizations of the Resident Evil franchise in the past decade, it’s always good to go back and remember how it used to feel—even more so now that a long hoped for remake of Resident Evil 2 … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer video game double feature

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Daniel

After the hubby and I revisited both the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel series, watching them all the way through for the first time in over a decade, I couldn’t get enough, so I dug out my old game … Continue reading →

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Resident Evil Revelations 2 – game sequel is a new revelation….

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Daniel

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is quite a different experience than the first game, especially if you play co-op local with a friend. But the truth is, the “friend” is going to have to settle for being a helpless victim for … Continue reading →

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I did it! I escaped Dead Island!

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Daniel

Dead Island is one of the first games that finally got me to break my “I hate FPS” rule. It was made even more fun thanks to co-op online play with a friend. Well, don’t expect FPS or co-op play … Continue reading →

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Either my survival instinct sucks or this The Walking Dead game does

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Daniel

Ever wonder what life was like for Daryl and Merle Dixon before they met the other survivors of The Walking Dead? According to the “story” in this game, they simply traveled across country in cars that constantly broke down or … Continue reading →

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Dead Rising – Jesse Metcalfe looks tasty….

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Daniel

Adorable Jesse Metcalfe, zombies, and one of my favorite video game franchises? You sucked me in, Crackle! Dead Rising: Watchtower is a Crackle original. If you don’t know what Crackle is, it’s a free streaming service with a catch. Commercials. … Continue reading →

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The Last of Us isn’t your standard survival horror game

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Daniel

In The Last of Us, you’re a man (who looks exactly like Dylan McDermott with a beard) on a mission to protect a girl (who looks and sounds exactly like Ellen Page) during the zombie apocalypse. And therefore, it’s much … Continue reading →

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Resident Evil light!

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Daniel

It’s time to take on the Resident Evil “light gun” games! At least, the ones that got a U.S. release. RESIDENT EVIL SURVIVOR First there is Resident Evil Survivor, the game people love to hate from way back in the … Continue reading →

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Vanquish those vamps…with a gun…

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Daniel

Arcade game turned Playstation 2 light gun game Vampire Night is pretty much House of the Dead with “vampires.” The vampires are simply all kinds of different monsters that leap, fly, run at you, roll at you, toss shit at … Continue reading →

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The never-ending feeling of DOOM

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Daniel

Doom is one of those video game franchises that always seemed more action than horror to me, plus it was a first person shooter, which I suck at, so I never checked it out the first time around. But when … Continue reading →

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