Grumpy Old Guys on Gaming

The Grumpy Old Guys take the Wayback Machine to the 1980s and talk about the arcade game and cultural phenomenon PAC-MAN.

The Grumpy Old Guys take a loot at a classic board game that's older than they are. Monopoly is the classic game of real estate. Build monopolies, develop your properties, and drive everyone else into bankruptcy.

Star Wars: Battlefront II is a shooter developed by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts. It was released, depending on which continent you live on, in late October or early November 2005 as a sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront, which had been released the year before. It takes place late in the Republic, when Palpatine is still Chancellor Palpatine instead of Emperor Palpatine. You play a clone trooper fighting the separatists. For reference, Revenge of the Sith had been released in May 2005.

We continue our dive into the bargain basements of the gaming world with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. This is a third person, mostly, action adventure/jumping puzzle game developed and published by LucasArts. Released originally in 2008 for multiple consoles. It was released on Mac OS and Windows with the release of the Ultimate Sith Edition in 2009. A sequal, Star Wars: the Force Unleashed II, was released in 2010.

In this random episode, the Grumpy Old Guys talk about add supported television, DVDs, old school remotes, and the agony of manual channel changing.

This week, the Grumpy Old Guys take a look at War Thunder, a flight and tank combat game from Gaijin Entertainment, and World of Tanks from Wargaming.

Expendabros is a side scrolling platformer with a definite 80's feel. Ever wonder what Mario Bros would be like if Mario packed heat and Luigi carried a knife? Well, wonder no longer! The Grumpy Old Guys take put this game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. Currently available for free on Steam. 

The Grumpy Old Guys revisit all the games they reviewed in 2016.

Wildstar

World of Warships

Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR)

Borderlands 2

Chutes and Ladders

Elder Sign

Hearthstone

League of Legends/Heroes of the Storm

Overwatch/Team Fortress 2

Magicka

Windows 10

Dungeons and Dragons

Uncharted 4

Pokemon Go

Deponia

Risen

Deadlight

Goat Simulator

Tropico

Cliker Heroes/Clicker Games

Card Hunter

Card hunter is an odd hybrid of D&D style role playing game, board game, and deck building game. It was developed by Blue Manchu Games and originally released as a browser-based game in 2013. Clients for Windows and OS X were released in 2015. The browser version is currently available at cardhunter.com, and the client for PC and Mac is available on Steam.

Clicker games, also known as idle games, are an odd breed of games that literally play themselves. Many of them have strong DISincentives for active participation.

Clicker Heroes is arguably the archetype of this style of game, or, at least, is probably the most widely known. Developed by Playsaurus, it was originally released for browsers in 2014. Clients for Windows, OS X, and mobile devices were released in 2015.

Clicker Heroes is available on steam or can be played at clickerheroes.com.

Tropico 4 is a resource management simulation game. As El Presidente, you will guide your island republic to prosperity or financial ruin. The Grumpy Old Guys take it for a spin and see how it stacks up to other sim/resource management games out there.

The Grumpy Old Guys put the next generation in goat simulation to the test. Produced by Coffee Stain Studios and released in 2014, Goat Simulator puts the player in the role of a goat hell-bent on causing as much destruction as humanly, err. goatly, possible.

You can try it for yourself at http://goat-simulator.com/

Deadlight is a side-scrolling 2D platformer developed by Tequila works and published by Microsoft for the XBox 360 and Windows systems.

Risen is a single-player fantasy action-adventure game created by Piranha Bytes and released in 2009.

Deponia is a point and click adventure game made by Daedalic Entertainment out of Germany. The unlikable protagonist, Rufus, engages in a series of far-fetched plans to escape from the junk planet of Deponia to the orbiting paradise of Elysium. It was released in 2012, a year before the Matt Damon movie that had more or less the same basic idea, although Matt Damon's character was far more sympathetic than the jerk in this game. Along the way, Rufus meets Goal, a girl that the game informs us is supposed to be beautiful, but she really didn't do much for us. Maybe Rufus has just been on that junk planet for too long. Anyway, their destinies intertwine, the adventure unfolds, and the Grumpy Old Guys give their unfiltered opinions about the whole thing.

Pokemon go is a downloadable augmented reality game for Android and iPhone made by Niantic. Capture Pokemon with Poke Balls, grab some free stuff at Poke Stops, join 1 of 3 almost indistinguishable factions, and have your butt handed to you at a Pokemon Gym. And you'll need to drag yourself off the couch, because this game takes place out in the word, and you have to walk around.

The Grumpy Old Guys take a break from gaming to discuss the Amazon Pilots for Fall 2016. They weigh in on their opinions of The Tick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, and I Love Dick, with a little bit of Archer thrown in as a bonus.

Smoak finally gets to escape from the PC and review a console game. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is the latest in the action/adventure series developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the Playstation 4. Smoak discusses game play, aesthetics, comparisons to Tomb Raider, and overall level of fun.

The Grumpy Old Guys wax nostalgic about their 4 decades of Dungeons and Dragons. From the old boxed set through many revised editions, the Grumpy Old Guys have been playing this game longer than many of you have been alive. Basic D&D, AD&D, and editions 2-5 are all on the table. Pour yourself a refreshing beverage, sit back, and maybe stir up some fond memories of your own past campaigns.

The venerable pen and paper role playing game is in its 5th edition. The Grumpy Old Guys take a look at differences and similarities to previous editions. Topics include character classes, gameplay, and the overall feel of the game.