A New Frontier for Red Dead
At E3 Rockstar Games announced a next-generation edition of Grand Theft Auto 5.
Spec Ops: The Line and the Future of Shooters
This year’s E3 marked a dramatic shift, albeit one that was not immediately noticeable.
The Big Video game Problem
Recently, the editor of Eurogamer, Tom Bramwell, posted a couple of opinion pieces primarily focused upon sexism in games.
What happened to the modern military shooter?
After the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare there was a shift in the type of shooters that helped to define the last console generation.
Nintendo’s Overlooked Online Innovations
For the last 10 years the narrative has been that Nintendo ‘doesn’t get’ online.
Is that Yucky Feeling Really Uncanny?
Question. Have you ever gazed into the emotionally-ravaged visage of your brave, world-saving videogame hero or ogled the rose-red lips and polygon hips of some sexy NPC and thought, with scene-breaking inappropriateness, how gross and weird that character looks?
Limited Video game Heroism or: What Games Can Learn from Noir
I once heard that videogames embody the very essence of noir storytelling, perfecting the genre’s constricting narrative voice.
A Look Back at E3 2013
E3 is almost upon us; the most important entry in the videogame calendar, and whilst this year will not be as momentous as last year it will still be important nonetheless.