The Rapture is coming!

BIOSHOCK: THE COLLECTION

Guys, guys! Bioshock: The Collection is a real thing!  This is what happens when you send out vibes to the Universe. All that meditating-"I will play Bioshock on the XBOX One. I will play Bioshock on the XBOX One."-worked!

The original Bioshock for me was an eye opening experience. It was the first time I remember getting the "feels" from a game. It's dark. It's tragic. It's heartbreaking. It speaks to the ridiculous standards we try to achieve and very often fail at. And it's Mother F'n scary. Well, at least it was for me. The first time I heard a Big Daddy clomping around in the darkened, wet hallways of Rapture, the long, low anguished moan, it is something I will always remember. I've played the first Bioshock twice, and the subsequent games once each, but I for one can't wait to get back to Rapture and start the whole journey all over again. 

Bioshock, Bioshock 2 and Bioshock: Infinite are first person shooter games developed by 2K Games, Irrational Games and various other 2K studios. Games one and two are set in the underwater, dystopian utopia known as Rapture. Designed as a city managed outside of government control, Rapture is meant to be the pinnacle of architectural, societal and scientific achievement. But like most grandiose, God-like plans, they fall down and wreck havoc upon all of Rapture's residence. While Bioshock: Infinite is not a direct sequel to Bioshock and Bioshock 2, it is set in the same world with similar game play and world concepts. The DLC for Bioshock: Infinite, Burial at Sea ties all three games together in a neat, disturbing bow.

Bioshock: The Collection is coming to XBOX One, Playstation 4, and digital PC on September 13th in North America and September 16th Internationally. 

Have you played any of the series? Tell me your thoughts!  Do you think revamping older console games isn't worth while, or do you have a laundry list (like me) of games you want to see remastered?

Tina
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Image: 2K Games

Confessions of a Gamer Mom: My Origin Story

My evolution into a gamer began way before the name "Mom" ever came into existence in my reality. Growing up, my family and I spent many a weekend playing boardgames like LIFE, Monopoly, and Clue. We also grew up with a healthy dose of card games such as Spades and Pinochle tournaments. It was a time when home computers weren't a staple in every house and video game consoles were still "babies in diapers". The word "gamer" wasn't found in the dictionary. Getting the picture yet?  Yes, sounds a bit post-apocalyptic in this tech everywhere world, but it was a "simpler time" as the old folks say, and I'm NOT including myself in that category.

Punch Club Punches A Special Place In My Heart.

Dux, like put up your dukes, right?

I must have seen Sport Sport like, a million times!

First, I must preface and say that I am a product of the 80's. The movie that I watched more than any other movie in my childhood was Bloodsport. In Bloodsport, Frank Dux, a man who was trained by an old mentor that has recently passed away, comes back home to kick some ass in an underground fighting tournament. Sounds like a hit movie, right? Many martial art flicks from the 80's followed a similar plot. AND THEY ALL ROCKED.

No Man's Sky has an official release date!

Probably one of the most intriguing and original games of recent years, No Man's Sky, a game that made a big splash when it was introduced at the VGA's in 2013, promises full space and planet exploration has an official release date of June 21, 2016.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter Taught Me Why People Like Star Wars

I am 31 years old and I am not a Star Wars fan. That may offend some of you already. Don't worry, this isn't me sitting here acting all righteous. I wish I was a Star Wars fan. To some degree I am. I feel like I'm getting there. I was outright offended by my brothers when they saw The Force Awakens without me. I didn't talk to them for a month! Let me be clear: I like the movies, I even had some toys  growing up. However, if I said that I was a Star Wars fan, I feel like I would be doing true fans an injustice.

Sometimes we podcast!

This is what happens when you put some pals in a room together with no TV, but with a mobile recording station. We made our first podcast! It's up on YouTube. Please note, that we really don't know what we are doing and this is up for test purposes only.

Check out our test podcast on YouTube!

We will be streaming That Dragon, Cancer this weekend!

Gaming evokes emotion: Elation over defeating the villain, triumph over solving a challenging puzzle, and even frustration when you’re killed in game over, and over, and over.  But what about gaming to work through emotions?

That Dragon, Cancer, developed by Ryan and Amy Green, Josh Larson and Numinous Games, is based on the Green’s life experience raising their son Joel, who at 12 months was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The Greens originally developed the game in order to relate their personal experiences with Joel, but it soon turned into a way to memorialize and personalize their short time with Joel.

Having lost my father to cancer, and watching my mother battle through it now, I feel like it’s the right game to play, and may even help me cope with my own feelings.

Have you played That Dragon, Cancer? What do you think about the message of this game? Let us know in the comments below.

Join us on Sunday, January 21 at 10:00am (Arizona time) as we play through That Dragon, Cancer. I’ve always wanted to be the knight that slays the dragon.