Mobile Hating...I Mean Gaming
I don't understand why soooooooo many people hate one mobile gaming. Gamers are referred to as people who play games (virtual or board). Mobile gamers are just that. They usually play daily and enjoy...
View ArticlePokémon Art Contest Entry
I was reading my newsfeed and saw that people have commented on this: The Second Annual(?) Pokemon Art Contest!!! hosted by gameguy523. I was not active on MyIGN for the first contest. But I looked at...
View Article"Gamer Takes Losing to a New Level"
So I'm gracefully watching my CW TV shows, which for me also shares that channel with Pix 11 News (my local news channel). The commercial pops up for "tonight at 10pm, we have a hitting story about how...
View ArticleWhat's the Appeal of 'Virtual Pet' Games?
I'm sure everyone must have had some form of virtual pet in their life at a point in time. I've personally had my fair share, but what is the appeal? Why do people get joy out of caring for an animal...
View ArticleThe Struggle I Had with Xbox One Sharing
So I finally got my Xbox One Drive and Upload Studios to sync with each other. I literally could not get my uploads to share with my One Drive until today. I don't know why, it just wouldn't work. So...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: Happy Mothers' Day
In light of Mother's Day, and in response to Lost_in_Translation's new weekly community blog challenges, I picked my favorite video game, movie and TV mom. If you couldn't tell, the theme was Mother's...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: Giant Monsters
Lately I have been suffering from writer's block, so I'm glad Lost_In_Translation has these weekly themes. Not only that, but they help strength our little MyIGN community. Any who, this week's theme...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: Mutant Powers
Superpowers. I think at least once in everyone's life they wish for a power of some sort. Of course, there are more useful ones than others, but nonetheless being able to do something out of the...
View ArticleRating my own 3DS Collection
I was inspired by CookieCrumbles' blog (she reviewed her own 3/DS collection) to review my own collection! Luckily, my 3DS selection is the smallest of my gaming collections with 9 total. If I were to...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: The Pokémon World
Dungeons, dragons and Pokémon?! oh my! Everyone loves a good level design, which obviously varies from person to person. A dungeon level design can be interpreted many ways. There are so many...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: The Bad Seeds
Evil. It's everywhere. It can be the technology we're using or the faces next us. Giving evil a face creates an outlet for us human beings to focus our judgements on. Entertainment media, in all forms,...
View ArticleWhen Toys Come to Life
E3 released a lot of great games this year, but what I took a lot of notice in was Nintendo's presentation, most notably their creation of the collectable figures: Amiibo. This new franchise will...
View ArticleAu Revoir MyIGN, It's Vacation Time!
Just so you guys won't think I fell off the face of the Earth, I am leaving for vacation on the 16th of June and will most likely return around the 25th. If only the cruise I was going on had WiFi, but...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: Saturday Morning Pokémon!
Buongiorno! I have returned from vacation and am ready to participate in the weekly themes again. Shame I missed last weeks, "favorite video games" I mean...I'm pretty sure I would write about Pokémon...
View ArticleCommunity Project: Memorable Moments
There are so many memorable moments in entertainment. With electronic entertainment it is easier to remember an image of an enticing scene. Whether it made you cry, smile, laugh; it is something you...
View ArticleCommunity Blog: Ubisoft
So hopping on the community bandwagon, mikeerik created one as well and honored me with a tag :p I take notice in developers and publishers, but not too much. I know all developers and publishers work...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: Summertime Film Hits
Looking back on my wall dossier of movie ticket stubs, I really haven't see that many films. My first ticket (obviously not my first movie ever seen in theaters) dates back only to August 2010, that...
View ArticleIntersectionality Within Video Games
Games along with other forms of technological entertainment such as movies and television are chock full of stereotypes. This is indirectly due to social constructs of the real world; most forms of...
View ArticleWhat Makes A Classic?
People will always say "oh, that game is a classic" or "That movie is a classic, how have you've not seen it?" However, there is really no absolute definition of what a classic is. The dictionary...
View ArticleCommunity Theme: Video Games OSTs
Music, who doesn't love music?! It can set the mood of someone's entire day. Video game music though is usually something different, like films and television it will add to the setting of the moment....
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