Plenty of latest names gracing the Blog Herding this week as a fresh wave of bloggers has picked up the torch and continues supplying the community with user content. This week’s topics range from the hot Valve announcements to Star Wars 1313.

Blog Herding Stats:

Period Reviewed: September 23 – September 29, 2013
Number of User Blogs: 37
Number of User Bloggers: 28
Number of User Blogs Herded: 10

Community Events:

Game Informer Online 2014 Fantasy Football League Scoreboard – Week 3
Another week of football means another week of wins and losses for members of the GIO Fantasy Football league. Cerpintaxman highlights the consequences together with his latest scoreboard blog.

Extra Life 2013 is simply round the corner and Game Informer’s online volunteer coordinator Zachary Pligge posts a couple of blogs concerning the event including Update #3  and the Prize Blog.

Community Blogs:

Top Seven Series i need To Work On
Some folks play games, a few of us build games, and a few folks want both. The Destroyer mentions a handful of game series he would wish to work on if given the chance.

Why Visceral Can And Must Save Star Wars 1313
Despite every indication Star Wars 1313 have been relegated to nothing greater than a canceled project and concept art, Tim Gruver holds out hope that someone can save the sport from the dark side.

Solving The “Guns/Games Are Bad!” Debate
A remarkable albeit potentially sensitive first blog you most likely didn’t see this week, as gamer and gun owner Ben Hayward discusses the perceptions and misconceptions about games and violence.

Why Can’t We like Nature In addition to Games?
An interesting perspective in regards to the great outdoors present in real life and the way some gamers give it some thought within the virtual world. You possibly can or won’t believe airbornebovine, but it’s still a fascinating piece.

Why Gun Monkey Is Worth Your Time
Paradigmthefallen plays Gun Monkey, a game described as a “procedurally-generated, physics-based, online deathmatch platform game” developed by independent studio Size Five Games.

What Happens In Vegas…
John Wrek takes good thing about the offer provided to Xbox Live Gold Members that permits them to download Rainbow Six Vegas without cost, before coming back here to debate the experience.

Things That might Help Nintendo Now
Nintendo is still the topic of dialogue for lots of because the company struggles to regain its footing in the industry. Lil J Moore shares his perspective on a variety of potential ideas that will help.

My Top Ten Game Boy Advance Games
With the regularity of Old Faithful, Eric Watson’s latest Top Ten Tuesday list specializes in a suite of his favorite Game Boy Advance games. Come on, you recognize you wish to see which one is no 1.

The Potential Of The Valve Steam Box/Steamos
Valve caused a disturbance in the Force this past week with multiple announcements a few variety of hardware and software solutions they’re introducing. Dan Talarico responds to the news.

Top 25 Most Memorable Levels In Gaming
Favorite levels – most people have one. Soulfly666 tackles the daunting task of picking 25 of his most memorable levels and encompasses a brief comment of what makes it so special. What number do you compromise with?

Community Reviews:

FEZ Review: Think Outside The 2D Box
Blogging newcomer airbornebovine not just makes the list with an ideal blog this week; he also wrote a beautiful user review for Fez, the extremely popular indie puzzle/platformer.

Irrational Takes A Legendary Name To The Skies…
Six months ago it gave the impression of everybody was talking about Bioshock Infinite and praising the sport. The cheers might’ve subsided, but Nex Gen Reviews reminds us why it’s miles still a great game.

Community Podcasts:

The JIM Show – Nostalgia, Cajones, And PAX – Season 2 Episode 18
With a podcast schedule that often keeps you guessing and content which may make you cover your ears, Daniel, Jack, and Jeremy are back with what could be one in every of their most colorful episodes yet.

Don’t forget to send your feedback, recommendations, and community events in to my personal Game Informer account located here to ensure this option continues to present the content you’re wanting to read.

Happy Blogging!

Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (09/23/13 – 09/29/13):
airbornebovine; ATOMIC; Blue blood outbreak; Buddy Acker; cerpintaxman; Dan Talarico; Eric Watson; Gaming Warthog; Gorow the Driller; HEEELS88-XI; Jack Gardner; jackson stone (2); Jeremy Sturgill; John Wrek (7); Lil J Moore; Matt Akers; MSF codforlife; Paradigmthefallen; Postmita; Redguard Assassin; RezidentHazard (rides again); Servant of God; soulfly666; StonedMagician (2); TeddyAssassin33; The Destroyer; thegodofwine7; and Tim Gruver (2).

