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Battlefield 3 – Epic Jet Kill

Alex Witherspoon — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:00:48 +0000

Check out this epic video of a missile shot towards

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Video Games as Art

Alex Witherspoon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:00:07 +0000

This is great representation of my feelings towards modern computer gaming. it is an experience that forces choices, and shows life through another lens. Even in minimalistic games like Tetris, or Chess, there is a complexity to them in how the system and mechanism works. I enjoy tinkering with mechanical objects, and have all my life. Many of these games feel like a natural extension of this. Now many would say there are plenty of ‘bad’ games out there, but I would argue there are just that many flawed systems as well. It takes a breadth of experiencing the good, the bad, and the ugly to really enjoy the good stuff when it comes along. I was playing World of Tanks recently, an online tank battle game, which is more towards the arcade end of things than simulation, but I was really enjoying experiencing the otherwise historical tanks and exploring how nuts some of these tank crews must have been going into battle with no metal enclosure to their turrets in some instances, when you really sit down and soak in some of these experiences, they can be interesting to work with.

My closing statement; go get a fun game and really play it, soak it in, and enjoy it like a good book.

Here is the source article I stumbled upon: http://kotaku.com/5853739/this-video-might-convince-your-doubtful-friends-that-games-can-be-art

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Half-Life: Origins Independent Short Film

Alex Witherspoon — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:00:14 +0000

I am a hug fan of Half Life; the entire series really, and I enjoyed seeing this fan film that looks into the days leading up to the Black Mesa Incident.

Left for Dead Independent Short Film

Left for Dead Independent Short Film

Alex Witherspoon — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:00:19 +0000

A warning – this is a zombie video – Gore + NSFW.

Now if you have heard of or played the game Left 4 Dead from Valve… This short video is a MUST see… Also watch in 1080P – worth it.

So…After watching the trailer… put on your WTF hat, and get ready for the actual full video – all filmed in a weekend…

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Need for Speed The Run TV Commercial

Alex Witherspoon — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:00:21 +0000

Normally, I am OK with a racing game lacking any real story, or even hinting at having one.

The premise here is actually kind of interesting to me, race a long distance, through a series of different environments. I know I need some excitement of being chased to keep me awake while driving through Idaho…

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Anno 2070

Alex Witherspoon — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:10:29 +0000

I am not going to lie, I am excited for this game’s imminent release. It is a city building game with a core foundation around economics, and supply logistics. I am a major logistics nerd, and enjoy creating efficient systems of logistics.

The series has typically handled the renascence era, but this modern/future edition of the game takes on resources, and limited supply/effect on climate and the world is an incredibly interesting simulation to play out in my mind, as you are tasked with either running your city as someone working with industrial scale to gain efficiency and stretch resources as long as they can go, or taking the goal of minimal impact, and working to harness the surroundings to allow for cyclical resource use.

** Update **

The game is absolutely awesome, and when you first go underwater for the first time it is magic. I have been enjoying playing with the logistical elements of the game.

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World of Tanks

Alex Witherspoon — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:00:06 +0000

Game URL: http://worldoftanks.com
Game Alias: AlexWitherspoon
Frequency of Play: Usually once a day, 1-2 hours.
Genre: Online Multiplayer First Person(Tank) Shooter
Cost: FREE

I have been playing and thoroughly enjoying World of Tanks a freemium FPS Online Multiplayer Tank game. My goal has always been in the game to own the entire US tank tree. You can see my progress below, I am almost done owning the entire tree. This is with a few thousand online battles lasting anywhere from 1-15 minutes each.

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