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How Endearing Switch Game Pode Came to Be – An Interview with Yngvill Hopen
Video games as an artistic medium still have a lot of untapped potential to convey stories and emotions. We’ve seen a wide range over the years, but there was definitely a race to squish the most polygons into a single screen for the longest time. Now that the graphics of games are shifting more towards the importance of artistic direction with games like Stardew Valley, Breath of the Wild, and Fo...[Read More]
Azeroth Arrival – Part Two – World of Warcraft at PAX East
Six years have passed since I last set foot on the virtual soil of Azeroth. Three additional expansions have further broadened the world, and piled more lore on the never-ending battle between The Alliance and The Horde. With the seventh expansion, Battle for Azeroth, slated for release this upcoming August, I had the opportunity to sit down for a short interview with two of the current World of W...[Read More]
Return to Azeroth, Part I – Good Times in World of Warcraft
We’d been building up to this moment for months. We’d been so close the previous week, only to come up short in the final battle, but this time everything was going our way. Everyone was still online, Tati was on top of her healing game, Banu and our off-tank had everything on lockdown, and we the DPS team were cranking out damage like a crack UFC beatdown team. The year was 2011, and my guild was...[Read More]
Just Shapes and Beats Interview with Mike Ducarme
Here at Marooners’ Rock, we’ve been following Just Shapes & Beats since at least 2015. Yesterday, we even published our review that was written by me of course. You can click on over to a new tab and read it here on why you should pick up the game on Steam or Nintendo Switch! Heck, why not both! With all of that said, I got to sit back and chat with Mike Ducarme who is the Good Guy...[Read More]
Tekko 2018 An Adventure in Wonderland
After battling an invisible foe more vicious than the Jabawockey, we have departed from Wonderland and sadly returned to the Madness of everyday life. Tekko 2018’s theme was Alice in Wonderland, disappointingly the theme was underutilized and congoers felt that The Pittsburgh Japanese Cultural Society could have done more with such an eccentric theme. Congoers had the opportunity to interac...[Read More]
LiquidSky Allows Users to Stream Games hosted on a Cloud Gaming PC
It is not a mystery that PC gaming is one of the more expensive avenues of the gaming hobby, one that has gotten worse with the inflated prices of graphics cards due to cryptocurrency. Now, imagine if one could borrow a high-end gaming PC, without the act of physically moving the hardware or taking away that system from a friend or neighbor. This is what LiquidSky seeks to provide a solution for, ...[Read More]
AimPad: Interview with Principal Engineer of Awesomeness Lance Madsen
While I was running around PAX East I came across a booth boasting something I hadn’t heard of before, pressure sensitivity in a keyboard. Ever drive, well anything, in a video game? At best is annoying, at worst, completely unplayable. There isn’t any subtly in using a keyboard to drive in L.A. Noire, hit “W” and take off at full acceleration, then to turn tap “AR...[Read More]
DUSK – A Throwback with Guts
Even as video games continue to push the boundaries as a medium visually, there is something timeless about a retro look. For those that played on a PC in the early 90s, there is a visual style that probably comes to mind. Blocky polygons, rudimentary lighting that was monumental at the time, and blazing fast gameplay. Dusk takes the mold of games like Quake to create something unique that will ha...[Read More]
There will be no Loot Boxes in Monster Hunter World
Capcom has had some rough patches over the years, especially when it comes to cancelling Mega Man games, making weird mobile ports, and still saying nothing about Monster Hunter XX on Switch. However, Capcom is also on a bit of a golden streak with games like Resident Evil 7, which became an instant classic and reviving a troubled series. With Monster Hunter World, there is hope that one of my fav...[Read More]
Five Fast Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Gamers
Good news! You’ve gotten a last minute invitation to a Halloween party tonight! Bad news! Your plans were to stay in, turn off all the lights, play in the Overwatch Halloween event, and buy discounted Halloween candy tomorrow, so you didn’t have a costume planned. Not to worry, we at Marooner’s Rock have your back, with five easy costume ideas (plus a bonus) that you can probably...[Read More]
Five Obscure Games of 2017 Worth Playing
There simply isn’t enough time to talk about every single game that comes out. There are hundreds that we miss out covering due to the sheer volume of titles, many of which are certainly worth playing. As someone who enjoys searching the vast libraries of games on a system, I often come across some fairly obscure games that for whatever reason get pushed further and further back on my list. ...[Read More]
Five Awesome Things Revealed for Monster Hunter World
Alright, so I have been obsessively thinking about Monster Hunter World ever since its announcement. Did I mention that I cried at the reveal, tears of pure joy? I probably did, it was a big moment for me. Anyways, with some of the year’s last gaming conventions coming to an end, a plethora of new information has been revealed about this title. Here are five awesome new things in Monster Hun...[Read More]