The Plucky Programmer

[Above: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Official Trailer] When I was a kid, the one game that I can say that really took me out of my comfort zone of strategy games (Age of Empires was the norm in the day) and put me into the wide world of gaming was not a shooter, fighter or adventure game, but an RPG. It was Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, old even in that  [ Read More ]

I cashed in on the ‘revised’ prices of Sony consoles last month by buying a PS3 system. My first picks after a half and hour of Gamespotting and IGNing (-enning) were Resistance 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4. These two were apparently great games from 2008 (Yes, 3 years its been now) that wouldn’t burn a deep hole in my pocket, and let me catch up on the chunk of gaming history  [ Read More ]