Blog Herding: Community Edition 06/28/12

Striving to bring you only the best blogs, there aren't as many featured this week, but the ones that made the cut are certainly worth your time, including a few posts from the community's newest members.

Blog Herding Stats:

Period Reviewed: June 18 – June 24, 2012
Number of User Blogs: 81
Number of User Bloggers: 48
Number of User Blogs Herded: 7

Community Events:

Extra Life Gaming Marathon
TEAM GIO is 33 members strong now and includes a few staff members, but is still seeking volunteers to contribute to this video game-related charity effort to benefit the Children's Miracle Network Hospital.

Community Blogs:

How Bargain Prices Make "Bad" Games Enticing
FinalFantasy1026 theorizes how the less you pay for a game the more you're likely to enjoy it and forgive any shortcomings that might exist because you still feel like you got your money's worth.

Skimping On The Gotham
We don't see a ton of blogs on the Vita or on Lego video games, but this first blog by Sam Morse covers both as he shares his experience playing Lego Batman 2 for the Vita.

Into The Apocalypse
The zombie apocalypse theme is a common setting in video games and GoldvsSilver exposes an ARMA II mod that is perhaps one of the most realistic translations of this cataclysmic environment.

My Favorite GTA Vehicles
If you've played any of the Grand Theft Auto games, no doubt you have a favorite vehicle; if you've played all of the games, then you might have an entire list of vehicles like Ghost does.

Mastering An Ending
We've seen the effect controversial endings can have on the video game industry. Le Hannibal provides a few qualities to make an ending stand out and shares a few games he thinks have notable endings.

Warbuff's BF 3 Close Quarters Impressions
Warbuff has been MIA recently but returns in time to share his thoughts on the Battlefield 3 Close Quarters DLC, which has caused dissension within the Battlefield ranks.

Why Rising Shouldn't Follow MGS 4
Responding to the "Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance" demo shown off at E3 a few weeks ago, vonfinell provides a very thorough analysis of the Metal Gear series and his thoughts on the future of the story.

Community Reviews:

Long Live The King
Saturos07 reviews the recently released Gods & Kings expansion pack for Civilization V, the legendary strategy game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games.

The Best Game I Thought I'd Never Play
Bastion lures in another gamer satisfied with the experience as GoldvsSilver admits he never intended on playing the game but is very thankful he decided to give it a chance.

Community Podcasts:

The JACKED UP Indie & Mojo Show Episode 38
This week's episode witnesses the hosts confronting the volatile subject of violence in video games as they also talk about The Witcher 2 and the Uncharted series.

Armchair Gamer Podcast Season Two Episode 3
It's been three months since Light Gamebeast23456 posted a podcast, but he's back in an episode where he shares his thoughts on topics that include his E3 disappointments, I Am Alive, and Tomb Raider.

Don't forget to send your feedback, recommendations, and community events in to my personal Game Informer account located here to ensure this feature continues to provide the content you're eager to read.

Happy Blogging!

Your friendly neighborhood blogging community (06/18/12 - 06/24/12):
AshaMan3000 (3); attackcobra; blaze6106 (2); Bowldog24; Cameron Koch; Caudex (2); cerpintaxman (2); CheeseballPwn; Chuckness; dadarkheart; Dawson Wyckoff; DJH (4); DrJoeystein; Drym Shyuan; Enigma (2); FinalFantasy1026; Ghost (4); GIdude2000; GoldvsSilver (7); Hist; hitchhikerwaffle; I'm Dan C.; Indiana Joel; indiejones (2); Jolt the Cynic (6); jordanthegamer (2); Kyle Wadsworth; Le Hannibal (2); LGAR; Light Gamebeast23456; Marco Polo; markus1142; Mike; Nate77; Oni no Tenshi (2); Peter Skerritt Jr (2); redlitez76 (2); Sora3Ben; Stranger; tenzen; thegodofwine; TheSpaniard013; Undertaker Adrian; vonfinell; Warbuff; xking595x (3); YepImAPersonWaving; and of course yours truly...Saint.

Video Game Quote of the Week:
"We think we understand the world around us but we really only see the outside." – Lucas Kane, Indigo Prophecy