DON'T I ALREADY HAVE AN XBOX?

May 21, 2013

  COLD HARD FACTS Here’s what we know about the Xbox One after the dog and pony show:  The Xbox One will DOMINATE the next-gen, presumably with black leather.  The Kinect will be able to read your heartbeat and monitor your vital signs as you slip ever deeper into a coma.   The Xbox One can transform into a water cooler and dispense potable...

THE FINAL RECKONING

Mar 2, 2013

Continued from the previous article found here!  The article will be further updated after the launch of the PS4 this holiday season. EVERY DEVELOPER ON THE PLANET IS ON BOARD This was the amalgamation of developers said to be churning out games for the PS4: VERDICT? FALSE First let’s point out that at first EA was comically left off this giant...

A SONY FAIRY TALE

Feb 28, 2013

Ahhh, remember the simpler times of 1995?  Remember when people actually looked at speakers and their lame power point presentations as opposed to diddling on their tablets/smartphones?  I’ll bet this collection of ‘journalists’ actually inhaled, then penned an article, as opposed to machine-gun-vomiting tag words on Twitter as E3 unfolded. Notice...

ANARCHY REIGNS + DEVIL MAY CRY = CREAM

Jan 15, 2013

It is fair to say that, just 15 days into 2013, the flash and flair on display has already surpassed all of 2012.  The combined forces of Anarchy Reigns and the reboot Devil May Cry are enough to surpass whatever the previous 12 months could muster.  Not surprising since Platinum Games and Ninja Theory are arguably the two flashiest game developers out...

A SLICE OF THE VIDEO GAME'S ZODIAC

Dec 27, 2012

This year we’re going to be doing the dog and pony show a little differently.  Rather than award games by category – Best [Fill in the Blank] – we’re going to focus on those games responsible for marking the big trends in the video game industry this year.  What makes 2012 unique?  What happened this year to alter the industry’s trajectory? What...

MURDEROUSLY FUN MULTIPLAYER LOOKING TO MAKE A RESURGENCE

Dec 19, 2012

There’s quite a few classic PC game series that, over a one year span, will be making a return after a long awaited hiatus.  Of course there’s Diablo III, but there’s also XCOM, Planetside 2, Tomb Raider, Max Payne 3, and Thief (now unfortunately titled Thi4f).  Considering the impact their predecessors have had and the phoenix-rebirth narratives...

CITY OF HEROES RETIRES THE CAPE AFTER EIGHT EXEMPLARY YEARS

Nov 30, 2012

Released in 2004, Paragon Studio’s City of Heroes drew its last gasp today.  Despite still going strong on over a dozen servers just in the USA, NCSoft decided to sink Paragon and with it the only remaining decent super hero MMO.  The fans and laid off developers staged an admirable attempt to keep the game going, but to no avail.  Undoubtedly wanting to...

Nov 4, 2012

Yes that is Linkin Park you just heard during that trailer.  Sigh. This game is a joke. A bad Joke, capital J. In a franchise that continues to sputter into irrelevancy, Warfighter was burdened with the gargantuan task of justifying not only its existence, but the franchise at large. Somehow it fails to satisfy its most minimal expectations of realistic, white...

Oct 29, 2012

Hopefully Sony recognizes what it has on its hands here with The Unfinished Swan.  Yes, it’s an artsy game with arresting visuals and a simple, intuitive control scheme – such titles seem to be all the rage nowadays.  But more importantly, it’s a big question mark that draws on its indie allure and simple premise to attract a wide audience. To top it...

Jul 10, 2012

The uncontested meta-winner of EVO 2012 was King of Fighters XIII.  Though the other grand finals matches displayed admirable skill and a furious intensity, no other matchup delivered so thoroughly or had as much on the line. For context, the developer for KOFXIII, SNK Playmore, was seemingly inches from a long-stalled death knell.  King of Fighters XII did...