Game Reviews

I will finish this challenge. That doesn't mean I'll get to it every day, apparently. After missing the last two days, here are days 6, 7 and today's topics.

First up, we've got my choice for the most annoying character in video game history. This will be a tough one, as it is one crowded fucking field. There are probably just as many characters that grate on my nerves in video games as there are personal favorites. So here are five (which were hard enough to narrow down themselves), ...

Didn't get around to to this yesterday, so I'll be covering yesterday's topic as well as today's.

First, we have my "guilty pleasure". When people ask me which band or movie is my #1 "guilty pleasure" I have no answer, as there aren't any bands or flicks I'm even slightly ashamed of digging. Video games, fortunately for this list, isn't a medium of which I have no guilty pleasures. There is only one game I can think of I'd rather not enjoy but still do, and here ...

"A game that is underrated." is a very broad topic for multiple reasons. As such, I am bending it to fit my own idea of what an underrated game is.

My choice isn't the game I feel is most underrated (though that game appears in my runners-up list), but a game I feel is underrated more by the gaming community/fandom than by critics, and the impact and influence of which isn't acknowledged as often as it should be.

Runners-up:

• Killer7 (this

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I had some difficulty choosing a single favorite character in the history of gaming. And looking down each day's topic in this Video Game Challenge, this seems like it'll be a frequent problem. So since I'm an indecisive fuck, on days in which I believe other games/characters/moments deserve mentioning, I'll include runners-up. So here are the runners-up (in no particular order) for the highly cherished title of Jacob's Favorite Video Game Character of All Da Times.

• Luigi
• Blue,

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I haven't blogged in a while, mostly out of having nothing to write. Then I noticed a bunch of you were doing this 30-day "Video Game Challenge" thing. So what the hell, let's do this thing.

Day 1 - Your Very First Video Game:
Day 2 - Your favorite character:
Day 3 - A game that is underrated:
Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game:
Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were):
Day 6 - Most annoying character:
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