Boss Battles: Expectations and Originality in ‘Metal Gear Solid’
Hideo Kojima, the mastermind behind the Metal Gear series, once said: “as a creator, I always want to betray fans’ expectations.” Throughout his hallmark series,...
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Shadows and Drugs: Our Chat With Compulsion Games’s Guillaume Provost
Compulsion Games is a studio known for their unconventional indie titles Contrast and We Happy Few. Based in Montreal, Canada, the studio was founded in...
The Evolution of Free Will in Games: The DNA of ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’
We are mere weeks away from exploring Andromeda in the latest Mass Effect entry. While the story, action, and sense of adventure drive many players...
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Question Block : Marvel’s Grand Return
Marvel has announced a partnership with Square Enix to bring their comic book characters back to triple-A games. Square Enix’s Eidos Montreal, makers of Deus...
‘Mega Man 9’ and the Revolution that Never Was
In 2008, over a decade after the release of Mega Man 8 for the Sega Saturn and original PlayStation, Capcom made waves in the industry...
Ninten-do’s and don’ts: What We Want From Thursday’s Switch Event
Nintendo is set to reveal new details about the Switch on Thursday (11 pm EST Thursday in North America). While the big N has got...
Predictions Galore: Hazy Shades of 2017
The turkeys have been devoured, the trees are at the curb, and you won’t have to see your family for the next 360 days. Yup,...
The Top 5 ‘Star Wars’ Video Games of All Time
Star Wars, two words that for many symbolize the best of what mainstream cinema has to offer. Since 1977, everything from clementines to high heels...
‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ and the Case for Real Roleplaying in RPGs
When playing an RPG that relies heavily on stats, it is easy to get caught up in a numbers game. A “+3 DEX” here, a...
Pokémon and the Case for ‘Media Blackout’
Go to any prominent video gaming website and you will find spoilers. Large and small, for games released and unreleased, tidbits that, when added up,...
Take Me Out To The eGame: Should eSports Teams be City Based?
When people say they have pride for their city, they could mean they like the architecture, or culture, or even just the ambiance. More often...
Top 10 Games on the Hypothetical Nintendo 64 Classic
With the recent release of the NES Classic, the Internet is exploding with the possibility of a SNES Classic. While a SNES Classic would surely sell...
‘Final Fantasy XV’s Oldest Ancestor: Does It Stand the Test of Time?
Imagine, if you will, a Final Fantasy game without Cid, moogles, or even chocobos. Why, you might think that such a thing could and should...
N7 Day Incoming: Our Hopes and Dreams for ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’
EA has been slowly drip-feeding information about the newest entry in the Mass Effect series for over four years now. We know little about the...
Are We Heading Toward a Video Game Studio Strike?
Since Oct. 21, SAG-AFTRA, the union representing voice actors in the video game industry, has been on strike. 350 union members picketed the LA offices on...
In Defence of Episodic Games
For many of us, games are one time purchases. Maybe a DLC or major expansion comes along a few months after release, but the game...