Steam has been a giant in PC gaming since its initial release on September 12, 2003, It was able to deliver hundreds of PC games to users easily and cheaply. It soon was in control of the PC gaming market and was a household name with many PC gamers. Steam created a way to have…
As far as empires of gaming industries go, Microsoft is just about on top. Marketing the hugely successful Xbox doesn’t hurt, and neither does being founded by Bill Gates, one of the most famous names in the contemporary world. I can’t imagine why. I certainly haven’t heard of him before. What’s he got that I…
Back when I was in middle school, back before the days of Facebook, I spent all of my free time playing MMOs and posting to online forums until someone hassled me to get off the computer. With excessive computer use becoming more a norm than an exception as the technology spreads to more people, many…
Looking back, being a kid gamer was pretty sweet. Often times (with enough begging) you parents probably bought you a new game once in a while or as a gift. If not, allowance and extra pocket money could be put toward a trip to the Gamestop in the mall to buy one. When you weren’t…
The absurdity of GUIs, is fairly easy to overlook during the challenge of the game. For example, have you ever actually built a slingshot to launch birds at pigs, or bounced an ugly bird between pipes? GUIs often feature activities we don’t engage in during our normal routine. It’s kind of like Inception, when we’re…
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings, the statue of David – all of these are considered art. Wonderful works of art, to be more precise. Stories, scripts, films, compositions/songs, paintings, architectures, and more are commonly considered art. But technically, so is graffiti and that finger painting of a turkey you made in kindergarten. So for the…
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In the words of the core from Portal 2, That’s right. Space. To The Moon To The Moon by Freebird Games is an Indie Adventure RPG. Yeah, it’s one of those ‘point-and-click’ type of stories. Normally, I’m not the biggest fan of those sorts of games. Not because they’re bad – far from it –…
Both Nintendo and Sega have been large components of the portable gaming industry, during at least one point in time. Sega had the Game Gear, which is now a part of history, while Nintendo continues to follow the success of the Game Boy with the DS. In some ways, the Game Gear mimicked the experience…
Apple co-founder and all-round influential figure Steve Wozniak recently—in all his open-minded glory—told Wired that he sees merit in Apple producing Android-powered handsets as a secondary endeavor so as to compete in even more markets. It’s an interesting notion. In the idea-centric world of technology, it can seem like the determination to carve out a…
By way of introduction to Aderyn’s Cradle, an adventure game in development by Mojo Game Studios, I’d like to talk a little about a couple of other games, one you may have missed and one you’ll definitely recognize. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, though well-received for the most part, didn’t make a huge impact…
We all know them. Those quirky, albeit fun video games that are paralleled way too closely with your exes (or maybe even your current significant other). But, exactly how do they stack up? Check out the graphic below! The 8 Videogame Loves of Your Life Graphic Credit: Dorkly
I’ve spoken at length on here before of the traditional forms of multiplayer online gaming, but what if you’re more armchair general than infantry leader? Because there’s one area of online gaming I have been tangentially involved with for a few years now, and that’s sports management. Blackout Rugby is a freemium rugby management game,…
For years, we’ve seen a wide array of bags and cases designed especially for console gamers to transport their consoles and gear. While consoles are more portable and are taken from place to place more often than a PC and its accessories, there has never been a really high quality way for PC gamers to…