Let Me Tell You Why You Like 8-Bit Games

There's been a surging in development of indie games in recent years. This isn't really a surprise when you think about it. Technology has advanced quite a bit in the last decade. Being able to develop a video game out of your own home is easier than ever. Naturally, it follows that more people will …

Let Me Tell You Why You Like Movement Based Games

Do you guys remember the EyeToy? It was a camera you could plug into your PS2 that could detect movement and translate that to a game. It brought us such classics as AntiGrav and… I’m sure there were others. Probably. Anyway, that was more than a decade ago. In the time since the technology we …

Let Me Tell You Why You Like Games With Great Stories That Aren’t Story Games

So first off, I’d like to apologize for that title. I know, it’s more than a little wordy. Believe it or not that was the end product of twenty minutes of thinking. I managed reduce a very long description into merely a mouthful. Fun fact, this is called a lexical gap. That is when a language …

Let Me Tell You Why You Like Small, Independent Developers

Psh. Man. You know who sucks? Activation. Ooh, and EA! Those guys are awful. Sure, they release dozens of games each year that gross, like, about, I don’t know, what, A BAZILLION OF THE DOLLARS. But they’re evil and soulless and moneygrubbing corporations. They’ve let themselves be turned into that by the way they treat …