Girls Don’t Sell Games?
A recent report suggests that Activision is banning female lead characters from its games. But if true, are they just protecting their bottom line, or following age-old (and incorrect) industry stereotypes?
Category Archives: Editorials
Return To The PC (errr, Mac)
The release of StarCraft II was enough to drive hardened console gamer Hargosh back to the PC (or at least the Mac). And he finds that his twelve year wait was worth it.
The DisKinected Hardcore
Of Eden? Chella finds one game (and right now, only one) that might convince her to fork over big bucks for the somewhat overpriced Kinect controller.
Cracked-Down
While Crackdown was a sleeper hit, Todd finds that Crackdown 2 has removed much of the beloved gameplay and added in a repetitive, boring and frustrating series of missions instead. The mighty have fallen.
RIP for traditional RPG?
Evolving from pen and paper role-playing games, computer RPGs have always been stat-heavy behemoths. That’s quickly changing with upcoming titles, for better or worse.
Best (and Worst) of Half
With half the year gone, we’ve got a slew of amazing games, and some that are just as bad as the best ones are good. Todd ranks the five best and five worst titles of 2010, so far.
E3 Showdowns
Chella looks back on E3 2010 to discover the high and low points. Who came away from the show with the best buzz? And what company is poised to strike it big this holiday season?
Kinect Is Here…Deal With It!
One of the biggest announcements at E3 is Microsoft’s Natal changing to Kinect. Todd for one is looking forward to a new way of playing games. And tune in Friday for the big E3 wrap-up podcast show.
Are Games Going Clean?
Games these days seem to be following a not-so-disturbing trend. They’re only using violence and sex to advance their plots, not as a hook to lure in players. Could the industry be growing up?
Games Aren’t Perfect
Despite a few rather comical errors in Red Dead Redemption (the amazing donkey girl, talking dog gunfighters) Todd says the game should still probably earn some perfect review scores.