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Partying at PAX Prime 2015
Standing in the crowd before the expo halls open, you can feel the anticipation. It’s contagious, and its hard not to get as equally stoked when waiting to enter PAX. The wait is certainly worth it. With so many games to play, it’s hard to be disappointed in PAX Prime 2015. And yet, as soon […] More
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Stick to the Javascript: Why a good story in a game is great, but not necessary
sto-ry noun A narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse. Designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader. Along with ‘why are we here’, the age-old questions of whethere videogames are art or a true storytelling medium have been thrown back and forth for over three decades. And as always with […] More
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Week in Review: Spend the night at the Godzilla Hotel in Japan
Anyone who has ever watched the Godzilla films knows that he isn’t a monster at all. More of a protector really. So this hotel room opening in Tokyo, really is quite soothing to know you have someone looking over you. Not scary at all, honestly. For just $334 a night on weekdays, you can have […] More
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Open Source #8: How Important Is Resolution?
Ubisoft are in the spotlight once again this week as the Open Source crew discuss Assassin Creed: Unity in all its 900p, 30-FPS glory. Amid allegations that Microsoft paid them to hold back the PS4 version, the question is: are there more important things to worry about than Full HD? Driveclub‘s launch woes, Native Americans […] More
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Rinse and Repeat: Making Games the Ubisoft Way
After steadily working your way across the bare map, you’ve finally reached it. You’ve dodged enemies, commandeered vehicles, maybe even taken part in a spot of violence to get here. But you don’t mind the long slog, because you know that in a few minutes you’ll have a fast travel point unlocked. You just need […] More
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Should Depictions of Nazism in Gaming Be Banned?
With the release of Wolfenstein: The New Order in May of 2014, it has been about 70 years since the end of World War 2 and the atrocities of the Nazi regime. In that 70 years the world has radically changed: man has conquered the unknown void of space, advanced medicine has healed the sick and technology has ushered in a new age of digital unity. However, even with all the progress achieved in the past 70 years some remnants of the old world will not simply fade into the passage of history. More
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The Pressure to Perform
The past week saw two rather interesting pieces of news. The first was the financial report of publishing giant Square Enix for the fiscal year ending March 31 2014. Happily, they posted profits to the tune of $65 million; a huge step up from last year’s disastrous $134 million net loss. Crediting the turnaround to […] More
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Story/Stark: The Gaming Industry is Starving for Story
Rarely, if ever, is a game so exceedingly great it warrants a remake only a year after release. This is, however, the case with The Last of Us, the late PS3 entry from Naughty Dog (the Uncharted series) that is coming to the PS4 in the way of The Last of Us: Remastered. Perhaps this is merely an effort […] More
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5 Reasons Kick-Ass Should Be a Videogame
Kick-Ass, based on Mark Millar’s hilarious-but-brutal comic book, turns the superhero genre on its head. Nobody in Kick-Ass is technically a ‘super’ hero because it’s set in our world. Therefore the ‘super’ heroes are nothing more than costumed vigilantes who withstand a bullet as well as a bowl of fruit. It’s great to see […] More
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Ten Video Games We Wish Were Live Action Movies
10- Amnesia What’s scarier than waking up and not knowing where you are? How about not knowing where you are, who you are, and what’s trying to kill you? Welcome to Amnesia, in which you find yourself trapped in a dark castle without your memories while creatures slink about in the dark.Unlike most games, which […] More