Nostalgia
What your favorite retro console says about your personality
Your personality determined by your favorite connsole, from Atari to Nintendo to PlayStation to XBox. What system defines you best?
Nostalgia
Features
The importance of worldbuilding in video games
When is the last time you played a game that sucked you into its world? I’m not talking about just pretty graphics and landscapes. I’m talking about story, culture, lore, music, backstories, history, religion – in short, worldbuilding. It’s a term often thrown around by fiction writers that basically means crafting a believable, imaginary world that isn’t cookie-cutter like most of the drek we see nowadays. Worldbuilding can make or break a book just as it can a video game.
Reviews
The Blackout Club: an atmospheric co-op experience
By Brian Wells Normally, when I think of a cooperative game I can play with a friend who lives in another state, all that comes to mind are looter-shooters like Destiny and Borderlands. And then I learned about The Blackout Club from a friend. The Blackout Club is a first-person game released in 2019 by Question Games for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The game is centered around a group of teenage friends who are…
Reviews
Fall Guys: a mean bean machine of fun
It isn’t often that a game comes out of the ether and surprises the world by becoming a phenomenon over night. So much of our year is spent tracking release dates (and pushed back release dates) that any game that doesn’t fit that schedule is looked over in favor of larger releases. Enter Fall Guys. A game filled to the brim with fun for the sake of fun and a love of gaming with others that shines through on every stage … for the most part.
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Animal Crossing: torturing unwanted neighbors until they GTFO
Hugh is just the worst, and not just aesthetically. Every time I see him, he’s Naruto-running around for no reason. If I don’t talk to him for a few days, he says creepy things like “I stood outside your house for hours waiting to see you.”
Editorials
Corporate greed ruined my love of gaming. Minecraft saved it.
For years video games were about the experience. Then came microtransactions, loot boxes, super long update patches, balancing issues and pay-to-win. It can be hard to enjoy gaming nowadays. Luckily, there are still some games that make you feel like you’re a kid again.