Blog Herding – The Best Blogs Of The Community (October 5, 2017)

Apologies for the week off, bloggers! I got married and flew out west for my honeymoon to pretend I was Link in the Breath of the Wild as I hiked Crater Lake National Park and the Redwood forest in northern Cali. I kept telling my wife how Breath of the Wild's world totally isn't as cool as the real world, either. And how I wanted to paraglide like Link around both. And climb the massive trees. And try to swim to Wizard Island in Crater Lake and not drown because of my stamina ba – yup, that's about the time she stopped paying attention too! Unfortunately, this edition won't be a Super Saiyan God edition since I am still getting my normal life back together (and it was a light week). Anywho, let's get to it!

Community Blogs For September 21 – October 4:

What Disney Could Have Done To Save Disney Infinity
While McNutty891 makes some great points in this substantial blog, I just wanted to say that I miss DI. My biggest sore spot was the inability to use all characters in whatever world I pleased. My wife also hated that, and she was the perfect audience for this game: a Disney and new Marvel and Star Wars fan who just wanted to be these characters in whatever story mode we played. Read this blog, and lament about what could have been.

Episode 78 – Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars (ft. Chevy Ray Johnston)
Jack Gardner is here to sing the praise of one of the weirdest, best genres for Super Mario to break into. I love, love, love this game. What a crazy, awesome – and absolutely weird – adventure. Like Jack writes, this is such a unique gem.

4 Reasons Metroid: Samus Returns Is Worth Your Time, And 1 Reason It's Not
The doc is in, as in Doctor Apozem, who in this blog writes about the latest Samus game. First off, how are we not seeing more stories on this return? And secondly, he has some good thoughts on the game. Though I do think Metroid II was just fine. But like Doc says, Metorid is back, boys and girls!

The Best Upcoming Games Of 2018
PeepPop is here to give us a list of great games coming out soon that also reminds us of our piles of shame! I need to finish the first Ni No Kuni, so...yeah, I'm looking forward to it, but, my goodness am I behind. Then again, I don't see many of you with 400 hours logged in Monster Hunter.

Skate 3... Who Knew?
Did you not watch Grind, Haley Shipley? But for real, I'm not a skater and lost interest in skateboarding after Tony Hawk's second game. That said, Shipley makes a great case for a long-loved and long-dormant franchise. You should totally read this blog and see where it goes.

Resident Evil 7 Is The Answer To The Plague Of Filler Content
The Doc is back again! This time it is about video game filler. If you played the latest Andromeda, you should probably check this out! Really, this blog dives into content and its purpose.  

Writing Challenge:

If the world were to end in one week, what would you recommend to someone who asked to experience in a video game? We're talking one week of non-stop, commitment-free gaming. Consider your choices and get blogging!

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