Valve is finally giving gamers a Half-Life sequel in Half-Life Alyx and it’s only being marketed to a microcosm of the population.
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Content curation is a really tricky art, one that no platform has seemed to get correct yet. Youtube is floundering with notification systems that don’t work and people being demonetized…
This episode is dedicated to the hype train, that locomotive comprised of all of our unrealized hopes, dreams, and unrealistic expectations. But what fuels the hype train (a hype-r drive,…
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Games That Changed Our Lives: ‘Team Fortress 2’ Made Gaming a Communal Experience
Nintendo has always had this air of mythology around it. Like Walt Disney or Hayao Miyazaki, Shigeru Miyamoto enjoys a healthy amount of reverence amongst his fans. Mario, Zelda, Kirby,…
“ChromaGun” review for the Nintendo Switch.
Today we finally lay to rest one of the longest running jokes/rumours in gaming. Today, for the first time in well over a decade, thanks to what appears to be…
In a recent article, I questioned whether Steam needs quality control. Unsurprisingly, it was a resounding yes with a few ideas on how to change the dumpster fire that Steam…
Talking Point is a weekly series that posits a question concerning the gaming industry. We encourage readers, as well as our writers, to offer their thoughts on the topic. Hence…
It’s that time of the year again where many people watch horror movies and play horror video games to get into the Halloween spirit. But some of the most creepiest,…
The Game Boys’ month long celebration of Halloween continues! In this week’s Game Boys episode, Tim and Ryan resurrect Valve’s Left 4 Dead. Also, the Game Boys debate whether PSVR will…
The Half-Life fanbase is likely the saddest fan-base in all of gaming, and in more ways than one. Few other fan groups have put up with as much as they have,…
As a hobby, gaming can create some interesting and disquieting juxtapositions for our existence. On the one hand, it’s an activity which stimulates the brain, expands the boundaries of critical…
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‘Team Fortress’, ‘Dota 2’, and Telletubbie Zombies: Why Valve’s Embrace of Mods Should Be Standard
There are few things that better define PC gaming then mods. Nearly as long as people have been playing games on personal computers, people have been making changes to games…
Half-Life 2 is often seen as one of the greatest games ever released, even by Valve standards. The perfect mix of old-school sci-fi, shooting, and (at the time) the height…
The Portal series is home to Valve’s most deliberately uneven and deliriously uncomfortable of narratives. The seemingly innocent fun of cutting holes between dimensions and using them to pass tests or accomplish…
By the end of the 1990s the video game industry had overcome commercial and critical adversity and established itself as a dominant form of entertainment for both children and adults…