Holygrenade Update #3

Please come check out the new blog, Holygrenade.com. I'll continually post updates on here until traffic starts picking up. If you enjoy my stuff, it's easy to subscribe to.

1. EA, Origin and Metacritic: Sporadic Thoughts on an MCV Interview - I dissect an interview covering EA's handling of Origin.

2. ZombiU and How Zombies Have Feelings Too - Ubisoft is looking to define the zombie survival genre and I feel they have a legitimate shot at doing so.

3. Holygrenade’s Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut Commentary - My thoughts on BioWare's highly contentious ending-bending piece of DLC.

4. Comparing Mass Effect 3′s Gay Relationships - And hot off the presses (as of a few minutes ago) I dally into how BioWare's handled the various homosexual relationships Shepard can enter. Long post!

Again, please subscribe to the new blog. I'm only going to post it limitedly, and only updates. No new content. And share the new blog with people, friends, family! Putting my heart and soul into HG and I'd love for all of you, my subscribers and new readers, to help. Cheers! Jeff out.

HolyGrenade Update #2

1. The Elder Scrolls Online Bound For Peril? - Is Bethesda's ambitious new MMO already dead in its tracks?

2. Holygrenade Interview: Justin McElroy, Managing Editor of Polygon - We talk briefly about launching a brand new gaming site, and recent controversies in the industry.

3. Gameloft: The Porn Studio of Video Games - An idea (and headline, because I'm not that creative, that I stole from Volatile Mode) about Gameloft creates games baring a striking resemblance to other franchises.

4. What EA Got Right: Defending Gay Culture in Gaming - With all the anti-EA rhetoric lately, I remind people that EA has done something right: defend how BioWare implements gay and lesbian characters.

5. Why Where Handhelds Noticeably Absent From E3 2012? - This one is self-explanatory.

6. Games Journalism Must Stop Reporting Rumours - Also, self-evident.

Holygrenade Update

I don't know if I'll post here anymore, but please take the time to check out the first three posts on my site Holygrenade and tell me what you think! If you like my work, maybe even think of subscribing?

1. A Mass Effect MMO is on the Horizon - I speculate and give concrete evidence as to why BioWare should consider building a Mass Effect MMO sometime in the future.

2. Male Stereotypes: How Baldness Pervaded the Gaming Industry - I discuss how prominent male characters feature bald or shaven heads, or are advertised as such and dig into why this is occurring.

3. An Open Letter to Lara Croft: We're Sorry - I apologize to Lara Croft directly over misinterpreted comments from Crystal Dynamics about an attempted rape scene that exploded online.

The Reinvented Gaming Blog... Announcing Holygrenade!

Hey guys. It's been a long time. I'm sorry for only sporadically posting on Volatile Mode, but I'm excited to finally unveil my big announcement.

I bring you: Holygrenade!

Holygrenade is the spiritual successor to VM and I encourage you all to march over there and check it out. The website just launched so the design isn't there, and I barely know HTML or coding, but with a little time I'm sure it'll be aesthetically pleasing. But for the meantime, head over and tell me what you think.

Since Holygrenade is Volatile Mode 2.0, the content will be bigger and better. More of the same, of course, but more in-depth and more controversial. Got dozens of ideas I'm working around right now.

Also make sure to subscribe! (If it doesn't work, please tell me here or over on HG and I'll fix the problem.

Thanks everyone for your continued support, and let's make Holygrenade something of a spectacle. Sound good? Jeff out.