Steam Can Now Help You Decide What To Play
Today Steam announced the “Play Next” experiment that uses an algorithm to help you decide what games you should play. This process uses similar technology to the Interactive Recommender Valve…
How to Make Anthem Better
A couple of days ago, Bioware announced that they would now be working on a “longer-term redesign” of Anthem over the coming months. It’s no mystery that Anthem had a…
Can Valve’s First “3” Be Portal 3?
Nearly nine years ago we were once against tossed into the broken down laboratories of Aperture Science with Portal 2. The game followed up a franchise introduction that practically created the bar for…
Doom Eternal Is More Than It Seems
I’ve pored over quite a bit of Doom Eternal content lately in anticipation of the upcoming release and a lot is going on. Following up on one of the most…
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…