Author Archives: Tom Auxier
Fallout: New Vegas: Back to California
Ahnold wants you back in California nearly as much as Obsidian and Bethesda. Well, the New California Republic, but that’s the same thing. Fallout: New Vegas represents a return to the franchises roots, and not just geographically; much of the
Fallout: New Vegas: Back to California
Ahnold wants you back in California nearly as much as Obsidian and Bethesda. Well, the New California Republic, but that’s the same thing. Fallout: New Vegas represents a return to the franchises roots, and not just geographically; much of the
Starcraft 2 Release Date Announced
July 22nd, 2010 Locked and loaded. Looks like I’m about to lose a bet (if gambling were legal). I was pretty sure Starcraft 2 was the stuff of myth, of legend, and wouldn’t come out until I was far and
Starcraft 2 Release Date Announced
July 22nd, 2010 Locked and loaded. Looks like I’m about to lose a bet (if gambling were legal). I was pretty sure Starcraft 2 was the stuff of myth, of legend, and wouldn’t come out until I was far and
What We'd Want to See in an inFamous sequel
I think I liked inFamous. I can’t really remember. It blends together with Prototype in my head. I’m pretty sure I liked it. Sure, it was kind of too static for my tastes, especially compared to the chaotic Prototype, but
What We'd Want to See in an inFamous sequel
I think I liked inFamous. I can’t really remember. It blends together with Prototype in my head. I’m pretty sure I liked it. Sure, it was kind of too static for my tastes, especially compared to the chaotic Prototype, but
The Sunday Gaming Club #2
You thought we wouldn’t come back, but we did! We totally did! The header picture is unrelated, except that I’m listening to it as I’m posting, and it has the word Sunday in it. This week’s games have a decidedly
The Sunday Gaming Club #2
You thought we wouldn’t come back, but we did! We totally did! The header picture is unrelated, except that I’m listening to it as I’m posting, and it has the word Sunday in it. This week’s games have a decidedly
Future Games Roundup: May 2010
So it’s May. How did that happen? In an effort to help you plan out your May, we here at Nightmare Mode will now lay out exactly what games you could consider owning in this lovely month. And it’s shaping
Future Games Roundup: May 2010
So it’s May. How did that happen? In an effort to help you plan out your May, we here at Nightmare Mode will now lay out exactly what games you could consider owning in this lovely month. And it’s shaping
The Friday Post: The Care Bear Cares What You Did
Hey kids it’s Friday! That means another week is dead, and we have killed it! We may stand victoriously on its corpse, laughing, until it reanimates and gnaws off our collective legs. It’s the first Friday we’ve ever seen here
The Friday Post: The Care Bear Cares What You Did
Hey kids it’s Friday! That means another week is dead, and we have killed it! We may stand victoriously on its corpse, laughing, until it reanimates and gnaws off our collective legs. It’s the first Friday we’ve ever seen here
The Price War
Think games are too expensive? Of course you do. Well, if you’ve been following the recent threads on Cheap Ass Gamer, you’d be aware that pretty much every game to have come out in the past year is now being
The Price War
Think games are too expensive? Of course you do. Well, if you’ve been following the recent threads on Cheap Ass Gamer, you’d be aware that pretty much every game to have come out in the past year is now being
Death and Pathos: Saving the Princess
Massive spoilers included for: -Shadow of the Colossus (everything) -Mother 3 (Chapter 1, 2, and 6. If you’ve not played it, don’t read it. Go play it.) -Bioshock (everything) -Final Fantasy VII (whaddaya think?) -Braid (ending) -Mass Effect 2 (not
Death and Pathos: Saving the Princess
Massive spoilers included for: -Shadow of the Colossus (everything) -Mother 3 (Chapter 1, 2, and 6. If you’ve not played it, don’t read it. Go play it.) -Bioshock (everything) -Final Fantasy VII (whaddaya think?) -Braid (ending) -Mass Effect 2 (not
Super Mario Crossover
Sometimes, some days, something comes along that just makes everything brighter. And that something for today is Super Mario Crossover. To put it simply, this game is the original Super Mario Brothers, playable with a laundry list of classic NES
Super Mario Crossover
Sometimes, some days, something comes along that just makes everything brighter. And that something for today is Super Mario Crossover. To put it simply, this game is the original Super Mario Brothers, playable with a laundry list of classic NES
Nifflas Announces FiNCK
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69xX46VSyIE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] If none of those words (except announces, which should be English) mean anything to you, then you should go here and play Nifflas’ seminal platformer Knytt, a fantastic little exploration based metroidvania. FiNCK is his newest game, to be
Nifflas Announces FiNCK
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69xX46VSyIE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] If none of those words (except announces, which should be English) mean anything to you, then you should go here and play Nifflas’ seminal platformer Knytt, a fantastic little exploration based metroidvania. FiNCK is his newest game, to be