“On the unforgiving world of Pandora a Hyperion suit and a con artist embark on an adventure to recover cash they both think is theirs.”
Tales from the Borderlands|Developer: Telltale Games|Publisher: 2K Games|Platform: Xbox 360|Originally Played From: July 16, 2016 – July 23, 2016|Released: April 26, 2016 (Complete Collection; all five episodes originally released from November 2014 – October 2015)
Continue reading Tales from the Borderlands Part One: We Dig Giant Robots
Doom (1993)
Platform: Xbox 360|Developer: id Software|Publisher: Bethesda|Released (Original PC Version): December 10, 1993|Released (XB360 Version): September 27, 2006|Originally Played From: October 13, 2016 – October 26, 2016
A portal to Hell opens up after the Union Aerospace Corporation experiments with teleportation between Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos. You are an unnamed Marine who has to fight his way out of Phobos’ moon base, braving the horrors that now call it home.
The PC game originally consisted of three Episodes made up of eight missions each. The first Episode: Knee-Deep in the Dead.
“Bloody Brutal Monster Violence”
Splatterhouse (2010)
Developer (until 2009): BottleRocket|Developer: Namco Bandai Games|Publisher: Namco Bandai Games|Platform: PlayStation 3|Released (North America): November 23, 2010|Released (Australia): November 25, 2010|Released (Europe): November 26, 2010|Originally Played From: July 8, 2012 – October 9, 2012
This is a 3D reboot of Namco’s cult classic, horror-themed beat ‘em up, Splatterhouse. It uses a premise similar to the first game, wherein Rick has to rescue his girlfriend, Jennifer, from the nefarious Dr. West. To do this, Rick has to make a devil’s pact with a certain artifact…
It all began when Jennifer was supposed to interview West, a professor of “necrobiology”, at his mansion. Rick went with Jennifer, not only to look out for her, but also to propose. Before he can, however, some specimens of West’s experiments attack the couple, kidnapping Jennifer and leaving Rick at death’s door. Rick manages to knock open a sarcophagus… and that’s when he meets him.
“Rise up soldiers and prepare for battle!”
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together| Developer/Publisher: Square Enix| Platform: PlayStation Portable| Released (North America): February 15, 2011| Released (Europe): February 25, 2011| Released (Japan): November 11, 2010| Originally Played From: August 29, 2012 – July 4, 2018 Continue reading Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Part One: Good Company
Athena tried to act like she wasn’t chasing Fiona and Sasha at all, even though Athena promised Janey that she’d given up bounty hunting.
Fiona stole Athena’s shield.
Fiona and Sasha took their repaired caravan back to Old Haven and entered one of the Gortys Project buildings. They found Rhys and Vaughn being held up by August and his goons, so they tried to sneak around to help them… but Hugo was also there with his fake hair.
Continue reading Tales from the Borderlands Part Three: Vallory Profile
The raider wanted to know what happened next. Fiona told the story of how she had to remove one of General Pollux’s eyes to unlock a terminal. It’s an incredibly uncomfortable sequence that reminds me of a certain scene from Dead Space 2, but with very dark comedy instead of pure horror. The only way to do it justice is to describe it in amazing detail.
Fiona picks up a spork (or is it a fpoon?) to do the dirty deed with, but she gets startled when Rhys yelps, causing her to squish Pollux’s right eye. The next eye is removed successfully… but the sequence is played from Pollux’s perspective.
Fiona used the eye to access two messages. One was for Pollux from Athena
(who had creepy orange eyes for some reason), who was sent by Atlas to kill Pollux. She also mentioned something about Gortys is Old Haven.
The second message was from Pollux asking whoever found the bunker to… shut off the stasis drive on the storage capsule he was resting in. That’s so dark, you can’t help but laugh. Well, the least we can do is figure out what this Gortys thing is, so that our accidental murder of Pollux isn’t totally in vain…
Suddenly, Rhys fell over the railing and into Pollux’s capsule, causing an explosion of blood.
Continue reading Tales from the Borderlands Part Two: The Eyes Have It
