Words As My Weapon

It actually wasn’t that long ago that the original Metro 2033 had come out for the Xbox 360 and PC in 2010. But 4A games (the developer) made a really good engine and set pieces for its sequel Metro: Last Light.  So naturally they applied these things to the first game and remade 2033 from the ground … Continue reading A Good Remake: Metro 2033 Redux

Recently there has been a lot of controversy between YouTube community  and Nintendo. While some people may bash Nintendo right away for not understanding the market we live in, the other way to look at it is that Nintendo is just like Shepard from mass effect. Ultimately there have to pick the Youtubers in the community to … Continue reading What Nintendo can learn from Mass Effect

Good narrative is becoming more and more common these days. But back in the late ninety’s early two-thousands narrative was barely being utilized in  mainstream gaming. Sometime after System Shock 2 but before Fable and Mass Effect a game came out called Deus Ex, That seemed to have everything: A risky story that tied the … Continue reading When Cyperpunk met Transformers

So recently I had an argument over who the best gamer of the past thirty years. Was it  Billy Mitchell the man who is probably the best arcade cabinet player/ first person to ever score a perfect game of Pacman or Jiao Wang and Chen Zhihao the best Dota 2 players in the world. But then … Continue reading And the best gamer of all time is….

So the rumors were true after all, Screenshots and a leaked trailer point to a new Deus Ex game in the series named Mankind Dived coming out eventually. Normally I don’t bother bringing up leaks, but I did Enjoy the first Deus Ex and Human Revolution thoroughly. I really can’t recommend these games enough if … Continue reading Now might be a good time to catch up on Deus Ex

I recently picked up a copy of Metro 2033 Redux to playthru for this blog recently. While the game has an amazing atmosphere, great sound design and wonderful visuals the issues I’ve had to deal with to help promote the game, have been tedious to say the least. I’ll start with a visual for you. Here’s … Continue reading Can Wikipedia and video-game screenshots ever be friends?

With the recent date announcement of Halo 5 coming this winter, many are only left speculating on what the plot will be. Will it be the first game in the series to offer branching story lines that’s actually affect the story? Are the new characters there adding going to take over the franchise? Personally I’m looking … Continue reading Will you kill Master Chief?

The Metal Gear series has always had three things to its credit: wonderful storytelling, amazing art design, and great creators. Recently there’s been a lot of buzz over weather they are going to be disbanded after The Phantom Pain  this fall. Hopefully they work everything out peacefully and keep the studio intact. Its one of … Continue reading Why Kojima Productions closing down is bad for everyone.

While there were a lot of great announcements at D.I.C.E. 2015 this year my second favorite (Next to the HTC/Steam VIVE announcement) was the public conference between Gabe Newell (CEO of Steam) and J.J. Abrams (The director of the Star Trek reboots and The Force Awakens). Its exciting to hear that people are trying to both … Continue reading Linear and Non-linear experiences in video games (feat. Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams)