On Entitlement: Are We Whiners, Or Just Passionate?

Image by Daniel Horacio Agostini, licensed under Creative Commons Just when you thought the word ‘fanboy’ had gone away and gamers could have conversations without throwing trite slurs at each other, there’s a new villain in town: ‘entitled’. It crops

Live Together or Die Alone

Any fan of LOST will remember the climactic speech given by Dr. Jack Shepherd as he attempted to unite a diverse group of castaways on a strange and hostile island. “Every man for himself is not gonna work. It’s time

Crysis 1 to Appear on XBOX Live and PSN

The PC exclusive Crysis is often hailed as the most graphically advanced first person shooter ever created. Its open world approach, weapon customization and ever-changing environments are responsible for the sales of over three million units. At the time of

Toys, Simulations and Stories III: Stories

It is 2011. We’re a stone’s throw from a hypothetical apocalypse, video games are virtually everywhere and most of them attempt to tell us stories. This approach has progressed much further than digital toys and has much broader appeal than

Review: Dead Rising: Case Zero

I had very mixed feelings about the original Dead Rising. On one hand, I loved. I loved it with a visceral, real love reserved for romance novels, described with gratuitous synonyms for thrusting and grinding. In terms of raw content,

You need to drop everything right now and buy Limbo

Yes really, drop whatever game you’re playing right now, and go get Limbo on XBox Live Arcade. If you’re complaining about the $15 price tag, or aren’t sure, let me tell you something. Limbo is worth every penny. Less than