Gaming Goes to the Movies
Personally, I love watching movies and going to the theater. Aside from gaming, it’s one of my favorite past times. But why can’t my favorite games be turned into movies? Well, obviously it’s not a...
View ArticleGaming Review: Assassin’s Creed Revelations
After being away from home for two months, I finally got some quality play time this past week. I put my nose to the grindstone and, 26.3 hours later (according to Steam), I beat Assassin’s Creed...
View ArticleMac Gaming: Not the Oxymoron it once was
Gaming: the final entertainment frontier. These are the voyages of a Mac user, on his continuing mission to explore strange new services; to seek out new games and new optimizations, and to boldly go...
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I’m a 90’s baby. I was born before the new millennium and started gaming with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As time went on, 32-bit became 64-bit, that became the relatively high-end...
View ArticleSorry to Offend…
Political correctness is one of the greatest obstacles game developers and publishers have to overcome before sending a game out to the public. The purpose of a game is to entertain, not to offend nor...
View ArticleThe Final Frontier of Gaming
Though Star Trek would have us all believe that space is the final frontier, this is not true when it comes to gaming. Game developers use a wide variety of environments and setting for their games....
View ArticleDiablo 3: Fire falls, a Legend continues
Diablo III is undoubtedly THE most anticipated game of the decade. Among console gamers and computer gamers, all have heard or played part of the Diablo saga before. One reason Diablo is so popular is...
View ArticleGaming Economics 101
Whether or not they’ve had formal education in the subject area, most people today seem to know a thing or two about economics. The ideas and concepts are simple enough to understand: supply and...
View ArticleInternet Connectivity in Gaming: a Blessing and a Curse
Who doesn’t love online gaming? The feeling of being able to go into a game online and play with people from all over the world is amazing. It’s a part of how our world is getting smaller and smaller,...
View ArticleDuke Juker’s “Top Ten PC Games” List: Part I
I feel it wouldn’t do the profession justice if I didn’t compose at least one “Top Games” list during my tenure as a gaming writer. Of course, the trouble with this task is that there are so many good...
View ArticleAlex’s Analysis – A Better Beta
You’ll have noticed it’s been mentioned when the Combat Beta came out, or if you’re an old-timer, you’ll have experienced it first hand. This is not the first time a beta of this scale came out for...
View ArticleGaming Accounts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
It was a hot day in the station. People coming, people going, activity everywhere and all the time, day and night. It was the biggest station of it’s kind in the world. there were platforms for all...
View ArticleDuke Juker’s “Top Ten PC Games” List: Part II
Last month, I presented the first part of my “Top Ten PC Games” list. Hopefully, you’ve all read that article before reading this one. If not, you can go here and check it out before continuing on. If...
View Article5 Great Games That Won’t Empty Your Wallet
These past couple of years have been fantastic for video games in general. Triple-A titles have dominated the marketplace and most of them have been about as good as hyped up, others not so much. Of...
View ArticleGaming Review: Counter Strike: Global Offensive
As many of you may know, Valve recently came out with a reboot of their popular FPS series, Counter Strike. Though first person shooters aren’t my favorite games to play usually, they still are worth a...
View ArticleThe Decline of Singleplayer
Since the advent of the internet, many video games have incorporated multiplayer into their repertoire. However, this has had a negative impact on single player development. While playing a game by...
View ArticleMerry FPSmas!!!
‘Tis the season to be jolly… but also to critique the one video game genre I love and hate the most: the first person shooter. I love FPS for its simple goals, straightforward game play, and the...
View ArticleThe Age Old Debate
Video games have always been a target of scrutiny particularly after school shootings starting in the late 1990s beginning with the massacre at Columbine and continuing into the 2010s with Sandy Hook...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing
Perhaps it is only natural for humans to live in the here and now, not dwelling in the past nor necessarily contemplating the future. And seeing as gamers are also humans, this statement rings true for...
View ArticleHunting For Retro Prey: Game Collecting Hints and Tips
As the writers at Informer get a month off from our normal topics, I thought I’d switch gears from RS and talk about gaming – but not the current stuff. I started a hobby about a year ago, when my step...
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