Category: Articles
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Elephant in the Room: The Dangers of Pro-Consumer vs. Pro-Developer and the Used Game Market
How an argument spawning from E3 2013 sidesteps a major problem in the gaming industry, and shows the dangers of current gaming trends. By Terry Randolph I remember watching the both Sony and Microsoft’s unveiling of their newest consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. With Microsoft being the first to introduce its newest creation,…
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Roundtable Discussion: Call of Duty Ghosts, Trends of Media, and Innovation
Hey everyone, For today’s Roundtable Discussion, Brett, Chris, Marshall and Terry decided to sit down and have a talk about Call of Duty Ghosts, the Problem with current gaming trends (and media) and how that takes away from innovation. We hope you enjoy this conversation as we had a blast with the conversation. If you…
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The Promise of Yesterday: The Prequel-Sequel Paradox
By Terry Randolph *Warning: Mild spoilers below for several games below. Whenever a prequel is announced for a series that recently ended, I cringe. Mostly it’s because these games come towards the tail-end of the franchise or at its conclusion, and feels unnecessary in the scope of things. I get it, the promises and potential…
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Terry Randolph’s Top 20 Video Game Characters – (#10-1)
10. Riku – Kingdom Hearts Franchise One of the most sympathetic “villains” to grace the JRPG scene, Riku is a really a kid caught between fighting his own inner demons that are consuming him and fighting for his friends. Especially in a game I think is targeted more towards kids, Riku’s character was surprisingly mature…
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Marshall Garvey’s Top 20 Video Game Characters (#11-20)
By Marshall Garvey 20. Link – The Legend of Zelda series While I tend to gravitate towards supporting characters in games (as well as in movies and television), any list not featuring Link as an all-time great and/or favorite is probably hard to take seriously. Aside from his signature battle cries, Link conveys the breadth of his…
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Marshall Garvey’s Top 20 Video Game Characters (#10-1)
By Marshall Garvey 10. Otacon – Metal Gear Solid series “Snake? SNAKE? SNNNNNNAAAAAKKKKKEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” In the annals of gaming sidekicks, no one is as loyal, intelligent, eloquent, and hilarious as Hal Emmerich, aka Otacon. Found hiding in a locker in the original 1998 game, he soon becomes Solid Snake’s trusty assistant upon learning that the Metal Gear project…
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The Multiplayer Effect
How its influenced console gaming and the consequences of it by Terry Randolph and Chris Medrano Multiplayer has made a huge impact on console gaming over the years; whereas a stellar single-player campaign would be the focus of a game, multiplayer seems to have taken priority. Initially, it was hard to argue the benefits multiplayer…
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Like a Bull in a China Shop
Can games based on movies be good? What could be done to improve them? By Christopher Medrano & Terry Randolph Recently, Chris has had the pleasure of playing a string of horrible games; Fast and the Furious and RIPD (which you can read here). Not surprisingly, these two games are based off of movies recently in…