Mike Pearce

This week, Gaming Trend’s Let’s Play series goes back a few years. After succumbing to a great deal of peer pressure–entirely from news editor Joe–I finally grabbed a copy of Helldivers (Joe and I played the PC version), an impressive twin-stick shooter with an unforgiving nature
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This week, Hunter Wolfe joins up with Mike to fight in a galaxy far, far away. After a recent yoga session, Hunter brings all sorts of awful jokes and terrible puns to the battlefield . Unfortunately, as you’ll see from our performance, the Force was definitely not with us. Check
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This represents the progression of my thoughts and reactions to Desync: The first minute in-game as an unapologetically avid ‘80s synth fan (much to my wife’s displeasure): “Damn, this soundtrack is amazing!” Within the first hour of gameplay: “Holy shit, this game is @$#%&*# hard!” After another hour, and
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Today, Battlefield 1 gets its first expansion, They Shall Not Pass. Premier Pass holders can try out all the French have to offer, but everyone else gets to wait until March 28. So, it made sense for this week’s episode to feature Josh and Mike charging straight into some
by Mike Pearce
When Battlefield 1 released last October to great critical acclaim (see our review here), it included playable forces from the nations of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom and its associated Commonwealth countries, Italy, and the United States. Despite having a decent amount of content and
by Mike Pearce
This week Joe and Mike (or, Swoots, as Joe likes to him) are in the fictional narco-state of Bolivia fighting the dreaded Santa Blanca cartel. Bullets go flying, stuff gets blown up, and Joe gets pissed at Swoots for always messing up the silent approach. Dive in and check it out. Beware of minor sp
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News editor Joe is a huge Hearthstone fan and has been asking Mike to give it a shot for weeks. So, for this week’s episode, Joe finally gets to pass on his deep knowledge and understanding of Blizzard’s online card game to an apprentice. Let us know what you think in the comments below.
by Mike Pearce
For this week’s Let’s Play, editors Joe DeClara and Mike Pearce decided it’d be a good idea to kill some zombies. As the post-Valentine’s Day zombie purge progressed, Mike and Joe quickly realized they’re no good at L4D, and after the sting of many frustrating
by Mike Pearce