A Look at Sony’s E3 2015 Theater Event June 16, 2015
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We traveled all the way to Waterbury, CT for the only theater in the entire state of Connecticut which was scheduled to show the Sony E3 2015 Press Event live on a big movie theater screen. How many players went to go see what Sony had in store for us? What games did we want to see? Was everyone excited for what was shown? Let’s find out.
Playstation E3 Press Event Review June 16, 2015
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Maniac and his buddy Twitch went to the only theater in the state of Connecticut that was showing the Playstation E3 Press Event last night. Before we show the footage from that event, Twitch wanted to give his thoughts on what Sony had to show at this year’s E3.
Final Fantasy Collection Appraisal June 9, 2015
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Maniac has been building up a halfway decent collection of Final Fantasy games for the past three years. In this video, shot a day after the release of the Final Fantasy XV demo’s update was released, he shows what the games are currently valued at if you’re interested in picking up any of these games for yourselves.
Mind of Maniac – How To Discuss Video Game History June 3, 2015
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Twelve years ago, Maniac took a New Media course instructed by a Professor who would go on to be a star of the movie ATARI: Game Over. It was a great experience for him. However, not everyone knows how to teach about new technology well. A year ago, Princess Angel took a course about the History of Video Games, but her class had a lot of problems.
So how do you teach a class on the history of the world’s newest interactive media and not only do it well but keep it interesting for everyone taking the course? Let’s find out.
Splatoon Multiplayer Turf War Gameplay Video May 10, 2015
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Splatoon’s Global Testfire Demo may have wrapped up yesterday, but we have more exclusive Splatoon gameplay footage for all of you who were not able to participate. Here’s another game of Turf War, this time on a different multiplayer map. Remember, the objective of Turf War is to defeat the enemy team by covering as much of the arena as possible in your team’s ink, and prevent the opposing team from doing the same.
Splatoon is coming May 29th, 2015 exclusively on the Wii U.
Splatoon Squid Jump Minigame Demonstration May 10, 2015
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Maniac shows a small Minigame that Splatoon players can enjoy while waiting for multiplayer matchmaking to assign them an online game. Unfortunately, matchmaking works so fast he isn’t able to show much of the minigame, but it’s a simple and fun little diversion while you wait.
Splatoon is coming May 29th, 2015 exclusively on the Wii U.
Splatoon Global Testfire Multiplayer Gameplay May 9, 2015
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Nintendo launched the Splatoon Global Testfire Demo tonight at 8PM PST for exactly one hour and oh boy was that hour intense. We got to take a pretty good look at the gameplay for this unique multiplayer Wii U title, and here is some footage of our experience playing the game. All footage was directly captured off of a Wii U system in native 1080p.
First up here’s the character creation and training mission, which all players will get once they start the demo.
And here’s a little gameplay for you. This is a game of Turf War on the Saltspray Rig. The objective of a game of Turf War is to cover as much of the game environment with your team’s color ink, while preventing the opposing team from doing the same by any means necessary.
Splatoon is coming later this month exclusively on the Wii U.
We’re Going to ConnectiCon 2015 May 5, 2015
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We’ve got a really exciting announcement to make today. Maniac and Princess Angel will be attending ConnectiCon 2015. ConnectiCon 2015 will be hosted at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. It will begin Thursday night, July 9th, 2015 with a Nerd Prom, and will continue from Friday the 10th through Sunday.
They’ve already announced an incredible deus of guests for this year, and promise that more are coming. We have attended the event several times over the past few years and have always had a blast. If you want to learn more about the event, check out their official website.
May The Fourth Be With You All – Star Wars Games Podcasts May 4, 2015
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Here on GameXcess.net we’ve got an ongoing podcast series where Maniac talks about specific game franchises. It is an unscripted series where our host will usually talk about a franchise’s history, his experience with the games, and where he thinks the future holds.
In the time that we’ve been doing our podcast series, Maniac has recorded three podcasts specifically about Star Wars game franchises. In honor of Star Wars Day, we’re going to be reposting some of these Star Wars game podcasts. So if you’ve heard them before, or are just hearing them for the first time, enjoy and may The Force be with you.
First up is our Podcast on the famous Jedi Knight series.
Next up is our podcast on The Force Unleashed games.
Finally, here’s our podcast on the Knights of the Old Republic franchise.
Maniac’s Thoughts on the Alan Wake 2 Prototype April 25, 2015
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Earlier this week, Remedy did an interview with Polygon.com about a technical demo they produced in 2010 for Alan Wake 2. The demo was created to sell the game to possible publishers and while it did not get made it did lead to the development of Quantum Break. The web has been lit up with speculation about this demo ever since, especially by fans of the original Alan Wake game. If you haven’t seen the demo or read the interview yet you can check it out here.
What follows are my thoughts on the demo and why I think Remedy chose to release this information now.
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