Can Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Save EA?
It's not an exaggeration to say that EA has been a controversial gaming company for most of the last 20 years. The early 2000s saw EA transform into a publisher…
Should Nintendo Make a Pokemon MMO?
If you haven't been paying attention to the Steam sales charts, you may not have noticed that a game called Temtem is quickly becoming one of 2020's runaway hits. What…
Why The Order: 1886 Deserves a Sequel
There are many who feel that sequels are a blight on the entertainment industry. For every Terminator 2 and Godfather 2, you have a seemingly endless supply of uninspired follow-ups…
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Playing a Game vs. Watching a Playthrough
I recently saw a poll on twitter asking the question “Can you be a fan of a game if you’ve only watched a playthrough of it?” The results were a…
Why PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Will Depend on Single-Player Games
I've always supported single-player games, but there was a point in my life when I would actively root against multiplayer titles. There was really no good reason why, but in…
How Do You Decide What Game to Play?
Being an adult came with some great advantages when it came to gaming. Namely that, with an income, I’ve been able to buy several of the games I want to…
Why Did Call of Duty Dominate Video Game Sales This Decade?
Figures compiled by the NDP Group have seemingly revealed the top-selling video games of the decade. In many ways, the list (which accounts for revenue as well as total sales)…
Make Me a Quake as Fast as You Can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUPcngRGnu8 Recently I watched a great short interview from Noclip with Tim Willits, a former director and co-owner at id Software of the Quake franchise. He went through the…
Why Xbox Killing Console Exclusives Is a Good Thing
Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty caused quite a stir recently when he revealed that the Xbox Series X will not feature any Microsoft exclusives for years to come.…
Can Bethesda Make Elder Scrolls VI Good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=OkFdqqyI8y4 It’s now going on two years since the first announcement of The Elder Scrolls VI and its inconsequential display of mountains. Since that time, Bethesda released Fallout 76, which…
Was the PS4 the Undisputed Console War Winner?
Despite the assurances of fanboys everywhere, there is rarely a "winner" of the console wars. Usually, we determine the winner by overall sales (at least if you're trying to use…
The Abbreviated Awards 2019
2019 Can’t Officially End Until You Watch The Abbreviated Awards
We all sat through The Game Awards and watched Geoff Keighley introduce to us the many game commercials, trailers, and reveals we needed to see. There were also some actual…