Metacritic is considered the industry standard for game ratings, and rightly so. By aggregating the opinions and evaluations of well informed and well versed game reviewers, Metacritic is a fairly accurate evaluation of the quality of a video game. Large and small development companies alike seek to achieve a high Metacritic score, which is understood [...]
In the late 1800’s, film was a young medium. Through now as common as the air we breathe, at that time it was only recently that celluloid film was invented, allowing recording to occur in real time. This invention left aspiring filmmakers as well as audiences scratching their heads as to what people were supposed [...]
Though it’s been out for a few months, I only recently downloaded Capcom’s Megaman 9, an anomaly among other recent game releases. It is the latest offering in the classic Megaman series, whose heyday was in the late 80’s and early 90’s. But while other sequels of cherished franchises do everything in their [...]
The following is a true story.
Once upon a time, I was a young man of humble beginnings and an even more humble future. Life was easy; kicking back and sipping soda while playing video games was my idea of a Saturday afternoon, a Sunday morning, or a night before an exam. School was of little [...]
…gaming is a superset of all these other forms of entertainment. If people look inside of a game, you’ve got writing, you’ve got music, you’ve got animation, you’ve got actors, stories, almost anything you’ll find in any other form of media, it’s contained somewhere in games.
Will Wright, creator of Spore and The Sims
Are games just [...]