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GOTY 2014 | Number 3 — Jackbox Party Pack

Ben Hornby Ben HornDecember 31, 2014

A few years ago, there was a big push for smart phone inte­gra­tion into con­sole video games. Microsoft had their Smart­Glass ini­tia­tive and Sony followed … 

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GOTY 2014 | Number 10 — Destiny

Ben Hornby Ben HornDecember 21, 2014December 23, 2014

It says a lot about how many great games came out this year that Des­tiny end­ed up so low on my top 10 list for … 

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ESH | Shinji Mikami Returns to His “Evil” Roots

Ben Hornby Ben HornOctober 26, 2014October 26, 2014

Aside from what I’d seen in a few trail­ers, I wasn’t sure what to expect going into The Evil With­in for the first time. Since Res­i­dent Evil was the … 

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Wednesday Night Stream | The Evil Within

Ben Hornby Ben HornOctober 15, 2014October 15, 2014

Join me for some box-head­­ed action! Feel free to com­ment on this post direct­ly or head off to my Twitch Page to chat with me as … 

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ESH | The Good, Bad and Surprising in the “Destiny” Alpha

Ben Hornby Ben HornJune 18, 2014

Hav­ing missed the PlaySta­tion Plus signup oppor­tu­ni­ty for the Des­tiny alpha, I had resigned myself to wait­ing for the beta tak­ing place next month. The email I … 

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ESH | Calculating the Value of Games

Ben Hornby Ben HornMarch 24, 2014

Val­ue is one of the most sub­jec­tive con­cepts in the world and thus can be dif­fi­cult to nail down. Some­thing that might be of great … 

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ESH | Micro-Transactions: A Slippery Slope

Ben Hornby Ben HornJanuary 2, 2014

Hav­ing recent­ly dis­cussed at length the issues of micro-tran­s­ac­­tions in video game nowa­days, it seems to me the most dis­turb­ing thing about it all is … 

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Ramblings | Offline Mode as a Feature

Ben Hornby Ben HornNovember 4, 2013November 4, 2013

Our world is grow­ing more and more con­nect­ed every day. It’s gone from rude to almost assumed that smart­phones come out at some point during … 

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ESH | Watch Out For Launch Goggles

Ben Hornby Ben HornNovember 3, 2013November 3, 2013

The world is just two and three weeks away from being rocked by the launch of new home con­soles and I’m already get­ting excit­ed. I … 

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Hear Me Out | The Xbox One Reveal

Ben Hornby Ben HornMay 22, 2013

Microsoft unveiled their new, let’s call it an enter­tain­ment sys­tem, yes­ter­day and the inter­net explod­ed with opin­ions. A few of them have been good, quite … 

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