LingeringRegime's Blog - Operation Sports

Monday, October 17, 2011

Posted on October 17, 2011 at 05:04 PM.

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In an age of 1080p 3D TV's and Wireless Bluetooth Surround Sound Gaming Headsets skill in online console games are like finding a needle in a haystack.

We are saturated with auto-aim assists, perks, boosters, franchise micro transactions, etc.

Where has skill gone? Skill. Remember that? Depending upon your hand eye coordination and instincts rather than an IGN guide or a YouTube glitch guide.

Luckily, there are a few games that I have found that take ... Read More

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Lack of Innovation?

Posted on June 7, 2011 at 06:47 AM.

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Watching E3 last night got me thinking. Games are becoming more stale in a lot of ways, at least for the consoles. I remember when games used to hold my attention for a long time. Now, I am hard pressed to keep a game in the "rotation" for longer than a month or two.

Now it seems that games are so confined by their genres that their is little freshness.

I would love to see something like Minecraft come to the consoles. Where worlds are randomly generated each ... Read More