Opinion

To quench my thirst for more information on virtual reality and what it brings to the gaming space, I attended the "Making Virtual Reality a Reality" panel at EGLX 2016. The developer panel included Lee...

Shiny, the first title from Brazilian based Garage 227 Studios, is an adorable cross between WALL-E and Oddworld. Set on a world facing eminent annihilation as it hurls towards the sun, this 2D action platformer...

Platinum Games has their hands in many cookie jars at the moment; hot off the release of Star Fox Zero and with three very different titles in the chamber, I decided to take a look at...

Last week, in the shadow of the great Pax Rex (seriously, that thing was awesome), I was afforded the pleasure of speaking with co-founder of Wildcard Studios and co-creator of Ark: Survival Evolved, Jesse Rapczak....

It seems as if our lives are becoming busier and busier, even with all of the latest gadgets and gizmos available to make our lives easier, it feels as if there are not enough hours...

Regardless of your preferred input method, whether it be touchscreen, controller, or fake plastic instrument, most rhythm games are pretty much just pressing buttons when prompted. Tom-Ivar Arntzen, Art & Game Designer (and sole employee)...

The VR experience is all about immersion. It’s about strapping a screen to your eyeballs so you can look around and feel like you’re really within the game world, which makes what I am about...

Sometimes I wonder how gaming has evolved into what it is today. There is so much that is wrong with it. I guess we have much to be thankful for, so it’s hard to complain...

From Action Button and Iron Galaxy Studios comes another contender in the blossoming "alt-sports" genre, Videoball. The game follows Rocket League's formula of asking players to perform an uncomplicated task (put the ball in the end...

If you've ever wondered what a cross between Geometry Wars and Othello would look like, well Inversus is the answer. Created solely by former Bungie developer Ryan Jucket, Inversus is a 1-4 player, minimalistic shooter. You...

Welcome back! I hope you got a chance to flick through the Games of Rezzed Part 1 (which includes a really nice cosplay of Killzone, Fallout and World of Warcraft). We are now back in...

This year marked Sony's largest presence at PAX East as they showcased their highly anticipated PlayStation VR headset. During my brief demo, I was able to play 4 different titles, all of which are said...

E3 2015 was a dream event for many gamers around the world as games that were previously thought of as cancelled or would never come into being sprouted at Sony's E3 Conference last year. Some...

EGX Rezzed holds a bit of a special place for me as a journalist, as Rezzed 2015 was the first convention I ever covered as a journalist (without a press pass though) while also being...

Last week I was afforded the opportunity to sit down with Cliff Bleszinski & Arjan Brussee (CEO and COO of Boss Key Studios) to discuss their first title, the highly anticipated arena shooter, LawBreakers. Here's...

PAX East is upon us and that means game announcements galore! What are you looking forward to most? Have you been playing any of these betas lately, or are you still shootin' and lootin' in...

In this first episode of YouTuber Spotlights, I interviewed HMK, a YouTuber who is known for his coverage on Kingdom Hearts and The Legend of Zelda series. He is continuing to branch into other games...

It would hardly be a stretch to call virtual reality the next frontier in video-games after motion controls. Despite Virtual Boy having very similar ideas, of having a pair of goggles strapped to your head...

Writer's Note: The "Courageous Gamer" plays notoriously bad games so that you, the "common sense" gamer, can avoid them like a plague ridden rat. Basically I play bad games so you don't have to. Activision's...

You may not have heard of this game, and very few have indeed. It was a hit back in 2004 but sadly it's legacy faded away after a less successful sequel. I bring this up...

There are tons of quirky indie games on Steam; but how many can claim to have over 130 characters, have soda crafting and sport a 'Powerful Soda' physics engine? One game can make those claims...

So, do you remember that piece I may have written about if we cared about Doom anymore? You don’t? Good! Because I didn’t write that piece; it was Jerry our other writer who wanted to...

Papa's ... a long running popular flash based game series, with over 10 million hits across multiple websites and 14 iterations, mobile ports and fans around the world. From Pizza to donuts, hot dogs to...

The Aging Gamer has been on hiatus for a while, getting older and wiser.  I've leveled up and now have more tidbits of elderly information for all you young readers out there. For those who don't know me, my brief biography...

Conventions always feel like a double-edged sword for me, especially when doing coverage. On the bright side, I get to experience many wonderful games before they get a release, as well as talk with the...

It's raining. It's pouring. Does The Division have you snoring? Are you still hunting down loot, or has the point become moot? Is Mortal Kombat still "the shit," man? Perhaps you're doing contracts in Hitman....