I have a couple of friends who prefer console gaming to PC gaming. They tell me it's because console gaming is so much easier - all you...

It's time once again for a look back at another year of gaming! I went through a period early this year where maintaining the weekl...

I was doing some reading and saw that some sites do (or did) build a factor for reviewer slant/style into the final score. I don't do s...

(before I get into this, here's a disclaimer: I haven't been following development of the Oculus Rift super closely, so I may be la...

Welcome to Post-Launch Reviews' look at 2013! Since I don't really play new games as they come out, this is not a list of the b...

I posted my review of the 2010 release of Medal of Honor yesterday. I mentioned that it creeped me out and briefly talked about some of ...

When I write a review I try to be fair and consider all elements of a game. I can't say that I'm perfect, but I try my best not to ...

If you've used Steam for any length of time, I'm sure you've noticed that the web browser can be very slow. Here's a ti...

You're walking through the grass. You're low on health and you need to heal. You can see the town. You're almost there! And sud...

Another year of video game blogging has come and gone - actually, my first full January-to-December year doing this. Fifty-two weeks in a y...

I'm a big fan of shooters. A significant portion of my favourite games are first-person shooters: Metro 2033 , the Half-Life series, T...

Modern Western RPGs are conflicted. Philosophy and mechanics are at odds with each other. A roleplaying game is ostensibly about shaping th...

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Mobile gaming has become kind of a big thing recently. And I finally have a phone that will let me play those games. So I'm all over mo...

MMOs are a bit of a special case in how the game tells a story. Most MMOs are also RPGs, so I won't retread that ground. But one area w...

As a disclaimer before I start, I don't play many RTS games. I played Star Wars: Empire at War extensively, but only against the AI. I...

I've covered horror and FPS, so now let's take a look at mechanics and narrative in RPGs. Roleplaying games typically work a lo...

Last time we looked at how narrative and mechanics are intertwined (or not) in horror games, and today we'll take a look at first-perso...

Horror games face a tricky conundrum: how do you make the player feel vulnerable and scared - and how do you do it without making the game ...

Yesterday I looked at how video game genres are defined , and how those genres tend to depend on the game's mechanics first and foremos...