#101: The Evolution of Bethesda Leveling Systems
Fallout 4 has been making waves in the gaming community since its release. People have been singing its praises on many fronts, including the town building, crafting, improved character animation, and voice acting. Another area of accolades is in the leveling system. More than just...
The Texture Pop: Episode 38: The FUSE Experience
0:02:19 Viewer QuestionWhat would be your ideal Star Wars game?This was written in lieu of the trailers of both the new Battlefront game and Episode 7. Also, I need to make clear that Star Wars is not a franchise that appeals to me, so if...
#70: Factions in Video Games: Skyrim vs. Final Fantasy X-2
I am a person who likes RPGs of many sorts. As a result, I see many different implementations of the same ideas by multiple companies. One such concept many RPGs utilize is a faction system, where multiple groups of opposing ideals go against one another,...
#68: Kingdoms of Amalur vs. Skyrim: The Intimidation Factor
Like many people out there in the gaming space, I like to try to play games to completion. Though I do that with fewer and fewer games as I grow older, those games that particularly interest me still fuel that urge to do everything I...
#59: The “Essential” Problem With Skyrim
A few days ago, as of the time of writing, I had a conversationwith my friend Aldowyn discussing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The particular topic for discussion was an often contested feature of Skyrim's design, the use of the “essential” flag. As many of...
#56: The Timeless Question: What is an RPG?
Most of you out there know that I love to talk about video games. I derive pleasure from discussing what makes certain games work, where they go wrong, whether or not their stories make sense, and so on. Out of all of the questions related...
#41: The RPG Cultural Divide: East Versus West
It is no secret that there is a huge cultural divide between Western and Eastern styles of video game development. Due to the way each region of the world developed on similar, yet fundamentally different, lines over the centuries, the games developed by each regions...
#26: Stealth in Games and the Recent Shift it has Undergone
Out of all the various styles of gameplay there are in video games, few are more likely to excite and delight me more than stealth. Whenever I play a game like Oblivion and Skyrim, I always play as a thief/assassin character. In both of the...
#6: Using the World to Tell a Story
I have been spending a good chunk of time lately playing games made by Bethesda, like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 3. While they are generally great games that I would recommend, they do have their weaknesses. Bethesda games are notorious for being...