About Christopher Gates
Christopher Gates
Christopher Gates is a Los Angeles-based writer and pop culture critic. In his spare time, he watches too much baseball, reads too many comics, and drinks too much beer. You can find him on Google+
What Can We Do to Preserve Gaming’s Past?
November 23, 2018 | Christopher GatesGaming has a nostalgia problem.
Not nostalgia itself, of course. There’s plenty we can still learn from older titles, and fun is fun no matter how old a game might be. That’s why, when the Internet Archive launched The … Read More
Games about games, 2014’s hottest trend
November 17, 2014 | Christopher GatesSunset Overdrive. Bayonetta 2. Super Smash Bros. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. What do all these games have in common?
For one, they’re some of this fall’s biggest releases. Also? They’re all part of a growing number of video games about … Read More
With Mario Kart 8, Nintendo gets DLC right
November 12, 2014 | Christopher GatesThis week, Nintendo rolls out the first of two downloadable content packs for the Wii U’s Mario Kart 8. The release marks the beginning of a new strategy for the Kyoto-based game maker: instead of a steady stream of … Read More
This War of Mine: More realistic than Call of Duty?
November 4, 2014 | Christopher GatesYears ago, a friend was telling me about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The multi-player was great, he said. Just like “being there.” When I told him I don’t really play shooters — I’m terrible at them and just … Read More
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The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Tomb Raider Video Games
April 13, 2022 | Matthew Byrd
(Updated 4/13/22) Netflix’s recent reveal that they’ve greenlit an animated series based on the Tomb Raider franchise has given many gamers a chance to reflect on the legendary video game series.
Do so, and you’ll probably find that TRead More
Tormented Souls Review: Not Without My Tank Controls!
November 2, 2021 | Ulysses Martinez
I remember when I played my first Resident Evil. It was a gift and couldn’t wait to get it running in my old PS1. That old Capcom “this game contains scenes of explicit violence and gore” plastered on the … Read More
Cruelty Squad or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Capitalism
October 12, 2021 | Ulysses Martinez
An out of context moment from Cruelty Squad:
At the beginning of one mission, you are marked for dead by the organization you work for. Your handler has no idea what happened but informs you that they are coming for … Read More