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Feature: InsaneBear’s 2011 Game of the Year
Another year, another reflective diary entry on how many social opportunities I sacrificed for video games…wait, that’s not right! No: this is a celebration of what has probably been the best year of games since 2007. So let’s get down to business and start with the InsaneBear tradition of looking back on the previous year’s games and re-evaluating our opinions in hindsight.
Author: Cody
Podcast: 12/28/11
It’s that time of the year again: Game of the Year time! So we’ve got a nice, efficiently condensed version of our normal podcast for you. Listen in as we list our favorite games of the year and give you our totally official, awesomely awesome, GotY certified selection for Game of the Year. The Insane Bear has chosen and he cannot be reasoned with.
Author: RyanFeature: Top 15 games to play over the holidays
First off: no Mario games. We all love Nintendo’s main man, but I could list off the good plumber’s titles ’til the cows come home, and I don’t have any cows…so that might go on for a while. Also, all entries come from this generation of consoles, because frankly, my entire list would consist of GoldenEye otherwise. So with that said, how can you get your gaming fix this holiday season with all manner of trash talking siblings, rambunctious cousins, and overly curious aunts and uncles scurrying around the house?
Author: CodyReactions: A sample platter of tasty release dates, DLC, and miscellaneous goods
The bad news first. For crying out loud! The bad news should be that it is friggin’ IMPOSSIBLE to find lifetime sales figures for Braid on XBLA and Steam, respectively. I suppose that news isn’t so bad for you, but for a guy trying to make a point about the large market Jonathan Blow will be losing by limiting his next game, The Witness, to a PC and iOS release, it’s mildly irritating.
Author: CodyReview: Portal 2
A game of this caliber deserves some classy box art to go with it.
Score: Classic
Difficulty played on: No difficulty options
Time to beat: 9.5 hours for single-player, 7 hours for co-op
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
Loved the most: An astounding variety of puzzle types that are doled out at a perfect pace.
Hated the most: The boss fight should have been more difficult.
If you’re anything like me, then you probably thought Valve put out one of the funniest, most original, and all around best games ever with 2007′s Portal. This also means that you probably had some reservations about Portal 2 living up to that incredibly lofty standard, especially given the dangerous levels of hype Valve created with one of the more thorough marketing campaigns I’ve seen in recent years. But you know how Valve went and made Half-Life 2 better than Half-Life? Yup–they’ve done it again.
Author: CodyRandom: This picture makes me angry
And not because it’s not awesome–quite the opposite, in fact. It simply raises the question of why the corrupt AIs in Portal 2 weren’t stored in a box marked “Top Secret.” Everybody knows that the other AIs take a back seat to Rick. So give the man artificially constructed personality the adventurous home he deserves!
Reactions: Portal 2 discount and much, much more
This NFL draft is too damn exciting for me to think of witty Portal 2 lines.
Boy, am I glad I haven’t bought Portal 2 yet. $35 at Kmart (360 and PS3 versions) beginning May 1st. GameStop will reportedly be offering it for $40 on the consoles and $30 for the PC beginning April 30th. Did somebody portal themselves into Kmart and GameStop’s headquarters and forge some papers?
Author: CodyRandom: Portal Kombat
Yeah, that’s a pretty self-explanatory headline. I will say that there’s a major missed opportunity here for an Episode 3 joke. Maybe it’s never going to be released because Chell got creeped out by how silent Gorden is and performed an Awkward Silentality on him, which as we all know, would send Mr. Freeman through a portal and to whatever dimension his voice resides in. Or worse yet, she could have executed a G-Manality. You don’t want to know where his portals lead to.
Author: CodyRandom: Alternate Portal 2 box art
InsaneBear’s policy on announcements of announcements, Alternate Reality Games, and any other such nonsense is one of staunch disapproval, but I suppose we can make an exception for Valve’s latest Portal 2 ARG. Why you ask? Well, dear reader, just take a look at all the wonderful alternate box art that’s come of it.
Author: CodyFeature: Gaming in 2011
It might not be the sexiest (or most original) feature you’ve read lately, but I think 2011′s line-up of games is so damn nice that it’s worth looking at twice. Also this gives me an opportunity to share some of the ways that 2011 will be affecting me personally as a gamer. Namely, I’ve decided that after spending nearly $600 on video games last year only to realize that most of them weren’t even that good, it’s time to try out GameFly. I figure the $15 a month will let me play more games at a lower cost. If I come across a game that I’m particularly infatuated with, I can pony up for it then. Heck, I could buy six full-priced games in addition to the GameFly subscription and still come out ahead of last year’s expenses. In fact, that’s sort of what this list is all about; trying decipher which six games look good enough to buy as of right now.
Author: Cody
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