Characters that Count

  Note: This article contains story spoilers for Shadow of the Colossus. There are many memorable characters in games, but what makes a truly great character, and how are they a more integral part of storytelling than a simple avatar?

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

Death and Storytelling

One of the distinguishing – though not universal – features of playing games is that you die.  The natural phrase people use – even small kids who’ve not learned it via experience – is to say “I died,” not “Mario

Valve announce Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

As part of Valve’s new modus operandi of not releasing anymore Half-Life games ever, the studio that recently brought you Portal 2 has announced a sequel to arguably its most successful popular intellectual property, Counter-Strike. The Half-Life mod that became

Nothing to post so here's Freeman's Mind

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J80KD4BG7M&fs=1&hl=en_US] Weekend news is being taken up by PAX. Since none of us are at PAX, this means we kind of suck this weekend. Everyone’s occupied by work besides me, who is occupied by not work. In other words, I