Well here we are again. No Man’s Sky isn’t even cold yet and we’ve got Final Fantasy XV filling in with the unreal hype and ludicrous “fan” outrage. Yet more messengers have been shot as a delay news story became another example of what happens when hype culture rots people’s…
I’m pretty much done with talking about No Man’s Sky (“do a Columbo, do a Columbo”) – oh, one last thing….
Overwatch is in the news again, with a loot-flavored event that has made even a lot of the game’s defenders raise their eyebrows. Let’s all just admit that no matter how much you might love Blizzard, it’s still another fee-to-pay peddler at heart.
You are feeling thirsty. You are feeling hungry. You are feeling tired. You are bleeding. You are infected. You are dead. Welcome to survival games – the neediest, clingiest, increasingly dreariest games in town.
Discussing emulation as a games pundit can be risky business – it’s a taboo subject, and you can’t be seen to endorse it even slightly. However, the existence of emulation ought to be treated more importantly and taken seriously, especially when you consider how devalued a lot of older games…
(This has been reuploaded and the original version deleted. Reason here: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sotmao) Pokemon Go is a mundane game and a poorly made, unfinished app. It may very well be the best Pokemon game ever made, too. Kind of. Sort of. A bit. Either way, I can’t get over my fascination…
A year ago, we talked about how Evolve fell out of the “AAA” Bullshit Tree and hit every branch on the way down. Turtle Rock’s multiplayer game of predator and prey prototyped the current trend of unfinished games that used DLC like crutches, and suffered as a result. Now it’s…
Steam Greenlight was designed to let customers vote on the games that looked most appealing, that they most wanted to buy. It was a noble idea and an interesting way to allow indie games a chance at recognition. Unfortunately, the well has been poisoned and the idea perverted to allow…
Mighty No. 9 is out after three years of waiting. The fans got what they expected… but not at all what they wanted. Time for a post-mortem then. Let’s dissect this corpse and poke at the gooey bits inside. (Also thanks to James for providing some of the MN9 footage!)
Let’s see if this topic can spark the same nuanced and interesting influx of fresh comments that the last one did. It’s time to talk about the amount of violence shown at E3. Critics chat about it every year, and now the time has come to join the fray.
http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com Clearance Because I apparently hate myself, I’m talking about gender-related stuff in videogames. So I’VE got a fun day lined up! Anyway, Link’s not a girl, Zelda isn’t playable, and Nintendo’s reasons for this situation are total bollocks. And that’s my problem. Not the situation. The bollocks. Bonus…
http://www.patreon.com/jimquisition http://www.thejimquisition.com Clearance One of the best things about E3 is going on Twitter and ripping the piss out of it. Been doing it for years. It’s hilarious. Some people, however, take umbrage with such chicanery, and demand it be stopped. Not gonna.
