Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Spike Video Game Awards are - unfortunately - the closest thing the gaming industry has to the Oscars. Here's a look at who's up for trophies this year.
Video games are fast becoming the most profitable form of entertainment in the world, much closer to catching the film industry than one might suspect. The blinding speed in which gaming has progressed from 2-color, one-button gameplay to 2010's Red Dead Redemption has actually managed to outrun the public's ability to absorb its maturation. But as uneducated ignorance dwindles giving way to true appreciation, demand for a legitimate, be-all-end-all annual awards ceremony has grown. Spike TV decided to shoulder this responsibility with the VGAs, starting in 2003. Unfortunately, the awards show has hardly lived up to its billing. Peppered with appearances by celebrities that gamers don't care about - and who, in turn, don't care about …
Saturday, October 22, 2011
There are a lot of big releases left before the year's end, but a few games have already come out this Fall that you should be playing right now. On the other hand, there are a few games that we'd expected to be great but didn't quite hit the mark.
The months of September through December are difficult ones for active gamers. After being spread out in reasonable fashion over the majority of the year, tons of highly anticipated titled are packed into these final months. We're now over a month and a half into the end-of-year rush, and while there are still several huge titles waiting to be released, here are three games that are already on store shelves that you should be playing right now: Gears of War 3 [X360] - Released September 20th Arguably the biggest Xbox 360-exclusive release of the year, Gears of War 3 is the conclusion of the famed trilogy of games that has provided the archetype for the 3rd-person shooter genre. And the critics agree: It's the best of the bunch. Currently…
Saturday, October 15, 2011
When one of the most influential visionaries in PC gaming is declaring the platform to be playing second fiddle, we have no choice but to listen.
The notion that PC gaming is dead has been kicked around for over a decade. Pundits have declared it repeatedly only to have games like Half-Life and Deus Ex re-introduce it as the evolutionary heart of the industry. When it once again began to lose traction, the Steam distribution platform made it easier than ever to find and purchase games for the PC without the hassle of manually patching them. By now, it should be obvious that PC gaming will never be completely dead. There will always be a place for it. Consoles are unlikely to ever have the level of flexibility to allow for the creation of mods or user-created content using anything other than game-provided tools (which aren't very common and often underpowered). Additionally, the …
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Prominent and respected industry developers are beginning to recognize the potential of the third dimension.
Remember what 3-D used to mean? You would don flimsy, paper glasses with one red lens, the other blue. Ye olde complementary color anaglyphs could offer the illusion of depth but at the extreme expense of color diversity. These days, due to new technological developments in both the active and passive genre of glasses, 3D entertainment has enjoyed quite the resurgence. What used to be a once-in-a-long-while, unusual experience only found in select theaters and amusement parks, high-quality 3D imagery can now be commonly experienced at home with the right television, and said televisions are now surprisingly affordable. With the ease of delivering 3D-supporting technology to the home, it's only natural that game product manufacturers would …
Kevin Wells
8:04 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
I thought it was amusing. Since we're getting all offended here, I'm going go ahead and call out your blatant abuse of the English language. Please stop. more ›