Category Archives: Editorial Piece

GameStop’s Next Leap in Pre-order Exclusives

The practice of retailers getting exclusive downloadable content is widely known and, to the frustration of consumers, will continue to be around. This retailer exclusive DLC can range from costumes and weapons to entire missions. However, the possibility of retailer exclusive gameplay was always there but was nevertheless an after thought… until now.

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MONG Podcast – Should Pokémon Come to PlayStation?

This week was CRAZY! Lou was fighting bears, Myles started crying on the podcast, and the team nerded out over Dragon Ball Z and the possibility of Pokémon on PlayStation consoles.

On this week’s episode the team talked about Tales of Zestiria, the Summer Steam Sale, Outlast on Xbox One, The Last of Us: Remastered, Mario Kart 8’s DLC, Metro Redux, The Witcher 3’s leaked documents, and Nintendo losing a lawsuit against Phillips.

After discussing what is going to happen to Nintendo after losing its battle against Phillips, we decided to talk about the possibility of Nintendo games moving to other platforms; specifically Pokémon to PlayStation consoles. What do you think about the idea? Would you welcome Pokémon on the Vita? Would it be a “system seller”? Do you think the improved graphics would make it a better game? Continue reading MONG Podcast – Should Pokémon Come to PlayStation?

Top 5 Best RPG Soundtracks Of All Time

Good music in video games has the ability to turn an okay experience into something truly epic. What I want to look at are the soundtracks from RPGs throughout the history of video games and give you guys, what are in my opinion, the five best soundtracks of all time. Continue reading Top 5 Best RPG Soundtracks Of All Time

Quick Time Event Episode 4 – Destiny or Battlefield Hardline?

The team discussed their impressions of Destiny’s Alpha and Battlefield: Hardline’s Beta.  They had a chance to play them both all weekend and came to the conclusion that one is clearly better than the other.   Did you get a chance to play them?  What did you think? Continue reading Quick Time Event Episode 4 – Destiny or Battlefield Hardline?

MONG Podcast Episode 37 – What Was The Worst Game at E3?

There were a lot of amazing games shown at E3 this year, but we would like to know, what was the worst game shown?  Was it Conker in Project Spark? Was it an indie game?  Did something not live up to what you thought it would be?  We each gave our worst games during the podcast!

This week we discussed whether or not E3 was better this year than last year, what we liked most about each conference, what were our top 3 games shown, which unknown game announced were we most excited about, what was the worst game shown, and what was the MONG Game of Show! Continue reading MONG Podcast Episode 37 – What Was The Worst Game at E3?

Quick Time Event – Episode 3 – E3 Conference Reactions

On the third episode of Quick Time Event, the team discussed their reactions to the Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony conferences at E3 this week.  Which company won?  What were some of the best and worst games shown? Continue reading Quick Time Event – Episode 3 – E3 Conference Reactions