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Sony Skipping E3 2020 is a Mistake
With the next generation of consoles just around the corner, you would think that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo would be looking to get any advantage that they could. However recent news broke revealing that Sony will be skipping E3 2020. With Sony planning to skip E3 yet again, what companies will fill the void? Will their absence damage the release of the PlayStation 5? Let’s discuss why S...[Read More]
Six Tips For Better Eye Health on National Eyewear Day
June 6th is National Eyewear Day here in the United States, which means it’s a good reminder to make sure that your eyes are in the best shape that they can be. No one wants to end up in the gamer version of “Time Enough At Last” where when we finally have time to tackle our backlogs, we can’t see the screen well enough to do anything.
Azeroth Arrival – Part Four – Joining The Battle for Azeroth
When we’d last left Kaelisse and Landralus, it was a couple of days before The Battle for Azeroth hit and shook everything up once again. Landralus had completed basic Monk training in Pandaria, and was ready for the new expansion, or so I thought. Lissy was off chasing critters to be Azeroth’s greatest pet trainer, and was far too busy to notice some minor incidents like Lady Sylvanus burning dow...[Read More]
Azeroth Arrival – Part Three – Lissy the Lock
They finally got me back. All the new things, the ease of getting a character caught up, and the fact that I miss playing MMOs all pushed me back into World of Warcraft. Reactivation was simple enough, and once the client had enough downloaded to jump into the game, I found myself staring at a very familiar character selection screen, albeit with some slightly unfamiliar names displayed. At some p...[Read More]
Enter the Gryphon – A New Kind of Internet Security Device for the Connected Household
It’s every parent’s constant battle: how to keep kids away from the from the sections of the internet that we don’t want them to see. From web filters on computers, and screen locking apps on phones, to custom DNS solutions on routers, there are a multitude of available solutions, but many of them have serious drawbacks in one or more areas. Now a new product aims to change all that with a single,...[Read More]
Ten Great Games For Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and for gamers, this can mean a time to share a thematically appropriate game with that special someone, or at least find some love with an on-screen waifu. With that in mind, here are the Top Ten Valentine’s Day game suggestions from Marooners’ Rock.
Leveling the Playing Field With Haste
We’ve all been there: sprinting around a corner in an online FPS, only to get hosed out of no where by another player who literally saw us a split-second sooner thanks to an unfortunate bout of 300ms ping. Or maybe it was a raid in a favorite MMO, where the healer simply didn’t get the information that our health was nosediving until it was a just too late. Perhaps MOBAs are your thing instead, an...[Read More]
ReviewTubers: Lazy Game Reviews – LGR
Reviewing games in entertaining ways and keeping an audience is hard enough, but reviewing hardware too? That is its own beast entirely. It takes more research, tools, and mechanical prowess to properly review a piece of PC hardware, and Lazy Game Reviews, or LGR for short, has all of this in spades. LGR specializes in all things Retro PC, his videos take a look at not only games, but also hardwar...[Read More]
The Evil Within 2 Xbox One Code Giveaway
With the Xbox One X now out, many of you are looking for new games to play. Who isn’t! Well, today is your lucky day as we here at Marooners’ Rock will be giving away one lucky reader a copy of the game. If you’re new to the site we happen to welcome you to the site. For those of you that often come here, you’ll know the rules when it comes to giveaway. As you can clearly g...[Read More]
Metroid 2, a Discussion on Video Game Interpretation
While I haven’t reached the level of Metroidvania academics as others that create video game content and essays, I do consider myself versed well enough in the genre to confidently talk with those experts. Since the announcement of the official Metroid 2 remake, Samus Returns, I knew I had to at least ask the creators of AM2R to be guests on the Forever Classic Podcast. Join Zach Snyder and ...[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]
Marooners’ Rock Awards – Best Games of PAX West 2017
Penny Arcade and ReedPOP have done it again! PAX West 2017 is a wrap and our Marooners’ Rock team has finally gotten a chance to cool down and come back to reality. PAX West – formerly known as PAX Prime – is arguably one of the best gaming conventions each year and is an event that everyone with a love of gaming should experience at some point in their life. This four-day weekend event takes plac...[Read More]
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