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The issue of developer entitlement – and abuse – goes a hell of a lot deeper than anything I’ve talked about before. As a matter of fact, there’s a whole laundry list of things game developers and publishers are doing which displays both a blatant lack of respect for the consumer and a deep, consuming greed.
Anyone who follows video games to any degree has probably noticed that independent games – titles developed without the aid or input of a publisher – have taken off like wildfire. It’s not hard to see why – there’s a heavy, crippling ennui settling over mainstream, AAA gaming; a heavy and oppressive wave of war shooters and manly men and brown hues and bloom.
Video games are not just about completing goals and achieving titles; they are more about the journey and story you experience in doing so. Nowadays it seems like difficulty in video games is optional. There?s nothing wrong with wanting people to enjoy their game, but there needs to be an end to the modes with complete lack of challenge.
Each week our resident Indie Gamer Nicholas takes a look at a different Indie Game that you may or may not have heard about. Join him on his adventures as he sifts through the rubbish to find The Indie Game of the Week.
When it comes to video games, nothing sells a game?s storyline like its protagonist. Very often, video games portray their lead characters as powerful and reliable. Sometimes this goes as far as making those very heroes intimidating to look at. Here are ten of the most intimidating looking protagonists video games have to offer.
It’s generally accepted that League of Legends has one of the most toxic communities online, and that playing it is sometimes akin to dipping your head into a vat of sewage. What if I told you that this oft-hostile environment actually ended up making me a better person? You might call me crazy…but it did.
It’s generally accepted that League of Legends has one of the most toxic communities online, and that playing it is sometimes akin to dipping your head into a vat of sewage. What if I told you that this oft-hostile environment actually ended up making me a better person? You might call me crazy…but it did.
Each week our resident Indie Gamer Nicholas takes a look at a different Indie Game that you may or may not have heard about. Join him on his adventures as he sifts through the rubbish to find The Indie Game of the Week.
Creativity is something that isn’t exactly in short supply where web-series are concerned. It should therefore come as no surprise that the geek community has far, far more to offer than just The Guild.
Director and co-owner of Ironclad Games today said that the Real-Time-Strategy genre is “a dying market.” The problem is, he may be right.
It’s an unfortunate reality of entertainment, particularly in the games industry: someone popularizes something; be it a lighting technique, a game mechanic, or a story device. Before long, everybody’s doing it, and they’re overused to the point of saturation.
Yep. I?m jumping on the bandwagon. I?ve been musing for a while on whether or not I should bother with the topic ? after all, it?s been tread and re-tread in depth for quite some time now. Even so; I feel like I?ve a bit to share on the matter.
These are some of the most tragic, hard-luck characters in gaming.
Our list of the top 10 MMORPGs that we will be seeing in 2013 and beyond.
Why do we need to talk about gaming? Because it’s an insanely young industry compared to TV and Movies and Books and etc. The culture surrounding games is awful, let’s fix it.
Oftentimes, the most memorable thing about a narrative won?t be the heroes, or what they accomplished in the face of impossible odds. It?ll be the folks they were fighting against ? the villains.