Can Nintendo Save the Wii U?
Even after a year long head start, the Wii U has had its lifetime sales eclipsed by the PS4 in a matter of weeks, with the Xbox One appearing to be well on its way to outselling it within the next month. It’s baffling to ...
Sonic the Hedgehog On Vita Part One: What I’d Settle For
Spin (Re)Cycle I’m yet to play Sonic: Lost World on either the Wii U or 3DS, but when it arrived in November it nevertheless managed to fill me with a sense of disappointment on two levels. The first reason was something ...
Worth a Play – MadWorld
Straitjackets for Everyone In my previous entry to the Worth a Play series, I talked about House of the Dead: Overkill. It was a violent, ridiculous, hilarious game with an old school arcade feel that never got the recognition ...
Steam Machines: Overpowered, Overpriced, Over Here
In case you were living under a rock, last year, PC developer/retailer/overlords Valve announced that they would be sponsoring the creation of specific PCs, known as Steam Machines, to bring PC gaming to the masses. The initial...
Fixing Sonic the Hedgehog 101
Because It’s Really Not That Difficult To say that Sonic the Hedgehog has undergone a tumultuous journey since the turn of the millennium is something of an understatement. With the release of Sonic Adventure, Sega’...
The Winds of Change
I’m not usually the type of guy who likes to share personal details about himself with anyone, but I’ve already talked a little bit about my depression, so I’m just going to say this and deal with the repercus...
Why is Titanfall Using Cloud Computing Again?
By far the most high profile console-exclusive heading our way in the first quarter of 2014, Titanfall is the game Microsoft is hedging its bets on when it arrives in March. The EA-published, Respawn Entertainment-developed FPS...
How Should Microsoft Showcase the Xbox One in 2014?
I’ve recently made the discovery that if I weren’t already submerged in the video game industry I could make pretty safe bets on how games and systems are doing commercially by what I see every day when working in r...
An Open Letter to the Girls of 2013 (and the Boys of GTAV)
Pouring One Out for the Girls of 2013 (And the Boys of GTAV) I’m imagining all of you sitting across from me at a very long banquet table, staring me down like I’m on the receiving end of the world’s weirdest interview. ...
Could the PlayStation 4 Have Sold Better?
Sony’s PlayStation 4 sells 4.2 million units in 2013, whilst Microsoft’s Xbox One “only†sold 3 million. The caveat here is that the PlayStation 4 did sell those units while being available in more international...
Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics: Dark Souls vs. Deep Down
In our Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics feature, we pit the best late-in-the-lifecycle game of our choosing from the previous gen, to as similar a title as we can find in the next gen line-up. We’re not restricted to one consol...
How Alien: Isolation Can Be Successful
Alien: Isolation has been announced not too long after the release of the terrible Aliens: Colonial Marines. Will Isolation be faithful to the films it's based off of or will it be another disaster like its predecessor? Spawn...
Titanfall Should be Offered as a $30 Downloadable Title
Now before everyone’s presumptuous nature involuntarily bubbles up, I might as well get this out of the way: Titanfall is one of my most anticipated titles of 2014. Respawn Entertainment has created something special. A shoot...
PS Vita: What’s Coming in 2014? – Part Two
A few days ago, I outlined twelve of the biggest and/or most interesting titles heading to the PlayStation Vita this year (if you happened to miss it, you can view the article here). But if you were afraid that the Vita love in...
Video Game Attention Deficit Disorder (V.G.A.D.D)
Videogame Attention Deficit Disorder (V.G.A.D.D.) This debilitating disease has stricken the best of us. You’ll be sitting there, all nice and content with Dead Rising 3, enjoying the heck out of zombie slaying onscreen a...
