Review ~ Gears of War 3 for Newcomers/New Gears

Release Date ~ Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Platform ~ XBox 360

Game Developer ~ Epic Games

Genre ~ Third person shooter

ESRB ~ Mature (17+)

Campaign Played On ~ Casual and Normal

Multiplayer Level Reached ~ 21

While this review is geared (Ha!  Pun intended!) towards newcomers to the Gears of War series, it’s not completely void of valuable information for Veteran Gears.  I encourage you to read on!

Monogamy vs Polyamory in Game Playing

Confession time, zombies.  I’m on the cusp of being unfaithful and I don’t know what to do.

Zombie Apocalypse Plan Question 3 ~ Who will be on my starter zombie apocalypse team (ZAT)?

Although usually portrayed as tough as Jason Statham, the lone wolf rarely evades being noshed on and turned into one of the zombie horde.  Surviving the ZA is a team effort.

Lets be honest here…  Who didn’t appreciate having a teammate in Resident Evil 0 and 5?  Who wasn’t thankful for having three people to back their character (even if they were CPUs) in the Left 4 Dead series?  Who thought Columbus wouldn’t make it through Zombieland without Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock?  How many times do we yell, “She’s going to die,” when some chick decides to wander away from her ZAT?  We acknowledge and appreciate ZATs because we know if we were really faced with the ZA and didn’t have the teammates to back us, “screwed” would be nowhere near an adequate enough word to describe our situation.

Is your bank account big enough for your game cravings?

Earlier this week we pre-ordered Gears of War 3. Interestingly enough this is the first time I’ve ever pre-ordered a game.  Matter of fact, this is the first “fresh off the shelf” game I’ve gotten… or am getting…  since Silent Hill Shattered Memories.

What’s enthralling is knowing we’re in the midst of a mass release of great games.  On the flip side, my soul is cringing at the thought of how my wallet will look post game purchase.  What’s a lady supposed to do in this situation?  I might need to take up a second job… *Cough*Freelancewriter*Cough*

Zombie Apocalypse Plan Question 2 ~ Where will I go? What’s my destination?

This week we ask the question, “Where will I go?  What’s my destination?”

While reviewing this point, for a moment, we’re going to take out the aspect of you worrying about having your face eaten off and we’ll put this into more of a business/life development aspect.  Essentially, these questions are asking you, “What’s your goal?”

Throwback ~ ColecoVision

Aaaaw yeeeah, zombies!  We be talkin’ ’bout my home console, ColecoVision, today.  ColecoVision in the hiz-ous!

Um… I’m not certain how my ghetto side got out, but it happened.  I think we should all except that it happened and move on.

In my first post I mentioned that some of the topics I’ll cover will look at the emotional effects games have on players.   As we all know, nostalgia is the perfect tool to generate emotion.  Lets just say this post is my nostalgic moment, and I hope it proves to be one for you too, zombies.