Last WRUP of the year and I almost forgot. Should tell you something about the state Twinstiq has been in for the last couple of months :)
Makes me that much happier to still see some of you Joystiq guys visiting, writing and hanging out in our team chat (btw: if you are reading this and want to join the chat, let me know).
As I’ve said previously (somewhere), Twinstiq isn’t going away. We may not have provided the home most people wanted, but I’d like to imagine that we eased the transition into a Joystiq-less time for some. For me personally it re-opened a previously closed chapter in my life, at a time where, as it turns out, I really needed it. It led to me dipping my toes back into the muddy sewage that is gaming journalism which resulted in my personal highlight of the year: having my work printed in an actual physical magazine (although that’s still a month away) that I subscribed to 10 years ago and receiving the offer to do more paid work for them.
The dream of having Twinstiq making it “big” might be over, but maybe we can still create a home for people who are interested in gaming and who want to do something creative in that space? A tribute to Joystiq not by imitation, but by helping those who want to enrich our favorite pastime? A first step to maybe a professional career? How does that sound?
But what about you? What was your highlight this year? Or lowlight, if you’d like to share.
Oh, and what is everyone playing over the weekend of course?
- Greywolfe (Twitter, YouTube): inca's over! police quest 3 is over! okami is not! the hearthstone tavern brawl is pretty shruggy this week. i just finished armada [which is an ok book.] - right now, i'm just between things. lots of stuff is going to start up on sunday [a new sierra game! other stuff!]
- Scrooloose: Getting a start on Darksiders 2 Dethinitive Edition, I'd forgotten how cool those games are. I really hope the new owners of the Darksiders series (I believe it's Nordic Games) are able to bring out a 3rd installment. As I understand it, the Deathinitive Edition was a sort of experiment in people's continuing interest in the series. Might also play some Victor Vran, or Leathal League.
- Thomas (Twitter): No idea if I’ll actually have time for gaming, but if I do, it’s probably going to be DmC. Really not that bad and I really don’t understand all those “Dante is emo now! BOOOHOOOO” cries it received back when it came out.
- Yoda0VGs (Twitter): I'm also gonna try to hop into some more Victor Vran, really fun rpg looter. I also got Kerbal Space Program as a Christmas gift and have finally started digging into that, tons of fun but hard --I mean it is Rocket Science ;) -- Aside from that I'll prolly play some more matches of Dirty Bomb, had no exposure to this game until earlier this week and it's what I wanted CS:GO to be at launch. So yeah really surprised by how fun Dirty Bomb is and kinda wanna play it now.
- Trish: Uhhhhh boobs! Boobs and gaming
And before I forget it: Happy new year everybody!
Yeah never really got the hate for new dante, but I never cared much for old dante either, just liked to hack and slash fuckers. Looked liked dmc did a great job at that, maybe I’ll pick that up if it goes back on sale!
I’m glad I can still come here for my WRUP fix. It may be smaller than Joystiq was at it’s prime, but it’s the one weekly feature I still miss to this day. Twitter can only go so far as a substitute, ya know?
I’ve been trying to plan my Four in February. I’m not sure how many people are going to participate, but I certainly intend to. That being said, I’ve laid out a few things I need to clear off my plate in January so I don’t get distracted. Right now I’m playing Ryse, Son of Rome on the PC and Killzone Shadow Fall on the PS4 and not really anything on the X1 right now. Once Ryse is done, I’m going to concentrate on completing Fallout 4’s story. I’m still deciding on my February list, but if those 3 aren’t cleared up by then I’ll get distracted.
Yeah thinking of doing at least Her Story and Undertale for my four in feb, not sure what else but Ive plenty to choose from :D
Glad to see you coming back :)
my 4iF list is still undecided. Thief will probably be in it, maybe some more games centered around the concept of freedom?
oh god.
i forgot about four in february. i’ll have to give that a bit of a think.
Happy New Year everyone! And good job on getting published, Thomas.
I just finished the main story for Fallout 4. I’m a little bit disappointed how the last 25% turned out, but otherwise the game will continue to be a source of distraction with its crafting element and mindless radiant quest activities. Plus, as always, it’s continually satisfying to snipe bad guys in the head and watch them explode into a bloody mess.
I also sat down to watch the video summaries for Yakuza 1&2 included with Yakuza 3, and played maybe an hour or so before succumbing to sleep. It feels noticeably less polished than gta and sleeping dogs (and the summaries provide only the briefest of overviews for a story that didn’t seem that interesting), but I’m told this is a starting point and it does get much better as the series progresses from 3 unto 5.
thanks :)
been wanting to get into Yakuza myself for quite some time now. I actually own one on the ps3 (is it 3? 4? no idea).
Do you have anything good to say about 3?
3 is considered to be kind of the entry point (for those of us lacking ps2 access) according to somebody who replied to me at Eurogamer. He encouraged me to watch the summaries and play in sequential order, saying that it gets better with each successive entry.
I have the same problem with Yakuza. Been collecting them all these years, not played any. I’ll keep you posted, however long that takes.