King.com Continues Their Ride On The Jerk Train

As many of you know, I deleted the Candy Crush Saga game from my phone and Facebook account after hearing about their ridiculous copyright lawsuit against the viking video game The Banner Saga. It smacked of greed and frankly, blatant stupidity.

Now, we have this new development showing that they are incredibly huge jerks who don't care who they stomp on as long as they're making money, which is pretty low. They essentially ripped off every bit of Albert Ransom's game Candy Swipe which he had created in memory of his mother who had passed away from leukemia, who liked these particular style of games. You can read his open letter in the tickld article here: http://www.tickld.com/x/i-cant-believe-they-are-doing-this-its-disgusting He also posted the open letter on his Facebook page.

I have some questions for King.com about this latest despicable display. Who decided that being this completely callous and greedy was a good idea? Why are you trying to hide the fact that you're a bunch of giant jerks with no souls? Why do you not understand the definition of saga? How do you not grasp the concept of blatant thievery? Seriously, screw you guys until you can answer those questions honestly and sincerely instead of trying to cover up your bullshit.

If you want to give both fingers to King.com and tell them to kiss your posterior, support Albert Ransom's game Candy Swipe. You can show your support by buying Candy Swipe in the Itunes store or on Google Play, sharing the article on tickld, sharing this Mother Gamer blog post, play Candy Swipe on Facebook, and you can also like the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/CandySwipe  because screw King.com and their evil minions of doom. 

Thief 101 Trailer

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Is Amazon Going Into The Video Game Industry?

 I am skeptical about it, but I do like Amazon. I wonder what kind of video games they would make and how well they would do with it. You can read about it in the Kotaku article here: http://kotaku.com/amazon-just-bought-a-video-game-studio-1517101698?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

A Blog You Should Be Reading

Check out my good friend Jim's blog Like Madness In The Spring. Currently he's working on a weekly serial and you can read week one titled The Widow Wore Gold. It's entertaining, funny, and pretty awesome story telling. Feel free to share too! You can read it here: http://chromiumslurpee.tumblr.com/post/74394421348/the-widow-wore-gold-week-1

Assassin's Creed Movie Possible?

 It looks like there could be an Assassin's Creed movie in the works. If done right it could be a very cool idea. As a fan of the Assassin's Creed series, I think a movie would be great, but it has to very well done; actually be as true as possible to the story and get the right actors to play the parts. You can read about it on the Screen Rant website here: http://screenrant.com/assassins-creed-movie-cast-director/

King.Com aka Makers Of Candy Crush Saga Are Idiots

King.com are idiots. I say they are idiots because of this article from Kotaku which you can read here: http://kotaku.com/candy-crush-saga-makers-go-after-the-banner-saga-for-1506188958?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

The thing about the word saga is what really gets me. Apparently these morons don't realize that the word saga actually comes from Old Norse so it is complete bullshit that they're trying to copyright a word that doesn't even belong to them originally in the first place.

There's also the factor of how is their game similar to Banner Saga? One is a puzzle game that isn't that great and is clearly rigged with the insane difficulty of the levels to try and coerce players to buy their boosts so they can line their pockets with money. The other is a pretty cool looking turn based RPG with Vikings and lots of interesting Viking adventures. NOT the same thing.

While King.com may think this is promotion and advertising it's not. This makes them look like the giant jerks they really are, not to mention the waste of time and resources for a lawsuit that is just plain stupid. What's next? Trying to gain patent rights for the air we breathe? I'm sick and tired of greedy game corporations like this one that just try to squash everyone in their path all for the sake of their ego and greed.

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Pirates And Adventures On The High Seas; A Great Time!

I have to say Ubisoft truly redeemed themselves in my eyes with Black Flag. It seems they truly listened to the feedback from fans and Assassin's Creed IV was their heartfelt apology and I gladly accept it. I just finished the game and I loved every minute of it.

A Pirate's Life For Me!

The protagonist Edward Kenway is a great character because he starts off brash and a bit arrogant, but as his adventure continues he evolves into a smarter and more subtle man with a good heart. There are many other fantastic characters including some well known pirates; and lots of adventures on the high seas and around the vast world of this game. The main story is excellent and Edward is complex and interesting; he actually shows emotions and you feel the passion and bravado coming from him. The people he befriends are also memorable along with some pretty diabolical villains which makes for a great story all around.

There are also some great naval battles and here is where I sing the praises of the controls for the ship. They are 100% better than Assassin's Creed III. The controls are easier to use and respond faster too. You can upgrade the Jackdaw (Edward Kenway's ship) with some pretty spiffy hull armor, sails, rigging, weapons and be one hell of a badass with your glorious ship. You can even do some pretty epic battles taking down forts and taking them over. These battles are actually FUN. I know I cackled gleefully in delight as I took down a pirate hunter man o'war battleship and followed it up with an epic battle taking over a fort. It was refreshing to be genuinely enjoying a game and just having a good time with it.

Epic battles at sea are the best!

The world of Assassin's Creed IV is massive; there's lots to see and do and plenty of areas to explore. Sail everywhere in the game because there are so many great things to find such as hidden Mayan temples, ship wrecks full of treasure, and much much more. There are plenty of side quests and side missions to do too and some of them add a bit more to the story of Edward and company. You can even upgrade the various towns and even find new sea shanties for your crew to sing while you're on your adventures. And of course there's the downloadable content and multiplayer to add even more things for you to enjoy in the game.

Discovering new locations like this one is grand!

You do have your time in the real world too with our old friends Abstergo of course, and this aspect while brief is also quite fascinating because you can learn some pivotal plot points about characters from the previous game and run into a few familiar faces as well. I was a little thrown off that it was in first person mode, but the camera was very steady and it's only for a short time; so my vertigo didn't kick in thankfully. There are some brilliant plot reveals too in the real world scenes and there are some mini games here where you can unlock some item trophies and more information for your Animus database.

Remember these jerks? Oh yeah, they're still around. 

After finishing it, you can continue the game finishing up any side quests you missed or unlocking achievements with the various mission goals. Overall, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag is not just an amazing game; it's a great time for anyone who loves the series and enjoys an honest to goodness game about pirates, assassins, and tons of incredible adventures. I know I will be playing through it again because it was that much fun for me. If you haven't picked it up yet, what are you waiting for? There's adventure and glory to be had!

We're sailing off to another adventure!