I know what some of you are thinking? I just want to play video games; why would I want to watch a show about them? Well, if you are like me, I  LOVE video games. I love them. I have been playing them since I was a child and I can’t get enough of them…but sadly, I don’t really have [...]

So how did the writing staff  working for one of the most successful developers in history, on one of the most anticipated games in history manage to take a simple, timeless theme and blow it? Stay awhile, and listen. Just over a year ago, Blizzard opened a portal to Hell and unleashed Diablo III upon an expectant but unprepared world, [...]

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 [...]

Zombies are literally everywhere, from video games to television to the movies. Even the Bible itself talks about the dead rising from their graves. With all the hype surrounding the zombie-phenomena, it seems like it is almost likely that zombies are coming to town. Always being prepared is something that is certainly important, and surprisingly enough, there is a lot [...]

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 [...]

It has recently been revealed that David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in every English language Metal Gear Solid game, will not be returning to the series in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. In a recent interview with GameTrailers, Hideo Kojima said that, “It’s a new type of Metal Gear game and we wanted to have this reflected in [...]

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 [...]

For frame of reference, I’ll have just been gushing over the pre-ejaculate clack of Far Cry 3 protagonist Jason Brody’s recurve bow snapping up. This at the very moment of his boots firm-catching solid footing, at which point he vanishes from view into the sunset-gilded oil grass, whereto a pirate urinates. It’s right then that you’ll say it, that word [...]

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 [...]

I cannot be too clear on this point: Tomb Raider is in no way a bad game. Over the course of its exceptional campaign, you’ll inhabit a newly-imagined Lara Croft, one who inhabits a wide range of vulnerabilities: crepuscular scavenger, torture porn survivor, hibiscus assassin. Considering that our previous Croft could only be described by a handful of terms—all of [...]