Opinion

Even before release, L.A. Noire was geared to be the start of a franchise. Its commercial and critical acclaim helped stir talk of a sequel. It’s easy to see why. The game had a good storyline, great...

HD remakes and remasters of classic games seem to be all the rage right now. And I'm perfectly okay with this. So far I've not been as impressed with this generation's games. I long for...

Now there’s been plenty of shifty misdeeds and abuses of power from the game industry. But one of the biggest culprits for such devious acts is EA. With their recent disasters from Mass Effect Andromeda...

Square Enix will return to E3 this year with a game showcase on June 11 at 10:00 AM PDT. The Japan-based video game publisher has not held a major E3 conference since 2015. Square Enix...

Back in the day, I started playing League of Legends. My brother introduced me to the game shortly after he started playing. I had trouble learning the game, but it kept me interested and wanting...

There used to be a time when yearly releases were a rare occurrence. It was a time when developers actually cared about the games they put their names on. About 15 years ago, yearly releases...

Have you noticed something awful happening with the Xbox One? I mean, there's actually not a lot happening at the moment with the Xbox One. It's become in recent years a glorified Blue-ray player and soon...

It’s fair to say that the next installment of the rebooted Jurassic World franchise looks epic but, whether it can outdo its hugely successful predecessor is another question. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is set for release...

Predicting the future of gaming consoles is tricky, especially when we consider some of the past curve balls the industry has thrown at us. Still, with so much information being leaked and released online constantly,...

Gaming is obviously a very popular past time. When you think of a gamer, you may start to imagine someone sitting on his or her living room couch playing PlayStation. The day goes by, and...

The fact that you can play video games with your friends, have fun, and get paid for it seems like a dream, and yet it is a reality that a few lucky gamers have created...

On the last Aging Gamer article, I talked about how difficult life use to be under the iron thumb of Memory Cards. This week I'm going to tell you about an even more antiquated way...

In today's world, data is all around us. We live in a society that is increasingly driven by data. Our individual lives are increasingly shaped by data. Every service we use (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, apps...

Note: Some of the games on this list are already out. Nonetheless, we're excited to play these games! The gaming industry is a prominent one in our lives today. From consoles to our mobile devices,...

When Steam announced another zombie game on their downloadable roster was available for early access there was a faint cheer of excitement from fans. After all, what could a new zombie game give us that...

It’s been an interesting journey for the Dark Souls series, which has inspired multiple clones and created a genre due to its impact on gaming. The series that many dearly love and one that’s highly...

It’s been a long time coming! PlayStation fans have waited 5 Years since the last God of War, and it’s been a bumpy ride for Sony on what direction they wanted to take the series. The...

If you can believe it, there was a time when about ninety percent of consoles needed memory cards for you to save your game. Preceding that was an even more antiquated system of logging back...

A deep narrative, extensive character backstories and addictive gameplay. In the last few years, any RPG with those qualities gets a sequel greenlit almost as soon as the original is released. However, one of the...

Everyone keeps looking out for the next big thing in gaming technology, and an interesting candidate has been on the horizon for some time now – streaming services, also known as cloud gaming. The idea...

Why is it that Pokémon has us coming back time and time again? I can’t speak for everyone, but after painstaking research involving over three months of my life, in game time of course, I...

The Evil Within was a technical mess with a poorly told story and early 2000's era voice acting. The Evil Within 2 takes several steps forward. From the outset, there's a sense that Bethesda entrusted Tango...

Nintendo's Direct video presentations are a perfect way to show off their upcoming games to fans, reviewers and even developers. It's my personal favorite way to see a game presented for the first time. The...

From humble beginnings: Rainbow 6 Siege was a developmental mess in its early days and still suffers from slight issues, such as daily server crashing or graphical glitches. I remember back in 2014/2015 when 'Rainbow...