Outlook For Baldur's Gate III Isn't Great
Last week, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition was pulled from the app store. That game was just the first step in what developer Beamdog hoped was a path to creating Baldur's Gate III. However, with all...
View ArticleWriting a Definitive Gaming Story and Why it is Substantially Difficult
WARNING!I feel it is only fair that I warn you of the following things beforehand, but I also say these merely out of sheer professionalism and as a community friend as well. This is a blog about a...
View ArticleGet A Deeper Look At How Frostbite 3 Makes Battlefield 4 Special
When we were in Los Angeles for E3 2013, we got our first look at Battlefield 4's multiplayer action. Corny "levelution" nickname aside, Frostbite 3's power and the way it enables a new scope of...
View ArticleRemember Me Has An E-book Prequel
What was happening in Nilin's life a few months before the events of Remember me? Now fans can find out by reading the e-book by author Scott Harrison. It's called Remember Me: The Pandora Archive, and...
View ArticleApply To Be Part Of The Project Spark Beta
For most of gaming history, players have inhabited worlds created and shaped by developers. While Mojang's Minecraft wasn't the first title to throw off the shackles of narrative and forced progress,...
View ArticleThe Last of Us
NOTE: This is a spoiler-free review.It is, to this point, undeniable that Naughty Dog knows how to makes excellent games that make you feel, think, and react. Undeniable. They have unquestionably...
View ArticlePlayStation Network Maintenance Tomorrow, Tiny Tina And Hotline Miami Today
We've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that the PlayStation Network will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow. Hold on, before you get upset about a late update, wait for the good news.The PSN...
View ArticleTitanfall And Relatable Sci-Fi
One of the questions we had for Respawn was why the studio wanted to go down the sci-fi route with Titanfall. The reason came down to simple pragmatism. “There’s only so far you can go if you’re...
View ArticleIn Defense of the "Mindless" Shooter
Having recently discovered the garden of wonders that is GOG.com, I've decided to fill out some of the blank spots in my classic gaming knowledge, namely the retro first-person shooters I missed out...
View ArticleDemo Walkthrough Shows Off Companion App Interactions
One of the elements of Ubisoft's Watch Dogs that hasn't yet been fully detailed is how the companion app will function as a multiplayer tool. We've got a new glimpse of that straight from E3, in a new...
View ArticleGaming With Mom Isn't Automatically Lame
Can mom really double the gaming fun? I say YES!When people think of mom gamers, they think of women who have never picked up a controller, much less played an actual game and are just humoring their...
View ArticleTop Ten Tuesday 24 - Our Top Ten Games We Play Together
Top Ten Tuesday 24Our Top Ten Games We Play TogetherDisclaimer: There are many top ten lists, but this one is ours. If you think a game is missing here, we either didn't play it, didn't have any...
View ArticleHalo 2 Retrospective Review
IntroductionHello, GIO, thanks for clicking. You are reading the second of six reviews I will be doing on the "Halo" series, covering the original Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, and...
View ArticleCream of The Crop: 2013
As I've looked for a new subject to tackle for a blog post, I decided to take a gander back at what I've written over the past couple of years. One particular article I noticed is "Cream of The...
View ArticleMilking A Cow/Franchise
Milking a cow and milking a franchise are one and the same. Today I will explain the analogy between milking a cow and milking a franchise. Please note that no cows or franchises were...
View ArticleUbisoft Leaves Door Open For YouTube 'Let's Play' Monetization
Last month, Nintendo upset a number of people in the "Let's Play" community by short-circuiting individual user monetization of YouTube videos. This group (known as "LPers") were vocal in their...
View ArticleHotline Miami Fans Put On The Mask In PSN Launch Trailer
Hotline Miami, one of the biggest surprises of 2012, makes its way to the PlayStation Network today. To celebrate, Devolver Digital and Dennaton Games have released a trailer that is all about the...
View ArticleGran Turismo 6 Pre-Order & 15th Anniversary Edition Details
Traditionally, Gran Turismo titles can be a slow grind. Working your way up the ranks to get better cars can involve some re-doing of races, but Gran Turismo 6's pre-order bonuses will certainly help...
View ArticleZynga Loses Two More Top Executives
Things just keep getting worse for former social game titan Zynga. After laying off over 500 employees last month, which followed a growing tide of talent departures, the company has lost two more key...
View ArticleMy Gaming Backlog(That I Plan to Finish Over the Summer)
Backlogs? Didn't we stop talking about those a long time ago? Well, yes, but now that I have a whole Summer to myself, I can get a whole lot done. Of course, this includes really shortening my...
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