In every great game there is a great boss to defeat. Killing the same old minions gets a little repetitive, and a boss battle needs to be thrown in there every now and again to spice things up. Bosses act as a sort of test for players—challenging their ability while usually furthering the plot or [...]
Articles By: Stephen Vinson
GTA 5: Top 5 Cheat Codes It Needs to Bring Back
GTA 5 has to follow Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA 4) which might have been one of the most well received installments in the series, easily beating previous titles in sales, but lacked much of the quirkiness that defined the series. Arguably one of the most enjoyed characteristics of GTA is the numerous and often wacky [...]
Graphics in Video Games: Function Follows Form?
Graphics, or a games visual esthetics, are often the main focusing point on any new game, and developers know this. Be it E3, PAX, or the Tokyo Game Show, developers assemble polished demos or vivid trailers all in an effort to display their games beautiful/retro/life-like graphics. But as technology increases and graphics become more [...]
MoMA and the Question of Video Games as Art
In November The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) made the announcement that it would add 14 influential video games to its collection. Included in the initial group will be Tetris (1984), SimCity 2000 (1994), Portal (2007), Pac-Man (1980), Another World (1991), Myst (1993), vib-ribbon (1999), The Sims (2000), Katamari Damacy (2004), EVE Online (2003), Dwarf [...]
Primordia (PC) Review
A cyberpunk adventure game, Primordia is a retro indie sure to please fans of old school point-and-click adventures. Despite the occasional pixel hunting and repetitive puzzles, Wadjet Eye Games’ Primordia is a successful throwback to games of old. Sporting stunning low resolution graphics, the game is nice to look at, though at times can leave [...]
A Year in Review: The Top 5 Indie Games of 2012
As the Christmas season goes into full swing and the year comes to an end, it is time we look back at some of the most notable indie games to come out in 2012. Often these games can go overlooked or underplayed, so it’s only fitting they get a final recognition before the year is out. [...]
The Halo Movie: Past, Present, and Future
With the release of 343 Industries’ 4th installment in the series, Halo is once again at the center of the gaming universe. If the $220 million on opening day for Halo 4 is any indication, the franchise is going to be around in some form or another for many more years to come. After the [...]
Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the Horror of Indie Games
Applauded as one of the most frightening games ever developed, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is survival horror done right. Developed by Frictional Games, Amnesia was released on Sep. 8, 2010 and has been scaring gamers ever since. With its gripping narrative, terrifying monsters, and novel mechanics, Amnesia: The Dark Descent was a refreshing addition to [...]
Zombie Genre Exploration – the Lifeless Husk of Creativity
Zombies are everywhere, be it in first-person shooters or platformers; hell, they’re even in farming games. We’ve been surrounded by a brainless genre in gaming: the zombie genre. Nowadays, gamers can hardly fire off a single bullet without decapitating some poor, decrepit corpse. The new genre has become so pervasive that major gaming sites now [...]
