Feedback Loop: Long Live the Shooter, the Shooter is Dead

The dispatches from E3 seem to indicate that the shooter remains the same. How long can its dominance last? What comes next?

Is it High Noon for shooters? In his latest post on Brainy Gamer, Michael Abbott seems to think so. He compares the current generation of shooter games to Westerns in 1959, the last year before they started to disappear.

Why I ignored E3

  “Watching any E3 coverage?” The question was inevitable. In this case, it was an IM from a co-worker, but anyone who knew my interest in video games would have asked the same rhetorical question. Of course I was. What

E3 2012 is Upon us, but What Choices lie Ahead?

The mood is unmistakable. The current generation isn’t quite over, and the next one hasn’t gotten started yet. Unlike recent years, everyone has both eyes looking into the future even as both feet remain firmly planted in the present. It

Smart phone connectivity is a way better industry fad than motion controls.

Easily the neatest rising trend in the game industry right now is the connectivity we can have with our games when we’re not playing them. Thanks to smart phone connectivity, we can bid on auction house items in WoW and keep our galactic readiness in Mass Effect 3 at a reasonable level without even booting up a PC or console. There’s even an app for an interactive map of Skyrim out there.

And so early in the event that keeps our YouTube and Google Reader tabs constantly open we have already have seen how Nintendo and Microsoft are making sure we don’t ever escape from our little gaming worlds.

Why The Tomb Raider Franchise Isn't Beyond Saving

After the disappointing sales of Tomb Raider Underworld, the Crystal Dynamics team realized that Lara Croft was in trouble. They took a hard look at the video game landscape and came to the conclusion that they needed to re-work and

20 Minutes of Delicious Skyrim Gameplay

Good morning! Allow me to make your Monday more pleasant with footage of Bethesda’s E3 2011 demo of Skyrim that is now available to us mere mortals of the general public! These three videos showcase Skyrim’s combat, intutitive menus, vastly

3 Days After Wii U's Announcement, Its Future Already Looks Bleak

 Preface: Already, I know a lot of you will say it’s far too early to make the bold claim my headline infers. “The console isn’t coming out for another year at the earliest. A lot can change in 12-18

Nintendo Rapid Reactions

The thing about E3 is that every year is the same: every year you expect something fantastic, and every year it just fails to deliver. Coming off a day of four disappointing press conferences, surely we could expect Nintendo to

Six Games We Won't See at E3

…But we wish we would. It’s a sad fact that some franchises go before their time. Some squeeze out one sad, disappointing game and get scrapped, throwing their potential out the window. Others get milked, find a healthy, happy place

E3 Pr3dictions

In the cold, dystopian future where all e’s are replaced by 3’s, E3 will be a number: 33. Which will be correct in the year 2028, but this is not that year. This is E3 the sixteenth, which does not