#39: Kickstarter and the Risks Behind It
Many of the people who watch the gaming industry look at the trends and patterns of it and foresee many problems plaguing it going forward. The stock prices and profit margins for the biggest publishers in the industry are doing very poorly. AAA gaming is...
#38: The RPG Genre: Back to the Drawing Board
Most people who read this regularly are aware of how much I love Role Playing Games. I love them for their emphasis on story and player interaction with the story through their mechanic. It is fun to play through these games and be truly immersed...
#37: Mass Effect 3: The Problem With its Multiplayer Microtransactions
By now, people are well aware of the many failings of the third Mass Effect game: It had Day 1, On-Disc DLC that seemed far too integrated with the game to be anything but an obvious cash grab, most of the game failed to acknowledge...
#36: Game Reviews and the Gaming Press: Why Do They Suck?
The gaming press is a pretty powerful entity in this industry. The consumers go to them for the latest in gaming news, including what is about to come out, what companies are partaking in less than consumer-friendly business practices, and other news a gamer might...
#35: What is Immersion and How Do We Achieve It?
Most of the people who play games agree that they are able to let us explore new and interesting worlds in ways that books or movies simply cannot, something I have discussed myself on several occasions. However, when we talk about this ability, the same...
#34: PC vs. Console, Which is Better?
I have been playing games for almost my entire life. Games are very much a huge focus of mine, which is why I love to write about them. One thing you learn when being a part of this sub-culture is that the people who populate...
#33: Character Analysis #2: Legion (Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3)
(Spoiler Alert for the Mass Effect franchise. If you are touchy about spoilers, avert your eyes and go back to watching porn.)Lately I have getting on my soapbox and writing about a fairly diverse set of topics and the list of said topics is far...
#32: The Relationship Between Games and Religion
(Spoiler Alert for: Assassin's Creed 1, 2 and Brotherhood, Final Fantasy X, XIII and Tactics, the Halo franchise, and Skyrim. As usual, you have been warned.) I think it can be said that games are becoming more and more prominent as a valid form of...
#31: God of War, the Dark Side of Sequels
(Series Spoilers for the God of War franchise. You have been warned.)The concept of sequels and franchises is a very core part of our industry. Since the development and release of video games is primarily a business, it only makes sense that the head honchos...
#30: The Reason for “Bad” Female Characters
(As always, when I do a subject like this on characters/plot, spoilers are abound. Be advised) Recently, a certain individualhas been cropping up a lot in discussions about video games. There has been a bit of controversy surrounding her...
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