• Witcher 3 Had its Flaws

    Witcher 3 Had Its Flaws: A Contrarian View

    Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s base game. It’s been a little over a year since CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launched to widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. It’s hard to contest its quality; the game currently holds the Guinness...
  • Fear Effect Sedna Preview

    Fear Effect Sedna Preview: PlayStation’s Muffled Swan Song?

    On February 24, 2000, one of the most seemingly underappreciated games released on the PlayStation. Fear Effect took elements from games like Resident Evil and Perfect Dark and came together to make one of the most beautiful and technically stunning games on Sony’s first console outing. The only downside...
  • Residential Evil 7 Back to Scary Roots

    Resident Evil 7 Preview: Back to its Scary Roots

    Resident Evil has been a staple series for as long as I’ve been gaming. Seriously, though; one of my stand-out childhood memories involves being afraid to run through my living room at night because the game was on a shelf in the entertainment center (it was that face on...
  • Game DLC Worth It

    Game DLCs: Are They Worth Your Money?

    Gamers moan at the costs of owning a games console as these days the initial set up for any of the big three can set you back hundreds, yet, most alarmingly the biggest rise in cost is the price of the games themselves. A brand new title could set...
  • Metroid Prime Federation Force Review

    Metroid Prime: Federation Force – An Objective Review

    Metroid Prime: Federation Force released last Friday to very mixed reviews. On one hand we have a strangely large divide in the professional reviews, and an even larger divide in user reviews. Let’s have a look at both and see if we can figure out why there is such...
  • Multiplayer is the Future of Gaming

    Multiplayer is the Future of Gaming

    Ever since the release of the next generation consoles, gaming has undergone a shift in its foundations. Instead of an in depth single player experience, today’s games are built on a foundation of interconnectedness and seamless transitions from single player, to online multiplayer. The majority of press releases for...
  • Restriction in Games

    Game Design: Restriction and Liberty

    For those of us who feel trapped in our worlds, the concept of being able to ‘do anything’ or ‘go anywhere’ can be intoxicating. As such, video games often advertise an unadulterated sense of freedom to sate our innate wanderlust. For some, that freedom can be empowering. For others,...
  • Play Disney Infinity

    Now is the Time to Start Playing Disney Infinity

    Disney Infinity is a short-lived Toys-To-Life game series that was recently cancelled in in May of 2016. You’ve surely seen them before at your local WalMart or Target, taking up space and generally being overpriced and in many cases, annoying with their variety and cluttered nature, and now is...
  • Nintendo NX

    How can Nintendo Make Nintendo NX a Success?

    #1: Leave the Wii brand in the past The Wii sold 100 million units worldwide and was successful in capturing casual gamers in a pre smartphone world. It is time to move past this and look to the future. The Wii was neat; however, it can now be seen...