Tag: Editorial
Is Square Enix’s Marketing Department Just Trolling Us With Kingdom Hearts III At This Point?
This afternoon as I sat down at my desk to write up some news I was elated to find that one of the gaming PR wires that aggregates new press releases and media featured brand new media for Kingdom Hearts III. Considering the anemic level of marketing the game has received surely Square Enix knew […]
Virtual Life: VR Games to Make You a Believer
With both the SteamVR’s HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift releasing in the first quarter of 2016, virtual reality hardware has been getting a lot of attention. Yet it is the games for the platforms that really showcase the breathtaking experiences that can happen virtual reality. As a VR enthusiast who has had the pleasure […]
What Rae & Focks & Fionna Have Been Playing
Each week we bring you short snippets recounting what we’ve been playing in the past seven days or so. Now that the Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday has come to an end here’s what Rae and Focks have been playing. Focks Recently I’ve been playing Dawn of War Soulstorm. The DoW series are my favorite strategy games. […]
Begun the DLC wars have.
Konami’s announcement yesterday that they will sell all sorts of DLC for Metal Gear online got me to thinking, are the DLC wars over? It would seem that DLC has firmly won the war against free content, but one or two franchises seem to hold out. Once upon a time in a land before the […]
What We’ve Been Playing: Week of September 21st
Hello readers Welcome to a brand new weekly feature where our editors tell you what we are playing this week and how we feel about that particular game. We hope that you will also share what games you’ve been playing in the comments section! Fionna fox: This week I’ve been playing Daily Espada (check out our […]
My Favourite Games of 2013: The Last of Us
With the year coming to an end and game of the year awards being bestowed upon some of the biggest games of the year on other outlets, I’d like to take a few moments to share some of the best gaming moments I’ve experienced these past twelve months. We’re all about being different here at […]
Pokemon X & Y: Four Things I’ve Enjoyed So Far
My history with the Pokemon franchise dates back to the late 1990s with the release of Pokemon Red & Blue on the original Gameboy. Sure, I was only 12 at the time but right from the start I was entranced by the prospect of raising my own monsters and battling it out against my friends […]
Editorial: Multi-Game Guilds, Good or Bad?
Com·mu·ni·ty: a unified body of individuals as a group of people with a common interest gaming together within a larger society <a guild> For many gamers, one of the most alluring aspects of online gaming is the opportunity to bond with other people. Whether their interest lies in player-vs.-player fighting, roleplaying or end game raid […]
Community Corner: MMO’s Going F2P
With intense competition pressed upon massively multiplayer online games by the explosion of the casual gaming market, developers are re-evaluating their businesses models to maintain not only their competitive edge but their overall player base. In 2010 Turbine tossed out subscriptions for Lord of the Rings Online and replaced it with a free to play […]
Top Reasons Why Pokemon Is Everything Wrong With Modern Gaming
So let’s talk Pokémon. There has been much made of the recent announcement of Pokemon X & Y , And I have to say that I’m really excited for the newest generation to come out and breathe new life into to this franchise. But this being said it got me thinking, never a good thing, […]