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Video game design – why developers should move away from linearity

Video game design – why developers should move away from linearity

[caption id="attachment_38340" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="Yeah, this is what I mean by linearity."][/caption] Yes, the argument between linearity and non-linearity has been done to de... Read More

Xbox 360 In 2011: Was It Microsoft’s Year?

Xbox 360 In 2011: Was It Microsoft’s Year?

Kinect was unleashed upon the world last year, in hopes that it would somehow boost Xbox 360’s sales to the stratosphere. Considering the console was on its 6th year, that seemed to be a daunting ... Read More

How Uncharted 3 Will Be The Last Game That Showcases PS3’s Graphical Prowess

How Uncharted 3 Will Be The Last Game That Showcases PS3’s Graphical Prowess

[caption id="attachment_32295" align="aligncenter" width="505" caption="It's beautiful."][/caption] Remember when the PS3 launched? That's right in 2006. There was a lot of hype over the super... Read More

Why Insomniac Should have Gone Multiplatform a lot Earlier

Why Insomniac Should have Gone Multiplatform a lot Earlier

Yeah, so... Resistance 3. It performed really poorly in the September NPD, and I really don't think Insomniac were expecting the game to sell a lot in the US. SCEA released the Uncharted 3 TV Spot r... Read More

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Beta Preview

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Beta Preview

Another Ratchet and Clank game by Insomniac and this time with co-op modes. Should you be excited if you didn’t like the last two games and one expansion on the PS3? Well then you pretty much wonâ... Read More

Renegade Ops Review

Renegade Ops Review

Renegade Ops surprised me a lot. To an extent that I just keep on recommending the game to everyone. What makes it so good? Yes, let’s forget about everything else and I’m going to tell you the ... Read More

Assassins Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Beta Preview

Assassins Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Beta Preview

Ubisoft, to the surprise of many, managed to get people interested in the multiplayer component of Assassins Creed: Brotherhood. The scenario was kind of reminiscent of Naughty Dog and Uncharted 2, ... Read More

Resistance 3 Review

Resistance 3 Review

There haven’t been many games made where you have nothing worth fighting for, or have no chance of completely eliminating the enemy. Resistance 3 portrays that scenario. The game takes place in th... Read More

Call of Duty XP EVENT – Recap With Video Footage

Call of Duty XP EVENT – Recap With Video Footage

[HTML1] Call of Duty XP Recap Call of Duty XP has got to be the best experience for the biggest Call of Duty Fan. From a life size replica of the map Scrap Yard from Modern Warfare 2 to a zip line t... Read More

Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta Preview

Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta Preview

Resistance has been a conflicted franchise, with a difference of opinion splintering the fanbase. Developer Insomniac has been pretty attentive to what the community wants, although, we know it is i... Read More

Hands On ‘Sound Shapes’ for PS Vita

Hands On ‘Sound Shapes’ for PS Vita

As I attended a Sony event there was much to see there including Playstation 3 titles that have yet to be released and a couple of PS Vita Games.  One of them was Uncharted: Golden Abyss which by now... Read More

Didn’t Go to Comic Con? Here is What You Missed

Didn’t Go to Comic Con? Here is What You Missed

Comic-Con hosts some of the most satisfying surprises of the year for pop culture. Whether you like comic books, movies, video games or other forms of entertainment you are sure to find something you ... Read More

Ode to Nintendo DS: The Little Handheld That Could

Ode to Nintendo DS: The Little Handheld That Could

  This November, the Nintendo DS will be completing seven years on the market. Few game systems have ever seen that kind of longevity- most of them are phased out around the five year mark, and the... Read More

E3 2011: My Personal Wrap Up and Experience – Everybody’s Dancing

E3 2011: My Personal Wrap Up and Experience – Everybody’s Dancing

So here is my closing comments and personal experience at E3 2011 along some things you may have missed out on whether you were there or not.  E3 just gets bigger and bigger every year with it no... Read More

E3 2011: Hands on with the PS Vita – Preview

E3 2011: Hands on with the PS Vita – Preview

There was so much to see at E3 and, as always, no one person can see everything, even with the help of a media badge and appointments.  The one thing I wanted, as many others did, was to get thei... Read More

PSN Network Issues All For Free, Xbox Live, No Issues At $60 A Year and Hilter Just Found Out

PSN Network Issues All For Free, Xbox Live, No Issues At $60 A Year and Hilter Just Found Out

Now first off I AM NOT STARTING A CONSOLE WAR HERE.  Sony has also chosen to take down the Playstation Network because of people personal information being compromised, so do keep in mind that the ha... Read More

History Of Mortal Kombat

History Of Mortal Kombat

The late nineties were a great time to be a fan of fighting games. Following the massive success of Street Fighter II on the Super Nintendo, every company began to exploit the genre, wanting a piece o... Read More

Gears of War 3 Beta Impressions with Video

Gears of War 3 Beta Impressions with Video

Well folks let me start off by saying that Gears of War 1 was and still is one of my favorite games of all time.  With the release of Gears of War 2, I was extremely disappointed between all the ... Read More

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit DLC Content Insights

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit DLC Content Insights

Now the DLC for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit can range from purchasing a single car to buying a pack of cars with extra career content.  Here is a little break down of what is worth purchasing and... Read More

Exclusive Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview

Exclusive Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview

We recently got a chance to preview and play Hunted: The Demon's Forge in NYC, my favorite place I might add for a Bethesda event.  The event is where we also got a chance to play as well as previe... Read More