Mark LoProto
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Writer | Avid Gamer | Horror Enthusiast | A Voice for All Industries
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The Gaming Hour New Roundup Vol 4
This past week had an especially exciting reveal that’s really going to drive my coverage this year. But before we get to that, developers and publishers have been busy rolling out new content, purchasing new studios, making decisions that certainly didn’t appease fans, and revealing questionable services.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Gamers
The Gaming Hour News Roundup Volume 3
If you’ve been exploring the open world of the Lands Between or working out the kinks in your current-gen return to Los Santos, then it’s possible you’ve missed out on some of the news that’s dropped this past week. From David Arquette’s return to gaming in a Supermassive Games surprise to the reveal of an esports metaverse, this Gaming Hour is full of reveals and announcements you won’t want to miss.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Gamers
The Gaming Hour News Roundup Vol 2
When I launched The Gaming Hour last week, I made a crucial misstep in forgetting that, sometimes, there just isn’t much news to report. So, I’m going to pivot, and from this volume on, will be releasing these news briefs as a weekly series. A lot can happen in a week, and you’re not going to want to miss a beat, especially as we get deeper and deeper into the current generation’s life cycle.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Gamers
The Gaming Hour Roundup for March 9, 2022
While much of the Pacific time zone is drifting quietly off to sleep, I’m hammering away at keys and jostling joysticks. It’s in the serenity of night that I boot up a console or my PC and plunge myself into fantastical worlds created by the most brilliant minds in game development. I call this, quite uncreatively, my “gaming hour.” It’s also about this time, during load times and matchmaking, that I review the day’s news to keep abreast of what’s happening in the industry and satiate my curiosity.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Gamers
A Letter to My Muse
I was thinking about the challenge I told you about, where we write a letter to a mentor thanking them for everything they did for us. You, of course, encouraged me to write to my father. After all, it was his disposition for creativity and enjoyment of the unusual that set me down this path. I thought of my mother, who has always encouraged me to carve my own path and be the best man I can be. And we tossed around the idea of writing to my high school English teacher, who scribed encouraging accolades in my yearbook that, admittedly, still make my head feel a little big today. But I feel like I would be cheating the person that has had the most significant influence on my life, and it didn’t feel right not acknowledging how important you have been to my growth, my success, and the future I’ve been able to carve for myself and our family.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Confessions
Extra Life Heads to Orlando for Children's Hospital Week
Mainstream media oft jests at the behest of gamers, depicting them as ineffectual slobs with a penchant for Doritos and Mountain Dew. Anyone that’s actually spent time connecting with the community has seen its heart and soul and fully understands that it has a giving side. In fact, that side comes out annually when Extra Life makes its plea for help in supporting the Children’s Miracle Network. And come April 2022, gamers will once again prove they’re not the angry trolls media paints them as when they assemble in Orlando, FL, for Extra Life United and Children’s Hospital Week.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Gamers
Universal Studios Orlando, I'm Breaking Up with You
There is nothing more devastating than falling out of love. For years, you cherish a person. You care for them, spend every waking hour with them, can’t get them out of your head, and then suddenly, the very sight of them bores you. It’s not entirely their fault. They can only do so much with what they have, but it’s simply not enough to keep you from going separate ways.
By Mark LoProto4 years ago in Geeks
Predator: Hunting Grounds - My First Round as the Ultimate Hunter
I sat quietly in the trees, listening to the sounds of conflict unfolding in the distance. Admittedly, I didn’t move for 30 seconds or so because I foolishly skipped the tutorial, but once I figured out how to make use of the hunter’s staple gadgets and gear, I pressed forward.
By Mark LoProto6 years ago in Gamers
'Doom Eternal' is the Bigger, Gorier Sequel We Wanted
More ripping. More tearing. It’s all we could want from a sequel to id Software’s reboot. But Doom Eternal isn’t just your average entry in the franchise. Sure, it has all of the chaos and gore the series has been known for, but id Software knew it should give fans more. While some sequels simply add new enemy types, weapons, and locations, Doom Eternal takes the core "push-forward" concept of its predecessor and molds it into something so much bigger.
By Mark LoProto6 years ago in Gamers
'East Coast Nightmares' Bringing Bad Dreams to PC and Consoles
You arrive at a dimly lit carnival, the joyous screams of children echoing throughout the grounds. They’re broken for a moment by the horrifying grunt of your first assailant. A clown, demented and twisted by whatever supernatural horrors await, swipes at you. Your only escape is through the ominous facade of a clown’s head, its teeth sharpened and its eyes glowing under a neon hue. Rushing through its mouth, you hope to escape the monstrosity at your heels, unaware that you’ve run right into your very own East Coast Nightmares.
By Mark LoProto6 years ago in Gamers
Predictions for HBO’s 'The Last of Us' TV Series
Ironically amidst the spread of a virus that has the world panicking, Naughty Dog vice president Neil Druckmann revealed that a The Last of Us TV series is in production at HBO. Joining Druckmann on the creative end is Chernobyl creator and writer, Craig Mazin. It’s two names you absolutely do want attached to a TV adaptation of The Last of Us as both have had experience in pulling heartstrings and crafting horrifying imagery.
By Mark LoProto6 years ago in Horror
The Ghost’s Most Anticipated Games of March 2020
I may live in the great beyond, but that doesn’t mean I’m not sitting here anticipating new games to play. Haunting people is fun only for so long. Just ask Polterguy. Since I highly doubt we’ll ever see a sequel to Ghosthunter, I have to reserve my excitement for other titles.
By Mark LoProto6 years ago in Gamers