Video Game Archives – Quote of the Week:
“Violence in games if it adds to the gaming experience is ok, but when it’s simply to cause controversy and gain some extra PR, absolutely NOT.” – Debbie Bestwick

Halo canon lovers rejoice. Dark Horse is taking another online game franchise to print in Halo: Escalation. The UNSC flagship Infinity may be the centerpiece for the comic’s first issue. The author is none apart from Chris Schlerf, the lead writer of Halo 4. 

The events in Halo: Escalation begin with the Infinity being assigned an escort mission for the covenant. In fact, things don’t go in response to plan. You could read the synopsis at the website and get excited for the primary issue on December 11th. For more info on other game comics by Dark Horse, which includes Plants vs Zombies or Tomb Raider, click here and here respectively.

Our Take
The synopsis means that the series will occur before the events of Halo 4 and Spartan Ops. Before serving as an exploratory ship, Infinity fought inside the Sangheili civil war. My guess is that the series begins after the signature battles at the Elites’ home world. 

Even though Master Chief might sit this series out, it’s exciting to look comics expand a video game’s universe. A deeper have a look at Infinity might possibly be interesting. 

Am I the one person who likes these designs? i believe they give the impression of being cool, at the least- kinda jogs my memory of the Dark Crystal. I got the Jak and Daxter trilogy your time ago. I’ve desired to get into the series, but I NEED TO play them so as. The difficulty is, though, that the primary J&D game is kinda… boring. The sport really centers around getting enough orbs, to get enough power cells, to get to the subsequent place. After which the method starts over! i do know that Jak 2 and three are good, fun games, however the problem i’ve got is making an attempt to wade my way in the course of the muck of egg collecting. That irritates me.

Looking to decorate up as a game character for Halloween this year? Don’t wish to spend the effort and time to make a fancy dress worthy of cosplay events? Well, the web is here to make it easy to point out your gaming pride this year.

Minecraft fans who wish to lower your expenses should purchase a Creeper cardboard head. Wear a green shirt and green pants to finish the outfit. If you’d rather not explode and destroy the side of a home that someone’s put their heart into building, then get the Steve head instead. Top it off with a teal shirt and blue jeans and you’re all done.

If you really need to freak people out, purchase a Slender Man costume. The suit is amazingly form fitting, that can be uncomfortable for some, so wearing an average black suit with the mask is usually an option. The product description says you could see, eat, and drink in the course of the mask. Just ensure you’re always standing behind someone after they turn around.

Parents who’re trick-or-treating with their kids can get them a deluxe costume from the wildly popular Skylanders series. The Crusher and Jet Vac costumes cost lower than $40 and so they look pretty detailed. Activision would probably agree which you haven’t already spent enough money at the Skylanders franchise.

For those willing to spend the cash, Amazon.com has a close Conner from Assassin’s Creed III costume for roughly $120. A wrist blade will cost another $40, and you’ll ought to supply your individual blue pants and shoes. Nevertheless it is absolutely worth it to place the hurt on some Templars. There’s also a women’s Ezio costume for female fans.

Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite have been a preferred cosplay character this year, and insist for her outfit is understandably high. Female gamers who need to dress up as the best female characters in recent memory should buy this costume for $190. Obviously, no citizen of Columbia should ever leave the home with no skyhook.

Feel free to put in writing within the comments below in case you have your individual costume ideas for Halloween this year.

That’s odd. i’ll have sworn the Wii U version was already out. I’ve actually been replaying the unique game recently. It is a exceptional, with quite a few good stealth, shooting, and solid rpg elements. slightly unpolished in areas, character faces look weird now and then and the ending felt rushed, but otherwise a totally solid title.

I’d want to buy this updated version, if only to get your complete dlc on one disc, but with my finances i cannot justify buying what’s essentially a game I already own.

Seeing how anyone who will be inquisitive about this game has probably already bought it, i will not see this selling well overall, especially at the Wii U. I predict five figure sales, something along the lines of fifty,000 copies sold. But maybe I’m just being pessimistic.