Resident Evil 5

If you enjoy headshoting hordes of mindless zombie-like things then I think you’ll enjoy Resident Evil 5. Starting out, this games is pretty difficult. Ammo is hard to find and if you playing by yourself, the AI is really, really, really, stupid. For this reason, it’s pretty much a two player game, in my opinion.

Item management is made harder than RE4. You get 9 slots for everything and ammo stacks are sometimes the size of a single clip. Also, the body armor that keeps you from getting insta-killed takes up a slot that you could otherwise be using for a healing item or ammo.

Once you get through your first play through, the game gets ten times easier when you start unlocking unlimited ammo. So easy hard difficulty isn’t hard, the only difficulty that is really hard is professional mode, where pretty much everything 1 shots you. That said, there is some really fun unlockable stuff that makes re-playing the game worthwhile, you really want to unlock the stuff and then use it. 

                                                -written by Chris Proost

Team Four Star DBZ Abridged

Whether you like Dragon Ball Z or not, you are sure to like Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Abridged. They follow the story of DBZ, but shortened it and added humor. A lot of the voices sound a lot like their original voice actors to the point that Vegeta sound just like Vegeta. Some of the characters are also portrayed correctly in that Krillen is so useless that he gets an owned counter. Team Four Star also took Popo and turned him into a very, very scary character that no one messes with. They don’t just stop at the episodes, they also take the movies and abridge them and release them as specials. If you are interested in viewing their episodes and other videos go to their website teamfourstar.com. They also have a forums page so you can chat with other fans and give your opinion on the episodes or other videos. 

                                                            -written by Robert Oftedahl

Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires

Have you ever wanted to conquer China? Or how about serving as an officer to a lord and helping them achieve their dream? Well Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires lets you do just that. The game is an action strategy game where you plan out what you’re going to do during your turn. Then, when you go into combat, it turns into an action game where you get a set amount of time to complete your objective. The best part about this game for me, is the ability to create your own character. You get to choose your characters voice, what kind of magic they use, their special ability and the weapon they go into battle with. 

The campaign is split between different scenarios with different numbers of factions in each one. After you have chosen the scenario, you start the game as a mercenary. You can do jobs for the different factions for money and other rewards. When you have decided on a faction, you can join them and serve as an officer or you can try and overthrow the current ruler. If you decided to become an officer you can still do what you did as a mercenary, but you will be given missions to do from your leader as well. They can be things from protecting farmers to invading enemy territory.

Now if serving is not your thing and you become the new leader, your only goal is to unify China under your banner one territory at a time. Don’t worry though, you’ll have officers to assist you in your goals. Every few turns a meeting is held where you can use your or your officer’s special abilities. Now when you are ready to take over a territory, you select who you want to take with you into battle and move into the territory you want to take over. When the battle starts you’re shown a layout of the battlefield, where your army is and where your outposts are. You’re also given an objective to complete within the time limit, like kill the enemy leader. If you do finish the mission, you win the battle and gain the territory. Every territory can have certain benefits like an armory, stables, forge, general store, and a gem store. Some territories will have all the stores and some won’t, but you also get a profit from each province you own that will go to upgrade you and your army. Overall the game is fun, but can get a little boring and frustrating at times.
                                                             -written by Robert Oftedahl

The Guild

Strangely enough, I first stumbled upon The Guild through a post on a Corsetry community on livejournal.com.  The post contained a link to the music video Do You Want to Date my Avatar?  Well, after watching the music video I saw the episodes in the sidebar.  It wasn't long before I was hooked.



The Guild follows the real-life exploits of the players behind The Knights of Good, a guild on an unnamed MMORPG, which we can safely assume is very similar to World of Warcraft.  The story mostly centered around Codex, played by Felicia Day, who is the Cleric of the group.  Codex has obvious issues with self-confidence.  There is also, Zaboo, a Hinjew and the sorcerer of the group.  Zaboo could basically be described as your friendly neighborhood stalker (no sarcasm intended), who has a particularly overbearing mother.  Vork is the leader of the guild, an somewhat eccentric, balding recluse.  Tinkerballa, Tink for short, is an archer with an attitude problem.  Bladezz is the resident rogue, well described as being self-serving and implusive.  Clara is a negligent mom to several toddlers.  The only married person of the group, her gaming habits strain her relationship with her exasperated husband.


The episodes usually start with a vlog-like introduction from Codex.  The rest of the footage for each episode is shot with a combination of traditional camerawork and web-cam like segments (that are obviously too good of quality to actually have been webcams).
                                                                                      - Written by Heather Rem

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

If memory serves, I had first watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-along blog because it was a movie Heather had wanted to watch...or re-watch, I can't remember. After watching it, I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog is a musical about a want-to-be Super Villain called Dr. Horrible (played by Neil Patrick Harris) who's fallen in love with a girl from the local laundromat (played by Felicia Day), who herself had fallen in love with Dr. Horrible's arch-nemisis, Captain Hammer (played by Nathan Fillion). This musical does an amazing job of letting us see what the other side is like, and that the villains can be people too. Not only does it do this amazingly, but it was one of the first of it's kind, at least from what I've seen. Harris and Day leave the viewer(s) in awe with their duets, and fully compliment each other's singing styles. With music by Joss and Jed Whedon, this musical has tunes that could easily get stuck in your head if you're not careful....and Hammer is a bit of an ass. Be sure to check it out if you have not already!
                                                                         -Written by Jorge Quintanilla