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The Top 7… Evil Corporations – all those lovely companies that have taken so much from us while giving so little.
Nintendo: Banned in the USA – Nudity, Nazis and the podcast will contain some EXCLUSIVE Child Abuse!
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Comic-Con
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In recent years Comic-Con has become one of the biggest events in the US for anyone who enjoys videogames/comics/movies/anime/science fiction. But actually being there is totally overrated – the crowds, the overpriced hotels, the aromas of the unwashed masses – especially when you can follow all the spectacle and excitement from the comfort of your preferred computer workstation. …
Mums are genetically programmed to stop you doing the things you like. As you get older, perhaps you start to understand their reasoning – even perhaps admitting they’re right. But not when it comes to videogames.
We’re sure you’ve heard these utterances more times that you can remember. So have a listen next time you’re playing and see how many you can hear. Collect the …
When talking about the idea of videogames as art, it’s become increasingly popular to lament that the medium doesn’t yet have its “Citizen Kane.” Seemingly everyone, from industry luminary Ian Bogost to film director Guillermo del Toro, has sounded off about how games either need, don’t need, or will soon receive the masterpiece that will force the medium to “grow up” and be accepted as an art form by the mainstream. …
There have been a few really good, and a lot of really, really crappy comic-based games. Given that Comic-con is currently burning up San Diego, we decided to open the floor for some superhero related venting – dig in! …
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Need a break from the lurid bursts of awesomeness screaming out of San Diego? Then we suggest having a look at some of this week’s worst trailers in another thrilling edition of Trailer Trash. No packed-to-the-gills special appearances by Hayao Miyazaki or spectacular Green Hornet reveals, just the most futile bits of video game video we could find, rounded out with sardonic commentary. Enjoy! …
Really like jumps and shortcuts? Always pushing the environment to squeeze out a new stunt? Then you’ll be in your element here. Armed with the virtually indestructible and super speedy Carson Dust Storm buggy from the off, Big Surf is rammed with more jumps, stunts, hidden areas, billboards to collect and tunnels to explore than the most trick-jammed corner of Paradise City. …
By Bob Mackey
“The dirty little secret of gaming is how much time you spend not having fun. You may be frustrated; you may be confused or disoriented; you may be stuck? If this is mindless escapism, it’s a strangely masochistic version.” — Steven Johnson
In the endnotes of his 2005 bestseller Everything Bad is Good for You, pro-gaming author Steven Johnson posits that the growing complexity of console controllers over time proves that video games have become increasingly cognitively demanding –in other words, more buttons to push means your brain has to work harder. For Johnson, this is a good thing; in fact, his entire book hinges on the argument that popular culture at large has advanced progressively over the past 30 years, and that these trends will continue far into the future. Yet in terms of video game design, it’s definitely a last-gen perspective. While technology advances at a steady pace, the interfaces have begun to grow simpler.
Let’s point fingers! Ever wonder why games are still treated like a child’s medium? Well, part of that responsibility rests on the shoulders of Nintendo of America and the censorship they exhibited during the dominant period of the NES, Game Boy and SNES.
From the medium’s inception, Japan seemed to have no qualms in dealing with themes no heavier than those found in movies and TV, such violence and sexuality. …
Everyone expects certain movies to receive the video game treatment. It’s pretty much law, for example, that all kid films and superhero flicks are converted for the purposes of gaming entertainment. But sometimes a movie tie-in that absolutely nobody was waiting for comes out of nowhere and surprises us all. They’re the games based on the movies that really have no business ever being made into a game. Here are 10 such examples of misfiring …
