Tag: EDITORIAL
Of Heroes and Failure: Revisiting The Empire Strikes Back’s Best Scene...
The Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise’s Biggest Hurdle is Jack Sparrow
Changes We’d Like in the PlayStation 5: Fixing Online Only Trophies
Oddworld’s Munch Deserves Another Chance at the Spotlight
Playing ‘Till the Cows Come Home: Why Stardew Valley is the...
The Last of Us is Still the Perfect Halloween Horror Game
We Need More Films Like The Beach Bum
The Reality of Video Game Remakes & The Industry’s Long Love...
Take a peak around any gaming community these days and you’ll find complaints in abundance about the recent trend of video game remakes/ports to new consoles. I hate to break it to you, but it’s not a new trend. Let’s talk about the history of gaming remakes and why they serve a more important purpose than pissing off people.
Games We Can’t Stop Playing: Harvest Moon
The Harvest Moon series, known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari, has been capturing the hearts of its fans with its simplistic gameplay style for nearly twenty years. The series originally launched on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996 and fans have been losing their lives to the time sink that is Harvest Moon ever since.
Game Making: Common Indie Dev Woes and How Best to Avoid...
Indie game studios are popping up all over the world. From freshly graduated student teams, to game industry vet collaborations. From the one-man-band to the massive orchestra. Kickstarter campaigns here, Greenlight proposals there, in a constant battle to get a game noticed. As a gamer and someone with an avid interest in the Indie games industry, I have noticed patterns and trends settling into successful and not so successful Indie studios. Here I will attempt to identify recurring problems and mistakes new Indie studios make, and offer the best medicine I can muster.