Steadily it approaches…the June 14 release date for The Last of Us. The war between wallet and wants intensifies within me as I confront the realization that The Last of Us is a PlayStation 3 exclusive. I have not owned a PS3 in years. How could I have let this happen? I’m unemployed with no money [...]
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The Last Of Us: Between a Next-Gen and a Hard Place
The Last of Us represents what is the last hurrah and final breath of new titles to come out in the current generation. What has been shown so far alludes to the fact that the game is being lovingly crafted by Sony‘s Naughty Dog studio. The recent trailer really showcases what gamers can expect to [...]
Familiarity in Game Realities
Déjà Vu, I Choose You! Hey, that’s not just a nice rhyming title, most of the fundamental aspects of games released today have been around since kids sat in caves playing crank powered log consoles like Fred Flintstone. Atari in the 1970′s, Yabadabadoo. This wide range of weird ever present aspects are familiar yet unnoticeable to [...]
What Multiplayer in The Last of Us Might Mean for Its Story
Superstar developer Naughty Dog, the creators of the successful Uncharted franchise, are set to release survival horror action-adventure game The Last of Us on May 7. The PS3 exclusive is taking the studio in a somber new direction in the ongoing pursuit of evolving storytelling in its games. Part of the title’s promise includes “dynamic stealth”, a system [...]
The Last of Us (PS3) Preview
The Last of Us is a survival-horror, action-adventure game available exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game has been highly anticipated since its announcement trailer at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. While information about the game has dripped out slowly since its original announcement, The Last of Us fittingly got a release date at [...]
Tomb Raider: A Dark, but Much Needed Reboot
Tomb Raider is slotted to be released on Mar 5 2013, and the anticipation is building with the recent world premiere of the trailer. This reboot focusing on Lara Croft’s origin story is taking the Tomb Raider franchise in a whole new direction. In fact, it looks a lot like the Uncharted games. The Tomb [...]
PlayStation All-Stars’ Best and Worst Fighters
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale recently came out a few weeks ago on Nov. 20 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. SuperBot Entertainment, SCE Santa Monica Studios and BluePoint Games (Vita Version) developed the star studded PlayStation All-Stars while Sony published the game. Since gamers have had a good while to dig into the frenetic [...]
Violence and Emotion in The Last of Us
Death is everywhere in games. Fighting games have gamers beating each other unconscious when they’re not performing Fatalities. Thousands are killed throughout FPS campaigns and even the most family-friendly plumber throws the occasional Koopa off a cliff. Something needs to slow progression and all too often, it is a person the player needs to off. [...]
Tomb Raider Preview Part 2
This is the second of a two part preview. Click here to read the first part of our Tomb Raider Preview. The combat in the other demos seemed to be just as focused on violence and quick-thinking. The immediacy of every moment is highlighted – Lara stumbles upon a pirate, and with a hurried shot [...]
Tomb Raider Preview Part 1
Tomb Raider needs a reboot like George Lucas needs retirement. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have banded together to reinvigorate the franchise. Who would have guessed that not only would Tomb Raider be a hugely anticipated title again in 2013, but that it might be the most exciting title of the year? Lara Croft and her [...]
