Opinion by Matt S. Yesterday I posted a brief reaction to the news that there had been some censorship in Bravely Default for its western release. The simple act of removing a bikini from the game, and then my reaction to it, spurred a very deep discussion indeed (and I…
Read MoreOpinion by Chris I. Nintendo and the mobile gaming industry; it’s a conversation that continues unabated. But while many will continue to focus on Nintendo, its once bitter rival, SEGA, is about to unleash a new strategy on Nintendo’s 3DS that holds the potential of being a runaway success: the…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. New Year’s is, of course, the time of year to make promises to yourself that will be broken within a week. Every year mine has been to cut back on the alcohol and up the exercise. I’ve already failed this my 2014 resolution. But I’d also…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. With 2013 drawing to a close, I came to start writing this piece by simply sitting back and reflecting back on some of what has happened this year. It is nearly inconceivable just how much has happened to the games industry this year. Sony and Microsoft…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s been a quiet couple of months around the issue of feminism and the games industry, but then Keiji Inafune’s company, Comcept, has hired an apparently outspoken feminist, Dina Abou Karam, as its Community Manager for its upcoming spiritual successor to Mega Man; Mighty No. 9.…
Read MoreWe’ve gone and put together a short video outlining our picks for five NES Virtual Console games that you might not have considered on the Wii U Virtual Console, but are worth checking out. So there’s not going to be the obvious choices of Super Mario Bros. or Mega Man…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. As a big fan of Dragon Age (yep, I even enjoyed the second one), I didn’t really have a choice; when I saw that EA had released Heroes of Dragon Age on to the iOS App Store, I immediately downloaded it. After playing for an hour…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Michael Pachter has riled up the most dedicated Nintendo fan base once again. The cause for contention was this time over some rather frank and biting comments from Pachter that were reported on gamesindustry.biz, along with the idea that Nintendo should be releasing games on iOS…
Read MoreOpinion by Shaan J. I love dying in games. It’s tough to nail down the exact reason though. I didn’t grow up spending much time on the 8 and 16-bit consoles, so the term “NES-hard” never really resonated with me. Those games that I did play were games where death…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Jim Sterling’s a really good guy. I agree with him nine times out of ten in his Jimquisition video show. But in the latest one Sterling’s decided to go after microtransactions in retail games (specifically the Microsoft Xbox One launch lineup that included two examples of such…
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