Girl Gaming Revolution

It seems like guys are always shocked whenever I beat them in a video game. When my husband's friends, game review, come over and I ask them if they want to play, game review,, game review, Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4 they are always surprised. It gets even worse once I beat them. It seem like we need a girl gaming revolution because guys always consider girls who, game review, game as some kind of freaks.



We need to start with the family games like Rock Band, game review, or Viva, game review, Piñata.



Getting the concept of how to use the controller and how to get your coordination, game review, perfected. Plus, you aren't judged nearly as much when you are playing these games in single player mode or multiplayer with your friends. It seems like as soon as you start playing games online you are expected to be an amazing gamer.



There are quite a few games that are exclusively single player which are a great place to start learning how to play. When you are playing by yourself for, game review, the first time, generally most games have tutorials that you can go through to help you learn how to play the game.



Especially strategy type games such as Warcraft 3 or Age of Empires can be especially fantastic for learning, game review, how to play for the first time.



Some of the first person shooters and other genres drop you right into the game. In these games you might try playing single player mode on the easiest difficulty. Most game designers understand that people who may not have the most coordination in the world will be playing their game. The easy mode in generally can make your life a whole lot easier.



Another tip is that you need to make sure that you take advice when offered. Typically guys are much more apt to help a girl who doesn't understand the concepts. However, you are going to get hugely harassed, game review, when you try to play online so DO NOT ask for help when playing multiplayer online. In addition, you'll realize how much of pigs these little kids and teenagers are so make sure if you have the option to play a male character, game review,, game review, that you do. I know its horrible that you have to do this, but it truly is the only way to avoid, game review, getting harassed.



In addition, a lot of times games that are especially gory just aren't fun. Instead of playing Gears of War 2, you might want to try some, game review, of the games that are rated T for Teen instead of those M for Mature games. A lot of times these games are just as fun, but you avoid the gruesome details that are just disgusting. Unless you are up for zombie movies or something, you might want to avoid games of this caliber.



Understand that you might not be good at a game when you first start playing.



If a game is highly reviewed, just keep playing. A lot of these games can be very unfriendly to new players, but can be absolutely amazing, game review, once you understand how to play. Even certain games have a slow introduction to build up the characters.



If a game seems excessively easy at the beginning,, game review, make sure you don't give up as well. Sometimes games are specifically easy at the beginning to help you learn the controls but get much more difficult later.



Never just buy a game straight off the shelf.



Go to a review website like gamespot.com prior to buying a game. It seems like this is one of the biggest mistakes that new players make. When you go to the store, don't buy the game because the cover looks like a type of game that you would like to play. Make sure that it isn't rated like a 43/100 before you spend the $50 on the game.



You should also try to pick games within a genre that you like to play. If you play a game and you really don't like it, make sure you remember, game review, what genre that type of game is so you don't buy a game like that again.



For instance, in my opinion sports games are horrible. I always make sure to avoid this genre. However, I really enjoy playing strategy games where you, game review, move around and army and try to attack the other player. Sometimes playing RPGs can be fun as well where you build up, game review, a character to fight monsters and go on quests. However, you need to find your niche where you like to play.



If you haven't played many, game review, video games, I suggest trying a couple used games in different genres, game review, or start renting games.



There are some great online services that are similar to Netflix except for the fact that you rent games. Just keep in mind that you want, game review, to rent the high quality games.



Again, just make sure you keep with it. We definitely need more girl gamers out there. I'm tired of being the only one out of, game review, my female friends that play video games. All I, game review,, game review, want to do is talk, game review, about how great my character is on World of Warcraft and they have no idea what I'm talking about.



Trust me, this is a fantastic way to spend your time. You'll absolutely love getting into the gaming world once you try a few high quality games. If you have friends that play, ask them prior to getting a game. I look forward to the day when we can start an all female guild or an all female gaming group. One final piece of advice: Let's start a gaming revolution.

PC Game Review: 'Telltale Texas Hold 'Em'

Poker Ladies. The sinuous ladies, that haunted my early youth., game review, A sexy coin-op money-sink, that forced me to (illegally, according to my age at the time) enter seedy arcades in order to see badly-drawn, game review, manga-styled nude ladies doing naughty stuff. I did learn to play the American 52-card version of poker though, and I was only 13. Now, that's something I call a good start in my life. And I owe it all to Poker Ladies. I could have of course waited for something more than a decade and enjoy their dancing for free in MAME, but that would have been too late.



No one can pull through high school and university without decent poker skills, just like nowadays nobody can avoid, game review, stupidly watching Texas Hold'em tournaments on TV.

Telltale Texas Hold'Em is not on TV, it's on the PC instead. It was actually the first game released by the (hopefully) adventure maestros of Telltale, and has been around for quite some time. It is apparently, game review, a poker game. Of the Texas Hold'Em variety. This of course is neither a serious gambler's tutoring software instructor, nor a hardcore/ultra-powerful simulation.



Even though Telltale Texas Hold'em does play a decent and varied poker game, its great appeal is the atmosphere and the characters. Characters and atmosphere, game review,,, game review, game review, in a poker game I hear you say? Well, yes. You'll be playing against four lovingly animated and fully 3d characters, each sporting a unique personality and thus, game review, a, game review, unique playing style. Their mid-game banter is excellent, amusing and at times downright funny, their facial expressions are great, and the whole thing is well directed.



The camera pans, cuts and zooms correctly, the players look suspiciously around, move their chips, Grandma talks about her dead husbands and Boris tries to be a quite desperate bully. Voice acting is superb, and really, game review, helps flesh out those four quirky characters you'll be gambling against. Characters that are a testimony to Telltale's origins: none other than the 90s Lucasarts adventures.

The most impressive part of this game is the variety and quantity of the dialog included. You'll need to play for quite some time, game review, before some expressions start feeling overused and even after 25 hours of poker action you'll still hear the odd unexpected line and/or joke.



Great writing and smart programming make all this possible in a download that's less than 20 megas. Unfortunately, game review, not much else is included in those less-than-20- megas. There is only one mode of play, only 4 characters to play against, one room to gamble in, one possible screen resolution, game review, and a too simple tutorial/introduction text.

On the other hand, Telltale Texas Hold 'Em only costs $12.99,and, game review, will definitely provide you with hours and hours of mindless entertainment.



After all, you will quickly learn when to fold, when to raise your bet, when to bluff or when to call the other characters' bluff.

Visit the official website (at http://www.telltalegames, game review, .com) and have a look. Download the demo; it's the least you can offer yourselves.

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