What is up with Sony jumping the gun on their next-gen console? Well, it is not necessarily jumping the gun… The timing is just about right. Late 2013 is a very appropriate time for the next generation of gaming consoles to come out. But, it has been a month now since Sony announced the PS4 [...]
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New Game Releases: March 24-30
This week’s game releases include: a ghost hunting adventure with Mario’s brother Luigi in Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, endless dungeons and adventure with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, a golfing challenge with a number of new features with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, a journey into the thick of a cartel war with Army [...]
Game Management: The Plight of the Adult Gamer
Amidst painful deaths, restarting check points, and frustration with missing a vital jump over and over again. The worst thing that faces older gamers these days is time. Having amassed responsibility and making sure every other factor that pertains to life (social interaction, eating, general health maintenance, brushing teeth) are taken care of, adult gamers [...]
The Revengeance of Action Games
In video games there has been a debate about how to balance story telling and gameplay since games moved from an 8-bit medium to something that could imitate a more cinematic experience. This debate comes down to how much control is given or taken away from gamers. Often developers rely on cut scenes to tell [...]
Pulling a Batman: Gritty Re-Imaginings Are Unimaginative
It is a tough gritty world out there. To cope, people need a tough, moody protagonist in all video games, apparently, forever and ever (or until the fad dies). This has become a trend in games that gamers may have noticed. Tons of new titles today seem enamored by Christopher Nolan’s popular reinvention of the Batman franchise, it may [...]
Saints Row 4 will be the PCP of Sandbox Games
Last week, the next entry in the Saints Row franchise was announced. Saints Row 4 will release on Aug 20 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The news came seemingly out of no where because only the tiniest bit of information said that Volition working on the next Saints Row when the Dominatrix DLC [...]
Is It Possible to Make a Good Game of Thrones Game?
There is always a problem when taking a hugely beloved or popular or simply interesting license then adapting it to a new medium. It is a storied history of failure in video games when bringing natively passive series to an active past time. Right from the beginning of video gaming with E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, [...]
Ensuring A Critic Proof Game
Critical acclaim can help a game go a long way, but it isn’t everything. Whether gamers draw their preconceptions for a new release from reviews, forums or from simple word of mouth, one thing is certain – a game can sell well even if it sucks. The gaming hardcore tend to use what’s at their disposal. [...]
Your Move Microsoft
The next console war has officially begun! Sony made big strides and sent waves around the industry with their recent PlayStation 4 unveiling. They made good moves and ultimately achieved what they needed to do the most, come out before Microsoft. Now, Microsoft has a good amount of time before they launch their barrage of [...]
A Breakdown of Every Skyrim Wiki
For gamers diving into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, finding the right Skyrim Wiki can be extremely frustrating because some are filled with wonderful information while others offer no help at all. Sure, a simple Google search might eventually get you there, but our goal is to put together a list of every Skyrim Wiki [...]
