365 Days of Gaming - Day 7: Battlefield 3

497d ago ... I thought this would be a different change of pace than the previous blog entries: Battlefield 3. Let me first start out by saying in order to play this game properly, you're going to need a glass of hard liquour and/or a cigarette, a clear head (which mildly contradicts the liquour recommendation), lots of patience, and time to kill. I spent a good twelve hours of gameplay before I finally got...

365 Days of Gaming - Day 6: Skyrim

500d ago ... Right, well this is what happened. I decided to have a go at the Repairing the White Phial quest given by Quintus Navale of Windhelm with my wood elf, Volpe. I was knee deep in the playthrough with a house in Windhelm and Whiterun, smithing maxed out and a chest full of fancy weapons including daedric, rare enchanted weapons, and I was a good 30 levels into the game. That's when Skyrim f-ed me...

365 Days of Gaming - Day 5: Skyrim

504d ago ... I found myself wandering through the wilderness for most of the time, aside from helping one Quintus Navale in Windhelm and his mentor Nurelion locate the White Phial, the item by which their apothecary store is named. I stumbled upon a witches' den and after killing and looting all whom attacked, I headed to Riverwood to grab the Blades sword from Delphine's hideout before I forgot. It's be...

365 Days of Gaming - Day 4: GoldenEye Reloaded

506d ago ... Right, well setting aside Skyrim for a moment, I wanted to touch on another game that took up a good amount of my time. Recently, Activision released a reimagining of the classic video game, GoldenEye, on the Nintendo Wii. I remember picking it up a few days after grabbing a black Wii that was on sale and I couldn't wait to play it. I understood that it was a reimagining and not a remake - some...

365 Days of Gaming - Day 3: Skyrim

507d ago ... It's been a long and winding road since my initial go of Skyrim back in November 2011. I have been nothing but impressed, pleased, satisfied, and all those good terms with the game. There's been the occasional bug here and there, but nothing too serious that either rendered quests impossible to complete (like those horror stories I've read about) or take away from gameplay. What's really been c...

365 Days of Gaming - Day 2: Skyrim

507d ago ... I have to admit my disappointment in my lack of restraint. I told myself that I would garner 100% completion (or close to it) of Skyrim before I started up a second playthrough. However, I couldn't help but treat myself to experiencing the game from the start earlier than planned. This time around, I decided on a male Wood Elf by the name of Volpe Lachance, a nod toward Lucien Lahance of Oblivi...

365 Days of Gaming - Day 1: Skyrim

508d ago ... It was 11 November 2011 - 11.11.11 as I found it most interesting. I was in line at GameStop having a cigarette and a conversation with a fellow gamer about what we expect from the next instalment in the Elder Scrolls lineage. We had a good chat and no sooner did we finish, it was our turn to get in the store and pick up our copies of the game at the midnight release. I didn't waste a moment af...

365 Days of Gaming - Introduction

508d ago ... I've been a gamer for about twelve years now and I was never one to really sit down and reflect on my experiences. Well, courtesy of N4G, I've been influenced by the community to appreciate gaming for what it is; I've come to realize it's not just a thing to do, a hobby if you will, but a lifestyle. I can't begin to count how many games I've played, albeit it on the Nintendo 64, Playstation, Xb...