Review: Homefront

Hi everyone, first off I'd like to apologize for not posting for the past 11 days, I haven't thought of anything to post. Please accept this meagre slice of game review. When I started Homefront, I was expecting a run-of-the-mill FPS (first person shooter), with the same combat system and a similar plot as a hundred other games that the producers are still marketing as 'original'. It turns out I was wrong. Thankfully. Homefront is set on Earth, sometime around 2028. The People's Republic of North Korea have occupied a bunch of territories under the leadership of Kim-Jong-Un. One of these territories is most of the USA, from San Francisco to Colorado or something like that. The North Koreans don't seem to like the USA, so they have used measures similar to those...

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An output for violence

As you may or may not know, I've been playing a lot of the game Bulletstorm recently. Bulletstorm is, how do you say... a little bit on the gory side. This is fine by me, but some people seem to have a big issue with violent video games. I don't understand this because apart from a slight desensitization to violence, it hasn't affected the world population in the least. There were more wars 100 years ago, before any kind of video game, even Pong, than there are today. While I'll admit using a charged drillbit shot from a modified gun to impale someone on steel poles cannot be very good for you, it hasn't turned all gamers into savage monsters who want to rip your flesh out. Yet. People are so paranoid that they are blind. Video gaming obviously hasn't created brain-slurping zombies...

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Retro

Hey everyone, I'm going to talk about retro tonight (as you may have guessed). For those of you who don't know, something comes into fashion, then becomes unpopular and when it becomes cool again, it's retro. Weird, huh? \ Retro is a strange concept,  I think it is often used solely as a sales pitch for old stuff, but I think it mainly comes into fashion because of a new generation who did not experience the craze of the earlier generation when the item of clothing/sunglasses style/(insert suitable word here) came out, therefore they are ready to accept it as it is not an overworn item as it has gone out of fashion. But I digress, the reason I wanted to talk about retro is Minecraft. Minecraft is a game with what could be described as retro graphics (I'm starting a Minecraft...

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Bulletstorm

If you've read my Intro Blog, then you will know that my favourite game at the moment is Bulletstorm. What I'd like to bring you know is my honest review/wildly biased opinion. I love Bulletstorm. I find it extremely hard to nitpick about it as there is hardly anything to nitpick about. This game is almost perfectly balanced. The violence is gratuitous, but in a comical way as opposed to disgusting gore as in Dead Space or a similar game. The graphics are crystal clear and the slightly thicker outline somewhere between Borderland's semi-celshading and normal graphics produces a great effect. The plot is original and interesting, it's the first good Science Fiction plot for a game that I've ever played or heard of. The combat controls are great and it feels like wearing a second skin...

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Intro Blog

Hey everyone, this is my first post on The Rorschach Blog. I hope this blog is succesful in spreading my opinion to everyone and (if i have the right idea) making them think in a different way, but most of all to provide captivating and interesting material to my readers. I enjoy gaming and pursue many other interests, but let's talk about gaming for now. I watch a lot of Youtube videos; some of my favourite youtubers are Seananners and UberHaxorNova. Check 'em out. I have all 3 major gaming platforms (PC, PS3 and 360) and I enjoy them all, I'm not a ridiculous fanboy. I have a Youtube channel (in my links) which i'm starting to post on, so please check it out and subscribe. My favourite game these days is Bulletstorm, which is great fun and has amazing graphics. I play mainly FPS games,...

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