Well, folks, it’s official. Some delegates at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent have begun to consider extending the reach of “International Humanitarian Law” – the breach of which can constitute war crimes – into its most daring and unexplored realm: video games. “While the Movement works vigorously to promote
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations feels tired. In part, this is a thematic choice. Ezio Auditore’s an old man now- a genuinely old man, not simply artificially aged or decrepit, which makes him relatively unusual among game protagonists. We’ve seen a lot more of Ezio’s life than most of his counterparts, and I have no doubt that
In a brand-new trailer released November 25th, Re-Logic has finally announced the anticipated update of their widely popular game Terraria. The trailer shows a slew of new updates to the game, including new bosses, creatures, weapons, items and aesthetic changes.
There is nothing more rage inducing to me than failing to do something in a game thanks to the complete lack of cooperation from a fellow gamer. Or to be more precise, when I die because of XxXSniprnoobz420XxX over there didnt bother to turn around when his motion sensor showed there was an enemy coming around the corner. Why is it so impossible for the general gaming population to think or act in a manner that could loosely, in the most vague of definitions, be seen as teamwork?
Most of us have been there, a tense situation whether it be a boss fight with your party, a gunfight against the enemy team, or trying to train enough marines to hold off a zergling rush. You look to your fellow gamers for aid that would take them half of a second to complete yet they continue to just run into the wall, have 6 snipers on a team of 7 players, or continue to gather resources and ignore the incoming invasion. They make an effort to hurt to the team as a whole by ignoring everything that does not involve them helping themselves, and even in games where they can benefit by helping others these players manage to find a way to hurt both themselves and every other unfortunate meat bag randomly assigned to his or her team.
Saying an entry in Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series usually has some bugs is a huge understatement. Most fans of the series are very tolerant of the glitches that come with the game, most of them enjoying their results and posting them on the web. But today Bethesda promised relief from some of the worst bugs
Looks like it’s time to get back in the cardboard box. Metal Gear Solid 5 has been officially confirmed, and Hideo Kojima’s at the helm.
Life possesses a requisite inevitability. Death. Taxes. Stains on white tablecloths. Your cat will knock over the most expensive vase in the room, you will have a flat tire in the rain, and the one time you run a stop sign in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night it will
This week’s column is dealing with a topic that everyone is currently being exposed to thanks to our position as being in the middle of holiday release season. The sheer amount of hype being pushed by PR representatives, by avid fans of the games, or just the word of mouth passed from one gamer to another is enough to flush any thought of anything but upcoming releases out of my mind. This week, of November 7th, is one particularly laden with the lavish praise for new releases as it carries both Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim to the eager hands of gamers. These two titles are probably familiar to you as they have been floating on the collective consciousness of gamers for a long time now, though perhaps Skyrim more than MW3.
Expectations for new games can either be a blessing or a curse when the community actually begins to play the games and talk about them. Ive seen many a game be praised and said to have gone above and beyond what people thought the game would be like; while on the flip side there have been games that while touted to be “game of the year for all years” turn out to be less than exciting or evening failing to present a redeemable quality. Usually when a new game comes down the line with a mix of both compliment and criticism alike gamers are more likely to have a well balanced or more realistic idea of what the game will be whereas if a game receives nothing but 15 out of 10 star reviews the game has nowhere to go but down.
If any of you have lived in Colorado, you should know that there is an interesting mix of military and hippie culture going on in this state. One only needs to visit Boulder and Colorado Springs in the same day to get a taste of the difference. It doesn’t surprise me that Coloradans were excited