One of the debates that crops up every so often is whether or not something is a game. It happens all the time when a studio puts out a 'walking simulator' because the act of simply moving around an environment and being told a story doesn't count as a video game to some people...maybe because there's no guns? I never saw any problem with these types of games, to me they seemed like more intera...
WARNING: There will be spoilers in this, so if you'd rather not be spoiled on the plot of Until Dawn, I'd suggest turning back. Last week the game Until Dawn was released to fairly positive reviews and I, needing something to tide me over until Metal Gear Solid, decided to give it a purchase; after all, I like horror movies of the schlock variety so why not? Like many I was looking forward to d...
It's just past midday, I can tell by the position of the sun overhead. I've been out on the roads, or what pass for them in this part of the continent, for the better part of five hours now. Sure, I've a destination in mind. It's behind me, about half a day if I ride fast enough and don't run into any trouble. I never look for it. It finds me. But I'm not going that way. Not when there's a fork...
I never really saw the appeal of MMORPGs until fairly recently. Back in 2004 when friends of mine were raving about World of Warcraft, I was one of those silly fourteen year olds who rolled my eyes and scoffed. "You have to PAY to play the game you ALREADY paid for? That's stupid!" In those teenage days, I was huge fan of JRPGs. I still enjoy them, well, some of them, but back then, when I had...
It's that time of year again. The time when people put together lists of games they liked and also of movies and music they liked because it's the end of the year and that means we have to recognize what things we liked were the best at being part of the field we liked. While the best album of the year is clearly obvious (It's 'Life As A Dog') and the best movie is not going to be decided until...
In a year's time, the saga that is the Final Fantasy 13 trilogy will probably be one that people look back on and make some snide remark about while hyping up 15 before the crushing disappointment settles in. The negative comments surrounding the games have been done to death at this point, and even though I like Final Fantasy 13 the first thought I had when I finished it wasn't "Yes, I'd like...
I'm sure pretty much all of you are now thinking something along the lines of "Who gives a shit about Final Fantasy 13 anymore?" or something similar, perhaps something more hostile and/or vulgar. That's fine. Go ahead and think that. I won't stop you. Anyway, with the release of the third (and final?) entry in the Final Fantasy 13 series releasing here next month, I thought now would be a chan...
With everyone focused on what the best game of the year is based on such silly concepts as fun or interesting mechanics or gameplay or emotional investment or lack of ludonarrative dissonance or whatever people judge games on I opted instead to judge the games I played in 2013 based on the only criteria that really mattered. Their music. I don't pretend to be some kind of musical expert and my...
Because GiantBomb's community just had its Game of the Generation tournament I thought now would be the best time to educate the community on a game that has a devoted cult-ish fanbase/following to which I belong. It is, to me, the best game of the generation and you can't take that away from me. I am talking about Nier. Nier was released in 2010 by Square Enix to little buzz and absolutely mid...
Alright, so with the recent announcement of a PC re-release of Final Fantasy 8 I thought it an appropriate time to take another look at the game. Final Fantasy 8 is a pretty polarizing entry in the series. Personally I enjoy, let's say MOST of the game. I like it more than 7, not as much as 9. But it ranks high up there in terms of soundtrack. I'm not here to talk about the merits of 8 versus t...
Ever since it was announced, Catherine has set Atlus fans on fire with anticipation. An HD game from the Persona 3 and 4 team? A game about infidelity? Naked cartoon pussy? Sign me up! The fact that it wasn't going to be an RPG didn't deter fans, since the game would no doubt be appropriately crazy when it came to plot. So now Catherine is out in America and Atlus fans finally got their grubby...
So Medal of Honor is receiving some mixed reviews it seems. I don't know, I've only seen Jeff's review and read on the forums that Gametrailers gave it an 8.1 or something. Honestly the game doesn't really interest me so I haven't been keeping up with it. But that won't stop me from suggesting a feature that would, in my mind, make the game GOTY material. And it's something that another game ha...
Just a short, quick review before I have to leave. Quentin Tarantino is one of the most widely debated directors currently making films. Several people love his work, others call him a pretentious film snob who weighs down movies with dialogue and pointless insertions of obscure cinema. His last film, Death Proof, part of Grindhouse, was generally considered to be the least entertaining part of...