The Weekend Gamer
Thoughts on gaming culture, living among non-gamers, and growing up in the nintendo generation

Archive for the ‘Guitar Hero’ Category

The Top 5 Disappoinments of 2008

December 31, 2008

In any year, we are used to being bombarded with all sorts of promises.  Developers will promise us the moon, if they think it will garner interest in their game.  2008 was a year of bounty, with excellently executed titles for every variety of gamer, from the casual to the core, the RPG lover, the […]

Guitar Praise Stirs Up A Conversation (a.k.a.–Can There Be Such a Thing as a Christian Video Game?)

September 4, 2008

[Editors Note:  If the subject of Christianity or religion in general is something you can't handle in a mature way, then read no further.  Trolling will not be tolerated, so don't bother.] First off, if you haven’t already, read this article on Gamastutra, and then come back. Seriously. Why are you still here? Let me […]

Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference: Avatars, a New Dashboard, and what’s this? Final Fantasy XIII!

July 15, 2008

There’s. just. too. much. Honestly. And this is just Microsoft’s stuff. E3 got unofficially kicked off today with Microsoft’s press conference.  First of all, let me say that G4′s coverage over the last year or two has been really appreciated.  The network is by and large a burning heap of refuse regarding actual gaming content–Cops […]

Guitar Hero For DS–Are You Serious?

May 28, 2008

more about “Gametrailers.com – Guitar Hero: On To…“, posted with vodpod     Ok…this has to be the cheesiest video I’ve seen in a long time.  I laughed really hard throughout.  Hit the button and enjoy. –WG   

Opus Shows Again How We’re Percieved in Non-gamer Culture

March 12, 2008

This blog is a lot of things, but at its most foundational root it deals with how we as gamers navigate a world full of non-gamers. Despite a record year, gaming is a subculture–a substantial subculture to be sure, but a subculture nonetheless. As such, we routinely get interpreted through the lens of mainstream society. […]

2008=meh.

December 19, 2007

As we’re sitting in the last 15 days of 2007, it’s only natural that we look back at the year that was, and ahead to the year that will be.  2007 was an amazing year for video games, especially in the last half of the year–Halo 3, CoD4, the Orange Box, Assassin’s Creed, Bioshock, Super […]

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