Opinion by Matt S. The recent release of inFamous: First Light has got me thinking. As a standalone DLC, it’s pretty good value, and it certainly has a lead character in Fetch that is an order of magnitude more interesting than the Delsin the tool. But this DLC pack also…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Earlier this week I tackled some of the misconceptions that are out there about the topic of feminism. Now I’m going to tackle another misconception that has arisen from the mess of a controversy that has been #gamergate. There’s this idea among a certain part of…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. If you play games enough that you read gaming websites or follow game developers, journalists, or fellow game players on Twitter and the like then you’re already aware of what’s going on with #gamergate. You might have even noticed that we haven’t written anything about it…
Read MoreOpinion by Jedediah H. I had a pretty good childhood. With parents who nurtured me with all the necessities plus a few luxuries (love, support… and video games, baby!), friends with whom I could share my illogical thoughts and misadventures with, and a body tempered in muscular steel plating that…
Read MoreOpinion by Sam M. Like many watching the Microsoft conference at Gamescom this week, I was surprised of the announcement that Rise of the Tomb Raider would be exclusive to Xbox One. The reboot of the franchise, Tomb Raider, was released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Then in…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. This week Good Game unveiled its 100 greatest games of all time, as voted by its viewers. For those that don’t know (such as most non-Australians, I suspect), Good Game is a popular TV show about gaming in Australia, and it attracts a broad audience, so…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Game Theory is a regular column in which I take the opportunity to take a truly great game, and discuss some of its more philosophical underpinnings which are, to my mind, what truly separates these games from their peers.Please note that the Game Theory columns do…
Read MoreOpinion by Jedediah H. Like how a brooding, reverent vampire has a preference for a particular blood type (as well as the shape and heft of the chalice from which she sips it), gamers, when forced to choose, have strict preferences regarding the strength of particular components that make up…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Today I was shopping at my local EB Games store, and the customer in front of me was a grandfather, who was obviously buying a game for his grandson, who was standing with him at the counter, and was at most 14 years old. The game…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. UPDATE: It looks like the outcry has succeeded in getting the IeSF to completely reverse its decision. Good on the organisation for realising that it screwed up, we say. E-Sports is a new concept. Thanks to the success of games like Starcraft, League of Legends, Street…
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