One of the great joys of WoW is how couple-friendly it is. My wife and I are suckers for some cooperative multiplayer, and we haven’t looked back since we set up her account. We play together all the time, doing dailies, farming mobs, instancing and raiding (although we’re learning that being new parents isn’t really […]
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Pixeljunk Eden is joy
This review is going to fail. I’m a big fan of words and writing, but sometimes they just fail, and describing what simple joy actually feels like is one of those times. Rather than try to describe the mechanics of the game or what it’s about, I’ll work on why I like it.
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The Pleasant Surprise
In The Incredibles, Dash is the young son who can run and move very very fast, like the Flash. There’s a scene where he’s running away from some mercenary villains, through a jungle. So he’s zipping between trees and jumping over logs, but his visibility ahead is limited because the jungle is so thick. Suddenly […]
Game Riding Shotgun
What happens when you’ve got two gamers (me and my wife) who can’t play a game together, but you both want to play? Someone rides shotgun. This can be due to the game being single-player, or more recently, due to the need for someone to hold an infant. The person who rides shotgun doesn’t have […]
Cooperative multiplayer overview
My wife loves games as much as I do, and luckily we love playing games together. We laugh and cheer when we do well, we groan when we can’t get past a certain point. Playing together is the most fun part of video games. It’s a great social thing that we can do.