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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/30/21 at 10:11 PM CT
Alack and alas, 2021 has come and gone, and it was nearly a dreadful remake/remaster/port/whathaveyou of the exceedingly dire 2020. Was there anything praiseworthy to get excited about? Or was it all Fails? Read on to find out:
Top 5 Fails
5. The Year of Ransomware
Ahh, remember back in the Summer of 2021, when we thought the worst thing the year had to offer ...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/26/21 at 05:04 PM CT
For the second year in a row, the watery rock floating torturously around Old Sol, which we call “Earth,” was beset by plague. While at first it seemed like things might be getting better, it was but an illusion, as not only did the virus that shut-down the whole of 2020 mutate into “delightful” new forms such as Delta and Omicron, but the true extent of the havoc caused by 2020’s torpo...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/19/21 at 04:43 PM CT
Last year was pretty crazy for every global citizen. So crazy, in fact, that the MeltedJoystick Crew failed to acknowledge the fact that 2020 not only ushered in a new console Generation for gaming, but also marked the end of a decade. As we all get retrospective thanks to the rapidly-approaching New Year, let’s take a look back at the decade that was the Twenty-Teens, calling out each year’s...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/12/21 at 02:26 PM CT
Usually when there’s a headline about a massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game going offline, it’s met with nostalgic reminiscence and melancholy from said game’s fanbase. Either it’s a long-running game that just isn’t profitable anymore, or it’s a new effort that just failed to get off the ground. Regardless, it’s destined to become a talking point in the argument between IP righ...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/05/21 at 02:31 PM CT
Welcome back to another installment of the MeltedJoystick Review Round-Up. Here’s what our staff has reviewed since last time:
Nelson’s Reviews:
Fall is traditionally my “busy season” when it comes to my agricultural career, and I’ve been putting in the hours, operating heavy machinery, burning brush ...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/28/21 at 01:45 AM CT
December is nearly upon us, and as the end of 2021 draws near, we can all take comfort in the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging on, with increasingly worse mutant variants that will likely render our vaccines irrelevant before too long. We can also revel in the fact that the microchip shortage hasn’t lessened up, and the supply-chain backlogs that make the MJ Crew’s gaming backl...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/21/21 at 03:13 PM CT
I just got done watching the second season of Hulu’s rebooted “Animaniacs” cartoon. It was one of my favorite shows in the ‘90s, and along with “DuckTales,” the new seasons came as a delightful and unexpected surprise. While “DuckTales” was never intended to be anything more than an adventure show, “Animaniacs,” on the other hand, frequently delved into political satire and so...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/14/21 at 02:38 PM CT
I feel like I’ve been a really forgiving person, lately. While I never gave Ubisoft the time of day during their early years of crap development, or their middle years of crap development… or their latter day years of crap development, when the company started to produce actual high-quality products for the first time in its history, I was right there to hand out the solid review scores. Heck...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/07/21 at 06:58 PM CT
Regular readers of my column, here, will no doubt have noticed a trend. At the end of every month, I look at the upcoming game releases scheduled for the next month, and in doing so, criticize the Games Industry for its crushing lack of creativity and interest. I also lambast low-effort titles as ‘shovelware’ and express my ever-increasing disenchantment with the trend of re-releases of old g...
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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 10/31/21 at 03:25 AM CT
Welcome back to another look into the near future! Now that November is upon us, once again, it’s time to participate in the perpetual ritual of Games Industry Publishers pushing out gobs and gobs of licensed crap in the hopes of moving units as Holiday gifts, usually given by confused and bemused grandparents who might be vaguely familiar with the names of things Little Timmy and Little Susie ...
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