Dear Gaming Industry, This Is Why You’re Losing Money.
Summer is just around the corner and the gaming industry finally releases a whole bunch of big titles for us to play during the holiday. But what’s this? All the games are releasing on the same day? Oh that’s just great. Read more
Fail Prediction Proves True: UT3 Now $11.99 On Steam
Imagine it’s November 2007. Unreal Tournament 3 just released. If you asked Mark Rein what he expected the price of UT3 to be in March of 2009, do you think he would say, “Twelve bucks?”
Editorial: Public Discourse, Criticism, and the Interactive Medium
I was going to name this editorial “Gaming and the Habermasian Offentlichkeit: How we must approach new interactive artifacts in order that we remain relevant”, but man, that’s just elitist. Read more
Thoughts: So I Just Beat GTA 4 on the PC…
…and I have a couple thoughts on the game.
Demo Nitpicks: What Dave Isn’t Playing!
At most gaming sites you’ll find thorough, well written reviews and impressions for some of the latest titles. What you won’t see are terrible, quickly written one-offs that explain why your favorite editor won’t play what you want them to. Until now… Read more
Conundrum: Killzone 2′s Divisiveness – Why Bother?
If you read my demo day impressions, you probably think I want to break into a local Gamestop and break all the copies of Killzone 2 they have just so my anger can be sated! Well, that’s not really true.
Sales Fail: Does Epic Know Why UT3 Failed? Let’s Hope So!
If you’ve been paying attention to certain news sites you may have gotten the impression that a very large patch is on the way for Unreal Tournament 3. Read more
Rant: Oh Battery, I Love Thee Not.
Since gaming has officially stepped from wired to wireless, the annoyance of wires has been replaced by keeping twelve AA batteries fully loaded at all times Read more
[Rant] Microsoft: “Live Alone or PC Gaming Dies!”
You read that title correctly! Microsoft wants to use Windows Live to kill off PC gaming or force you into living alone. How? Read more
