This week, I questioned reality. Consider for a moment that we are on the cusp of a new console generation. This will be an era of unprecedented graphical fidelity, human-computer interaction innovation, and raw processing power. A conclusion rendered trite through repetition, it stands to reason that we are on the precipice of a new [...]
This year will see the 13th annual Game Developers Choice Awards and the first one without comedian Jay Mohr hosting since what feels like forever (in reality, he’s only been rocking the mic since 2006) as Chris Hardwick has that duty now. Finalist nominees have just been announced and they’re what you would expect for [...]
Nintendo, while not traditionally (read: ever) regarded as a filmmaker, brought three video to the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend in Park City, Utah. The festival is actually still going on and will be until the 27th, but let’s face it; if you’re not there already, you won’t be by the time it’s all [...]
Video games are moving towards their natural habitat. That is, they are becoming increasingly digital. They are, of course, already digital in the sense that all they really are is compiled code, bits of zeros and ones stamped onto a disc that exist to be read out and interpreted by a machine for your pleasure. [...]
We’ve talked about player agency a lot here. Maybe too much, as a matter of fact, but it’s just such an important part of gaming nowadays. Maybe not important in the sense that it needs to be in every game from here on out (it definitely shouldn’t), but it’s important to talk about because it [...]
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