June is hurtling towards us like a small moon towards a black hole, which in the games industry means only one thing - the Electronic Entertainment Expo! That’s right, the biggest event in the North American games industry is about to drop its load of surprises in the form of a week-long media orgy, and… Read More »
First and foremost, let me say that I’ll do my best to get through this article WITHOUT making reference to a certain Ricky Martin song (and no, I don’t mean “She Bangs”). With that little disclaimer out of the way, let’s get down to business. This week marks the official North American and European launch… Read More »
Video games is not a hobby that’s easy to follow, let alone support. But that’s what my wife does. So it leaves me wondering. How does she muster the psychological fortitude to put up with me? Let’s see how the positives and negatives stack up in a gamer’s version of She Loves Me, She Loves… Read More »
Call of Duty: Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2, and yes, even Halo: Reach. Bah! Spazz shooters, all of them. I use the word ‘spazz’ only because I’ve made a troublesome discovery. I use the word ‘spazz’ because, well, I’m just no good at those types of multiplayer shooters anymore. I reserve the right lash out… Read More »
Many of us will just say that a game is good when it’s fun. But what the heck does that mean? What constitutes “fun”? Ask ten people and I’m sure you’ll get ten different answers. I could spend way too much server space going through every single possibility and their infinite combinations. Instead, the almighty… Read More »
People love to gossip. No one’s above this. This is why rags like the National Inquirer flourish. This is why gossip magazines like OK, In Touch and Star are some of the best selling publications on newsstands. Gamers are no different. We love our little tidbits of unsubstantiated, unconfirmed, unreliable datum that we can post… Read More »
2010 has been pretty good to us. One need only look at all the retrospectives and game of the year lists sites have been publishing. We’ve had the traditional big retail games like Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops. We also saw an upsurge in downloadable titles that have gone toe-to-toe with those… Read More »
As of late there’s been a lot of talk on various forms of social media over who is a gaming journalist, or what qualifies a person as a gaming journalist. I will propose that many professionals that may call themselves journalists are often a different beast of the gaming press. Recently BitMob did an interview with… Read More »
Of all the things that video games have going for it as an art form there is one big piece of subject matter gaming in general hasn’t handled very well: Relationships. In light of that I wanted to offer my humble suggestions–my do’s and don’ts of relationships in video games. Do: Make it nuanced/complex/believable Real… Read More »
I remember when open world games started making their debut. I thought they were the best thing that could happen to video games. I remember the first time I played Grand Theft Auto III and was amazed at the open world that was created. Lately I have found myself looking for something more from these… Read More »
