Archive for February, 2011
PSN Makes JRPG Lovers Happy
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
28 Feb 2011Great news for…well, for me. Hopefully for you, too! Japanese developer Square’s role-playing games were truly in their heyday on the Playstation One, but these days they can be a little difficult to track down unless you like the idea of paying upwards of $100 without even being assured of the discs’ condition. No longer, [...]
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- Tags: jrpg, playstation, psn, square, vagrant story, xenogears
MidiFighter: Where DJ and Street Fighter Meet
In: Articles by Miguel "DaddyGamer" Gonzaga
28 Feb 2011I’m always in search for something cutting edge, useful, and entertaining. Guess what? I found one and it’s based right in the my backyard, San Francisco Bay Area. The MidiFighter allows you to create a customized midi controller that can be mapped to everything from analog buttons to scroll wheels. Better yet, you can customize [...]
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- Tags: controller, diy, midifighter, playstation, tech, XBox
Does Easy Mode Make You Not a Real Gamer?
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
27 Feb 2011I finished Dead Space 2 a few days ago, but I had to turn the difficulty down to easy to do it. Now, reading this sentence has likely elicited one of two reactions from you: Either you have gasped in horror at my stunning lack of skill and are currently composing a response featuring gratuitous [...]
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- Tags: console, culture, dead space, difficulty, easy mode, playstation, XBox
Rest In Peace, MGC
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
27 Feb 2011If you’re a regular browser of gaming websites, you’ve probably noticed something strange in the past day or so. Where many sites (including GameHounds) previously listed their writers’ XBox Live gamertags using a service called MyGamerCard.net, there are now no avatars, no gamertags, and no list of recently played titles. Instead, there are boxes thanking [...]
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- Tags: gamertag, Microsoft, mygamertag, XBox
Review: MicroBot
In: Reviews by Chris "FighterAce100" Salazar
26 Feb 2011Have you heard of MicroBot? I hadn’t until I randomly started searching through Xbox Live Arcade titles one night and I think I may have found a diamond in the rough. This game has not had big advertising or much credit tossed its way, good or bad, but it’s a great, addictive little shoot-em-up game [...]
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- Tags: electronic arts, Microbot, Reviews, xbla
Meet the Hounds: Leah Haydu
In: Website by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
25 Feb 2011The GameHounds staff list just got a little bigger this week. If you noticed already, there’s a new byline that appeared: Leah “WhiteGodiva” Haydu. You may know the name as one half of Some Other Castle and you’ve probably heard her on the site’s website, Some Other Podcast. She’s also been a guest on GameHounds [...]
Go Ahead. Upgrade Your PS3, But It’s a Pain in the Ass
In: Articles by Miguel "DaddyGamer" Gonzaga
25 Feb 2011With all the new titles and demos about to hit the PS3, I’ve decided to embark in what seems to be a painless proposition: Upgrading my Playstation 3 hard drive. I read several how-to articles and viewed some Youtube videos and thought to myself: I can do this. Technically, it was easy: buy new hard [...]
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- Tags: advice, playstation, PS3, tech, upgrade
Top Four Games for Driving Drunk — or Designating a Driver
In: Articles by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner
23 Feb 2011The conversation started innocently enough: What games are the best for driving drunk? We at GameHounds are all adults, and sometimes in an Xbox Live party chat, the conversation just goes its own course. So when Edie Sellers posed this question, I took suggestion of the Ginger Bitch and decided to give you my list [...]
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- Tags: drinking, top 10
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