Video games have come a long way over the last thirty years. Sometimes it can be easy to look at the shiny new games that have been released and forget just how much fun games were at their inception. Every now and then we are graced with a game that combines modern polish with all…
A couple times a year a really magical moment happens in my little gaming community. I’ll boot up my system, and cut a new game out of its plastic wrap. During the install I’ll down a soda or a cup of coffee…or a beer, and make sure my controllers are all charged. Then I’ll take a cursory look at my friend’s list, and see everyone is playing the same game. We’re all sharing the moment from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh, to Canada, and beyond. Playing through the opening hours of Spider-Man were fun and polished, but it was even more special knowing all my friends were enjoying it at the same time.
As part of the 25th anniversary celebration, PlayStation recently released this Facebook post. It’s pretty dumb. I hate it. And then I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I am clearly a cross button and, for some reason, my entire personality is wrapped up in this symbol. I totally understand the appeal of astrology, or Briggs-Meyer,…
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This is a guest post from Contributor Chris Nunes. My current experience with the “VIP” demo for BioWare’s Anthem has put a javelin size hole in my heart. To say that my time with the game has been frustrating would be an understatement. I have had the demo downloaded for a week with the anticipation…
In 2007, Bungie announced to an applauding audience of employees that the corporate yolk of oppression had been lifted. Microsoft, their glaring down corporate overlords, had been appeased. The great departure of this studio that produced the single greatest killer software of the original Xbox in Halo: Combat Evolved had cleared its final hurdle. And with it, they made a new deal with Activision, one that would allow them to keep full ownership of this grand new IP.
For those who play video games, the holidays are a time of big ticket items (did you think I was going to say peace on Earth and good will toward man? Hah! That too…) For a kid, video games are often too expensive to afford with one’s accumulated summer lawn mowing cash and the odd…
Arca’s Path VR felt familiar in a comforting way, yet new all at the same time. Remember the game Labyrinth? No, it wasn’t a video game. Labyrinth was a little wooden box filled with a maze controlled by levers on both sides. You would drop a marble or ball bearing into the one end and have to tilt the maze in order to land the ball safely on the other side. The trick was this – the board was full of holes, quite literally. You had to keep the ball from falling into the holes in order to reach the finish line. Arca’s Path feels just like that – only now it’s been updated for the 21st Century.
Despite the amazing software we’ve been treated to, and the versatile hardware offerings that Sony has given us, there is one aspect of the Playstation 4 that I can’t wait to see gone. And that is the DualShock 4.
