RPGs have exploded in the last few years. What was once the peak of obscure nerd-dom has started to come into common knowledge, what with the likes of Critical Role and The Adventure Zone, and approximately one in five people you know having tried D&D. Tabletop RPGs, for those of you unaware, are half games…
Gaming was alight with rage and burning pitchforks coming towards the release of EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 in November which caused the infamous “sense of pride and accomplishment” Reddit comment in response to the backlash that their loot box system and unlocking of in-game rewards had caused. And while at the time EA and…
The word ‘iconic’ gets thrown around a lot in gaming – especially if you’re Ubisoft – but some things in gaming truly are iconic; Mario’s cap, the Triforce in Zelda and probably some things that non-Nintendo companies have done. And consoles are no different. Who doesn’t get tingly when you pick up a SNES controller,…
For years now Nintendo have, in one way or another, been doing their own thing, separating themselves from the other two members of the “big three”, Sony and Microsoft. While the PS3 and Xbox 360 were low-end PCs that introduced online gaming to the mainstream and introduced HD graphics to consoles, the Wii sold eschewed…
As we come into 2018, it’s the perfect time to look back on the gaming landscape from the past year. There were some lofty highs, some shattering lows and a lot of creamy middles, but overall 2017 was a good year for gaming: the Nintendo NX became the Switch, VR took-off in a great way,…
Despite the fact that we’re in the year 2018, it can still be incredibly hard to find positive portrayals of LGBTQ+ characters in our video games. While queer characters have been in video games for decades, with the earliest appearance being (according to Wikipedia) an unnamed lesbian artist in Infocom’s 1986 game Moonmist, it still…
To say Nintendo have had a stellar year is likely an understatement. Coming back from the disaster that was the Wii U, the Switch has catapulted Nintendo back into the limelight. Bolstered by strong sales and critical reception by their first party games, particularly Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey,…
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Classic Mini was yet another victim of Nintendo’s commitment to underproducing their consoles & products. The SNES Classic Mini seemed like it was due to join it on that ever-growing list of must-have Nintendo goodies, but the overwhelming demand for it (and undoubtedly the demand for the NES Classic) led…
For a game that’s nearly two years old, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege has not merely endured, but has thrived in a ‘first-person shooter’ (FPS) market traditionally dominated by Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Halo, among others. Of course, such franchises continue to overshadow Rainbow Six: Siege, but I would vehemently assert that this undervalued…
When people use the word unique, most of the time they just mean that something is unusual or not the norm. This time, though, I’m using the word unique in its proper context. I really do believe that in a lot of ways, NieR: Automata is one of a kind. From the very first moments…