On Wednesday, January 6th, an insurrection took place in Washington DC. Armed, white supremacists invaded the US Capitol, while Congress was in session, in an attempt to interrupt certification of a legit election process. It was a sight never before seen. The imagery is eerily similar to Tom Clancy’s “The Division” series – part 2… Read More How The Division Plays Up Militia Fantasies
Its been approximately 15 years since the software had a price increase, throughout the past generation studios have been saying the cost of development is increasing hence the plethora of DLCs and microtransactions or so they say. $70 is a price hike that consumers will have to accept even though its been speculated for years.… Read More Paying an Arm and a Controller for $70+
For years people have been asking for more diversity in their games. It makes sense to see a good representation of a culture or ethnicity in a positive spotlight rather a side character of stereotypes or a cartoonish villain. For a while during the PS3/Xbox 360 cycle the situation became meme-worthy, which also notes a… Read More Representation in Team-Based Games are Spot On
Last year people were wondering what a year of no E3 would be if companies had their own direct-feeds instead of press conferences. The mass public doesn’t quite realize that E3 is more than a few press briefings but a massive show-floor of demos for the public. This year it happened, the ESA couldn’t hold… Read More Summer Game Tries
With Amazon officially entering the race of cloud-based gaming services. Eight years ago cloud streaming was only from your browser and it wasn’t a popular platform and one console with a subscription base existed but being out early with internet connections not being reliable didn’t help things take off. Fast-forward to today, cloud technology is… Read More The Next Netflix
Every generation will look back at the past and ask “what where they thinking?” Especially, with the effort behind the production whether it’s very little or helluva lot. For the 80s, 90s and some of the 00s merchandising was a big money over to the point everything had toys, video games, lunch boxes or shoes.… Read More Looking at some Good and Bad Video Game Adaptations
Blizzard’s titan of an MMORPG World of Warcraft released in 2004 and took the genre by storm. At its peak it hit 12 million subscribers and today it is at a strong 8.3 million, with a new expansion on its way. Blizzard is strongly supporting their title and continuing to update the lore. However, the… Read More Can Warcraft IV and WoW Co-exist?
By Halacy Russia was against the idea Pokémon go because the company behind the game Niantec, is allegedly closely linked to the CIA? Well they weren’t too far off, however it did make them look very paranoid stating that this technology was created so Uncle Sam could spy on comrade Zangief. Fast forward to today… Read More Pikachu Lives Matter
Video Game development is not an easy business and a lot of games don’t get to make the cut and it’s sad to see an anticipated title never release, all of that hard work and hours for nothing. Financial issues, changed ideas, wrong timing, businesses shutting down or getting bought any bump can kill a game… Read More Tragically Cancelled – StarCraft: Ghost
Almost, every game that comes out these days has a DLC tacked on to it. They have been convenient with supporting a game post-launch with the ease of simple downloading and self-installing. Usually with PC games expansions were discs sold separately from the original game months after its release. To keep the player-base active and to entice new… Read More DLCs Keep Comin’
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