Gaming Culture

Wargame: European Escalation Review

Wargame: European Escalation puts you directly in the shoes (or combat boots) of a commander of either NATO or Warsaw Pact forces, lead by the United States and the USSR respectively, during a fictional escalation of the Cold War taking place in the 1970s to early 1980s.

Batman: Arkham City – Elegance Lost

Batman: Arkham Asylum was an awesome game. Rocksteady did away with the need to tie-in with pre-existing Batman movies or comics and by doing so created an amazing game with a completely original story. It also helped that they got the feeling of being Batman himself so very right.

Arcade vs Simulation / 15 vs 60

With the recent releases of FIFA Street and SSX, the question regarding the price of games makes an appearance once again. Both games play more towards the non-traditional sports loving audience and yet, both launched in stores with 60 dollars price tags. Is this a smart move?

Social Indoctrination

Much has been made of the quality, or more accurately, the lack of it, of the Mass Effect trilogy's ending. Enough has been made of it, in fact, that it has drawn the attention of major news outlets, like the BBC, and CBS, and multiple Tech-Blog posts on Forbes.