May 4, 2015. I sat across my Senior Projects professor in his office. He had called me in to discuss some concerns he had with my project. Mainly, he was under the impression that I had pirated software, which I hadn’t. I showed him some exchanges I had with a rep at the software company, and he was convinced that I had done my project legitimately. I thought that was it, and I was free to go. But then he leaned forward and told me he had something he felt was more important to discuss. ...
Updated 03-20-2017 at 10:06 PM by Nitram
If you've played the game, the title should make sense. If not... what are you waiting for? Dragon Age is set in a quasi-medieval world known as Thedas. It always reminds me of if JRR Tolkein and GRR Martin did a book together. You've got your standard races (Elf, Dwarf, Human) plus Qunari which is.. totally different. Humans and Elves can both be mages and go to a sort of Hogwarts, if Hogwarts was a prison instead of a school. You have the politics of the world which play a huge role in the story, ...
Games Worth Playing If You Haven't Before (Or Again If You Have) Episode 39: Crash Bandicoot (PSX) When 3D platformers were becoming the new thing many of them emphasized on freedom of movement and designed levels with large open areas. With Crash Bandicoot, however, Naughy Dog crafted their levels to feel like they were the 3D equivalent of 2D platformers. A bit of an odd occurrence as this is the first game in the series and it thusly didn't have any previous ...
Games Worth Playing If You Haven't Before (Or Again If You Have) Episode 38: StarTropics (NES) While the game certainly looked at the original Legend of Zelda for inspiration StarTropics manages to stand on its own as an all time classic. With the game's division into chapters and focus on story in between the action segments it steps away from world exploration and into much more linear grounds. Movement is completely locked to a grid, and while normally that's ...
Games Worth Playing If You Haven't Before (Or Again If You Have) Episode 37: Luigi's Mansion (GCN) Ever since I first played Super Mario Bros. as a child I've always had a preference towards the younger and greener of the plumber twins, so when I learned that he was finally getting a solo title as a launch game on the Gamecube I was very excited. A little of it was lost when I learned that it wouldn't be a platformer but in the end the resulting survival horror, ...