You Can’t Outrun Your Past
Lasting First Impressions of Max Payne 3 from Rockstar Games I fondly remember the original two Max Payne titles, though I never actually played them myself. I quite enjoyed watching my best friend (at the time) play through the game as it was truly like watching a great cinematic action film. I was extremely enthralled [...]
Disparate Measures
Lasting First Impressions of Starhawk from Lighbox Interactive I was first introduced to Starhawk, developed by Lightbox Interactive, last week at the Sony Spring Showcase event. I hadn’t heard of this title until that event and I was intrigued by what I saw. Starhawk was promising a genre-bending cross between a full-on third person shooter [...]
The OMG! Hour: Episode 3
The one with the Vagrant Gamer (and the crappy microphone) In today’s episode we are joined by a special guest co-host, Justin Amirkhani, who is embarking on a brave gaming adventure he calls Gamer Unplugged. We sit down with him to learn about this project and how you can help him succeed. In addition, we [...]
Player Profile: Maranda Carvell
Today we welcome fellow community gamer and a long-time supporter of Lasting First Impressions, Maranda Carvell to our Player Profile questionnaire. Maranda is a mother of 4 wonderful children, and a woman of many talents. She is very active in the Social Media community having been nominated for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 Canadian Weblog [...]
The OMG! Hour: Episode 2
The one with Dan Amrich Listen Online Now: We’re back for our sophomore episode of The OMG! Hour and it’s an extra long one this time because we have a very special guest:, Dan Amrich, Activision’s Social Media Manager, joins us to talk about the book he wrote (Critical Path: How to Review Video [...]
Born a Shamblin’ Man
Lasting First Impressions of The Walking Dead from Telltale Games The Walking Dead is Telltale Games’ latest evolution in their episodic adventure game series format and sees your decisions, and legions of the living-impaired, coming back to bite you. I spent some time with the recently released debut episode to see if it could rouse [...]
The Elder Scrolls Online Announced
It seems this is the time when all largely popular RPG franchises are looking to cash in on the enormous popularity of the MMO. What better world to transform into an MMORPG than the ever growing world of The Elder Scrolls? With three best-selling single player MMOs already under their belt in this world, Morrowind, [...]
Return to Ground Zero
Lasting First Impressions of [PROTOTYPE 2] from Activision Released in 2009, Radical Entertainment’s original Prototype went on to become the top selling game on the Xbox 360 in June of that year and has sold over 2.1 million units world wide. I thoroughly enjoyed playing the first title, though I never finished it due to [...]
The OMG! Hour: Episode 1
The one with the introductions It’s finally come to fruition. We have a podcast! In this inaugural episode of The OMG! Hour podcast, we introduce ourselves and talk about our experience at PAX East 2012 as well as some of the games we’ve been playing lately and the titles we are looking forward to. Classic [...]
Blood Bath
Lasting First Impressions of Bloodforge by Climax Group Having had not heard much buzz prior to its release, it was with some trepidation that I loaded up Bloodforge, the second title in Microsoft’s ‘Arcade Next’ XBLA promotion. Proclaiming what was to be its major theme, Bloodforge opens with our protagonist, retired warrior Crom, phlebotomizing a [...]