Nintendo publishes game after game of similar content- the same heroes and bosses, stories and values, enemies and rewards- and has done so since 1983 when the company delved into the video game industry. We’ve traversed the Mushroom Kingdom, saved Princess Peach, jump-killed dinosaur bosses…we can’t remember how many times. Yet we keep coming back…
Recently, we’ve found something interesting for the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro fans. It spells more disappointment for the Crash and Spryo franchise if what we found was true. Ryan Harrison, a professional digital artist is making bold claims about this topic. Ryan Harrison was working on both projects for a independent company. Here are the…
Since the advent of computer gaming many things have come and gone, but one thing has always been at the forefront of gamers’ minds: Graphics. With every new game graphics have become more complex, more involved, and, most importantly, more expensive. Larger and larger sections of a game’s budget are devoted to lovingly rendering every…
The Tomb Raider series is rather well known among its fans (who, contrary to popular belief, are not primarily grave robbers. What a silly notion.). The series has been proudly platform agnostic, unafraid to bridge the void between PC gaming and console gaming. After all, Tomb Raider even dates back to 1996 and the Sega…
A great deal has changed in Gielinor, the realm of Runescape between Summer?2013 and now. Which game renovations went over well, and which should be left to ?the trolls? A little over a year ago and after much anticipation, Jagex’s centerpiece MMO-RPG Runescape made its jump into Runescape 3– an improved version of the [now]…
After nearly a decade (and many spin-off titles), Square Enix has finally announced Kingdom Hearts III, a director sequel to its smash-hits, Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Being a long-awaited and highly anticipated follow-up to two such ultra-successful games, Kingdom Hearts III (which is thus far slated for release only on the PS4 and…
The video gaming industry was in a golden era of peace. Until, one day, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. And Then There Was Fire Avatar: The Last Airbender quickly became one of the most amazing shows of all time. And deservedly so – despite the few fluff episodes they had (yes, fanboys, they…
The first time I played Warframe, it was, quite frankly, terrible. The gameplay was boring, there wasn’t even a semblance of a story, the visual design was strange, the tutorials were nonexistent, the UI was among the worst I’d ever seen, and it was pay to win rather than free to play. All in all,…
Delayed, delayed, delayed. This is it, folks; the most disappointing time after E3- when all the good games we have been looking forward to are delayed either “until next year” or simply “indefinitely”. Promises of better and brighter games are made as gamers wait for their $500 console to actually have new games to play….
Now is the perfect time to vacation to Rapture! Tourism is in its prime in this utopian city. The weather has never been better. I hear it’s lovely under the sea this time of year! Or Columbia! Columbia’s, by pure coincidence, looking equally lovely! And depending on its location in the atmosphere (come on, with…
Firaxis Games announced this week that its next installment in the popular Civilization game series, Civilization: Beyond Earth, will launch October 24 of this year. Pre-ordering will be available, with a jam-packed map set included for those who do so. Get excited people, it’s time to conquer space for humankind. ‘Civilization’ is leaving the atmosphere We are…
From the creators of Halo and the company that delivered Call of Duty (see fanboys? No need to flame over which game is better, even though it’s obviously Halo) comes the shared-world shooter game titled Destiny. In Destiny, you play as the last Spartan defending Earth. Wait, no. You play as a Guardian defending the…
The thing about the living dead is that they don’t really change. Okay, sure, some of their portrayals demonstrated zombies evolving, learning to use basic tools, and even speaking, but on the whole, a mass of undead trying to kill you is just a mass of undead trying to kill you. Two zombie games have…
The story of the Resident Evil saga has taken both its characters and fans far and wide, from the swamp-infested jungles of South America to the frozen wastelands of the Antarctic. The series’s last major installment, Resident Evil 6, flew players from the snow mountains of Edonia to the suburbs of America and finally to…
Despite its limitations the Oculus Rift has earned quite the cult following, with others eagerly waiting in the wings while the kinks get worked out. The promise of better things to come and the recognition that this is a start-up company has kept fans patient and eager to be the beta testers of the device. Finally,…