Ah the video game inspired movie…let’s face it, video game movies have not really inspired much confidence in us over the years. From the utterly forgetful (Wing Commander, Hitman), to just bad (Double Dragon, Tomb Raider), to the just plain insane (Street Fighter and, of course, Super Mario Bros.), the translation from video game to movie has always just been turbulent to say the least, and it isn’t [...]

Imagine zipping around the galaxy in your spaceship, going from enemy pirate ship to pirate ship, leaving a graveyard of enemies behind you. You race forward across the map, gracefully dodging enemy crossfire as you move towards their outpost. You begin to damage it; slow going due to its strong shields, but you eventually chip away at its defenses. Then, [...]

So, in case you haven’t heard the good news, it was announced today that the third game in the popular Batman: Arkham series, Arkham Origins, will be released this year on October 25th. Exciting stuff, especially since we won’t have to wait that long. But, to be honest, I look at this news with no small amount of trepidation. Don’t get me [...]

A good villain goes a long way in the realm of video games, and let’s face it, sometimes they can make or break a game. The revenge and gore filled plight of Kratos in God of War is made much more forgivable when we see the cruelty and paranoia of Zeus, and the entirety of Bioshock’s plot hinges on the [...]

Recently, I have been shying away from the big box games that have been released for the major consoles: I played the beginning hour of Tomb Raider and just couldn’t get into it, God of War: Ascension was nowhere near as gripping as any of its predecessors (thanks for spending so much time on the multiplayer), and I doubt that I will even [...]

More so than any time in the past, the divide between “Eastern” and “Western” gamers has become narrower and narrower. In today’s age, we have the luxury of knowing exactly what games are coming out all over the globe, and audiences in every specific region are able to, in a way, demand what games they want localized. The best example [...]