Gaming Culture

Here are the facts as best I can discern them– as best as they have been presented by the mainstream media to the public. I am now attempting to interpret these stories from the position of an educated games “journalist.”

I somehow missed a sad bit of news last week: cavia [sic] ceased to be a going concern. Happily, most of the developers are still employed, as it sounds like the majority of the studio's employees were absorbed into parent company AQ Interactive.

In this three part article, I will be discussing the three major lawsuits and court cases that have been covered recently in gaming media,...

In Mass Effect 2’s provocative reveal trailer, BioWare introduced the concept of Commander Shepard dying. When I first watched the video, I was worried that my Shepard was gone – which is a disturbing thought considering that decision making and character building are such intrinsic aspects of the game.

I am not going to go into extreme detail of "The Signal" as to avoid spoilers, but I will break it down into some basic points.

Video games just aren’t as difficult as they used to be. Games from back in the NES days are considered some of the hardest...

There has been a bit of a of a controversy over Dragon Age 2, or as some people appear to be calling it, "Dragon Effect", because of the changes to the game including the art style, the protagonist, and the difference between the PC and console version.