Dual Wielding 160: Do as I Say, Not as I Do Edition
There’s a new member of the family as we welcome a new Xbox One to the family, and someone must make a startling confession. In addition to talk of the woes of a new...
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Man of Steel Sequel Adds Superfriends: Do They Tug on Superman’s Cape?
Cyborg has joined the Man of Steel sequel. I won’t go into my personal thoughts on the character, but it is an interesting development. As with a lot of casting surrounding this yet-to-be-named sequel...
NYCC ’13: A Tale of Two Comic Companies
Due to scheduling of this year’s NYCC panels, I had the chance to checkout two back-to-back DC and Marvel comic panels. On Friday, I saw a Marvel’s Avengers followed by DC’s Batman panel and...
Where–and when–will Assassin’s Creed III be set?
Ahh yes, Assassin’s Creed, one of this generation’s darling new blockbuster franchises and quite likely the preeminent historical fiction video game series. We’ve already played as Altair, an assassin from the Holy Land during...
DICE 2012: Sefton Hill on the Arkham Approach
Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain. While the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC) has grown increasingly commercialized, the annual DICE summit remains a game conference about a certain type of person in the game industry: the developers....
DICE 2012: David Jaffe’s Rant Against “Story Games”
Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain. While the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC) has grown increasingly commercialized, the annual DICE summit remains a game conference about a certain type of person in the game industry: the developers....
Editorial: Why Rockstar Should Launch GTA V in July
It was only a few years ago that there was only one window in which to release an extremely high-profile, triple-A “killer-app” video game. You know, the kind of game that is not simply...
Top 7 Games of 2011 (Jason’s Picks)
Yes, we are doing a Top 7, not 5 or 10 or any other “clean” number. What is the reason for this? Well, there isn’t really one. Often 5 can be not enough and...
Editorial: The VGAs need to go away…or at least be renamed
Every year in early December, GameTrailers.com and games uberjournalist Geoff Keighley start pumping up the hype train for Spike TV’s Video Game Awards (VGAs). Every year, gamers are forced to sit through a total...
Team Fortress 2 Goes Free 2 Play and Changes the Game
With the release of the “Uber update” for Team Fortress 2 last week, Valve announced that Team Fortress 2 will be come free to play “forever”. This was a pretty big move for Valve,...