Editorial

Crackdown 3 - Dead on Arrival?

5 Indie Games You Should Keep An Eye On This Year

There are hundreds if not thousands of games that come out in a given year, many of which most people will never know anything about. In an effort to combat this reality, today I’ll be bringing you five indie games you should keep an eye on.

My DEMOnstrative Experience with Anthem

Most Anticipated Video Games for the First Half of 2019

Monster Hunter: World - One Year Later

The Missing is a Perfect Marriage of Gameplay and Theme

EA Has One More Chance With Star Wars

Randy Pitchford’s Wild Ride

“This is not a sex worker, this is a fucking magician!”

Why Bungie's Big Leap Might Splat

In 2007, Bungie announced to an applauding audience of employees that the corporate yolk of oppression had been lifted. Microsoft, their glaring down corporate overlords, had been appeased. The great departure of this studio that produced the single greatest killer software of the original Xbox in Halo: Combat Evolved had cleared its final hurdle. And with it, they made a new deal with Activision, one that would allow them to keep full ownership of this grand new IP.

Gamestop's Days Are Numbered

As I reflect on how amazing the video game collection I saw was and yearn over having my own collection someday, I fear with the way our industry is going that this is the type of collection that will slowly have fade to memory and become extinct.

Geneshift - Nik Nak Studios' Miracle

Indie game Geneshift, by Nik Nak Studios, becomes the 10th most played game on Steam, ever. It didn't achieve this status because of any kind of superior design, experience, or underlying feature that Geneshift stands head and shoulders above the thousands of other indie games out there. Instead, Geneshift grew rapidly in player count due to a simple post on Reddit, which spurred a great number of Steam bots to flood into the GTA inspired Battle Royale game.

Why Original SNES Hardware is Better

SNES Classic made me fall in love with the original Nintendo console, but it wasn't enough. Here's some thoughts on why I love using original hardware on an old TV, and the thrill of the hunt.