When I first discovered Blizzard’s MOBA/shooter mashup megahit, I quickly became interested in the bombastic characters themselves. What had happened to this proud organization “Overwatch?” What had brought these misfits back together? How was the gorilla talking? The game itself, featuring no built-in cinematics or
“A fearless adventure in knowing what to do when no one’s there telling you what to do.” This line appears on the cover of the Valve employee handbook, and it accurately describes the company culture that is, by all conventional measures, entirely backwards from a traditional work environment. “Imagine
It was All Hallows’ Eve. I shut the door on what I assumed was the last trick-or-treater for the evening. My candy supply nearly exhausted, I locked the door and shut off the lights. After cleaning up a bit, I turned on the TV to
Bowser, King of World 8 and the Koopa Party’s nominee for President of the Nintendo Kingdom, faced serious difficulty last night when an official debate forced him to talk for a full hour and a half. “It’s devastating,” said Kamek Koopa, Bowser’s top campaign adviser.
In an interview with MCV, Sega’s European boss Jurgen Post teased that he would be interested in adapting Alien: Isolation for VR, prompting many gamers to say, “Hell no.” One gamer, Allen Realperson of North Dakota, reacted viscerally when told. “Are you kidding me? A
I’m finally thirty. I’m no longer the strapping young lad in the photo above, complete with his DuckTales candles on a delicious birthday cake. I’ve passed through my teens and now exited my 20s. I thought it might feel weird, but it really doesn’t. I still
No Man’s Sky, by Your Friend Who Likes Running If you check out any of my 32 Facebook albums, you know that I’m a fan of my shoes slapping against the road. I love it so much, I was getting frustrated no video game could
Video games have tons of working parts that go into making them all so amazing. The story, the characters, the world, the graphics, the controls. But there is often an element that a lot of people overlook. An element that truly does bring to life
During Gamescom 2016, Konami showed a trailer for what appeared to be a really shitty Left 4 Dead 3, but was bizarrely and presumably accidentally named Metal Gear Survive instead. Although the video featured well known characters from the Metal Gear franchise like Big Boss and
Pokémania (Part 2) has swept the nation, and millions of people are asking themselves: how can I spend more time playing this ridiculously addictive nostalgia trip? The answer is as blindingly obvious as a Pikachu Thunderbolt. This is a game where your progress is measured by