Category Archives: Video Games

HonorCon 2015: After Action Report

THE ROYAL MANTICORAN NAVY MEMORANDUM FOR: HONORCON Third Day, Eleventh Month, Year Three Hundred and Three After Landing  From: Spacer Second Class Lori Janeski, Grayson Space Navy To: –Captain (Senior Grade) Christa Brolley, GS, QBM, EM; Commanding Officer, HMS Hector … Continue reading

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AAR The Catholic Geek radio show: #GamerGate Primer with ShadowDancer, Ninjas and More 09/27

Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK “Shadowdancer” Modena return. RK Modena is an artist whose work is on sale (and quite beautiful). She will join a panel that includes Matthew Bowman and Tom Knighton. … Continue reading

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The Catholic Geek: Rory Modena and David Chalmers 08/30 by We Built That Network | Culture Podcasts

Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK “Shadowdancer” Modena and her cohort David Chalmers. We’ll cover art (which Declan knows nothing about), censorship in gaming and game chat, et al Source: The Catholic Geek: Rory … Continue reading

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Game So As to Win: the Virtues of Competitive Gaming

Remember back when I wrote a post about competitive gaming and then followed it up by talking about why I love competition? Well, it’s time to finish the job. I’m here to tell you how competitive gaming can…be virtuous? Well, … Continue reading

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Writing Catholic Vampires

The other day, I mentioned how I made Honor At Stake (OUT THIS TUESDAY, SEPT 1) a book out of Buffy-inspired fan fiction. But how does one do that? In the beginning … get the vampire lore down.  How does it work? … Continue reading

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Warcraft Expansion: Were We Prepared?

At Gamescon 2015 in Cologne, Germany Blizzard Entertainment announced the sixth expansion to World of Warcraft, and it is… well… see for yourself…

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Final Fantasy XV’s Newest Trailer

Okay . . . I have to admit it.  I’m impressed.  I am still wary of this new installment, given what they did to XI, XII, XIII–all three installments; don’t get me started–and XIV.  But, wow.  This trailer alone makes … Continue reading

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Blizzard Announces That They are Going to Announce Something

Blizzard Entertainment has just teased that they will reveal the title for the next World of Warcraft expansion on August 6th at Gamescon 2015. Is it surprising that they want to move away from the mess that is the current … Continue reading

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Nintendo: Not Dead Yet

You thought Nintendo hadn’t done anything in a while, didn’t you? Let’s start with this: What is this Mass Effect spin off with current-gen FF-like open world, and Gundam -like walking tanks? Xenoblade Chronicles? Really? Yup. This is going to be … Continue reading

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Square Enix Blows Up E3

Yikes. Just Cause 3 …. Huh. Funny, I thought this was an Uncharted game. And we’re apparently going to blow up a Bond villain, and half of the island he owns. Hmm. This is starting to feel like one of … Continue reading

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Final Fantasy Making a Comeback?

The recent trend here on The Catholic Geeks seems to be video games, and I suppose that means I’ll have to jump on the bandwagon. I know, it’s absurd — how can I be excited to see a remake of … Continue reading

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EA Brings back Mass Effect and Mirror’s Edge

The Mass Effect Universe is back. Mass Effect: Andromeda As long as it’s not Andromeda Ascendant.

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Ubisoft wages war For Honor

For Honor And wow the guy who presented this one really got into it.

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Playstation Event Fights Back with Exclusives

It opened with a lecture still trying to capitalize on how PS responds to the players. Though then they talked about how games clicked into the zeitgeist … the zeitgeist? Really? The Last Guardian About time, this thing was only announced about … Continue reading

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Rise of the Tomb Raider Gameplay at E3

Warning: a few language issues. Yes, this is real gameplay.  Holy ….

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Microsoft Opens strong at E3

Okay, Microsoft’s opening video? Very well shot together. I give them points for a nice music video. Though it reminds me that they’ve dumped a ton of money on the Tomb Raider franchise, making it Xbox exclusive — not even for PC. … Continue reading

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E3 is Doomed

For the love of all that’s holy, WARNING, this trailer is for mature audiences.  Yes, the trailer for the video game is a horror show all by itself.

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Fallout 4 at E3

I still haven’t even played Fallout 3 yet (I have it on my Xbox 360), but this looks shiny. Though … they nuked Boston? Do we care? Eh, I’m New York Irish. We have a friendly grudge with Bahstan. Anyway, this … Continue reading

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Dishonored — Again

Dishonored came out a few years ago, from the people who brought you the Elder Scrolls franchise. While it looked like fun, and made a few people’s game of the year lists, it looked a little too much like Bioshock for my taste. Maybe … Continue reading

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Nintendo’s Super Mash Brothers the New Batch

  If you’re a fan of Nintendo’s Super Mash Brothers, you’re about to overdose.

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