I've been a video game enthusiast since the mid 1980s. I've probably played thousands of games over the course of my life, and a large portion of them to completion. Over the years I've owned pretty much all the major game consoles (and some minor ones), a few portable games systems, I've also owned PCs for years, I spent many hours in arcades back in the day, and in more recent years I've play...
Microsoft recently announced that they’ve no intention of debuting their next generation console at this years E3 show in May. Along with Sony, they’ve more or less discouraged any inferences about a next generation console being imminent (that is, coming out this year). Although as far as I can tell they haven’t shot down the idea that the next XBox could be released by Christmas 2013. After s...
Now that this generation of video game consoles winding down and with the dawn of a new one starting next year with the launch of the Wii U, I’d like to talk about some possible lessons that this generation should have hopefully driven home for Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft while they’re designing their respective new systems. Many of these lessons may seem blatantly obvious with hindsight and...