DLC isn't all bad, but the bad's REALLY BAD.

33d ago ... I see a lot of heat from gamers like me over the whole DLC issue. It seems like so many game companies are releasing their games with the expectation of releasing DLC now. Many are offering DLC at release. It's easy to see why people are angry. You've just dropped $60 for the latest and greatest game of all time, and you find out that there's "extra content" you have to drop another $20 for. I...

(Parody) No BC: Why I Refused to Buy SNES, N64, the Gamecube, and Now PS4

34d ago ... I am absolutely outraged. Appalled! Another system has chosen to not have Backwards Compatibility. That is completely unacceptable and practically unheard of! The PlayStation 4 will not be playing copies of previous Playstation games. They make excuse after excuse, but we know better than the developers of the system, am I right!? A Ps3 chip would probably only cost them 3 cents to incl...

Top ten reasons why this was the best generation ever.

35d ago ... Next Gen is almost here but before we move on to the next one lets recap gaming's awesome accomplishments this gen. This is the stuff that made MS, Sony and Nintendo who they are today. In no particular order. 1. In the beginning there was light...a red light. Remember when the Xbox 360 came out? Yeah.. that. It was a mess, the red ring of death was like a plague killing gamer's consoles li...

Soul Sacrifice demo is the worst demo I've played in years

35d ago ... I'm a big fan of the Vita. I have Soul Sacrifice fully-paid on pre-order. I was so excited to play the game, I even converted a spare memory card into one that could be used to download the demo from the Japanese PSN store. I played the first three levels of that demo, loved it, and like many of you I was eager to download the English demo when it came out on the PSN store. And it's a really...

Preparing for the next generation!

35d ago ... Do you think you just have to buy a PS4 or Xbox 720 to enjoy the next generation of gaming to its fullest? Well that might not be so simple. Lets start out with the HDMI. HDMI is the connector that the next generation consoles will have. It is very common today and all HD tv:s and most graphics cards has this port. The problem is however, if you bought a Full HD-TV (1920x1080 resolution) a f...

The Bleeding Hearts Here Are Really Quite Sad

36d ago ... Do you know what this site has devolved into this passed month? A bunch of crying children who feel slighted for absolutely no reason. I mean it's pathetic. The amount of "this site is overrun and controlled by ___ fanboys," the sarcastic responses on any number of articles and blogs by whiny "I'm not represented properly" fanboys, it's just sad. Here's the facts people, there are only 2 thi...

5 forgotten promises of the 3DS

36d ago ... Do some digging into Nintendo's own announcements for the system and you'll begin to find that the current state of the 3DS is a far cry from what we were led to expect. Promises were made. Features were implied. Yet, here we are today with a system that isn't all it could have been. 1.An online revolution Oh, Nintendo. When will you learn? The 3DS could have been the start of another gamin...

My Thoughts On the Wii U's Future

37d ago ... While I expect some knee-jerk comments about me being an overly defensive, delusional fanboy, this is not a post merely defending the Wii U or Nintendo's handling of it, more so an observation and an opinion on the low performance and how it can be rectified. The Wii U has been out for almost half a year and past its first two months in the market, it hasn't been doing particularly well at a...

Are JRPGs dying? (How Japan can be relevant again in the West)

38d ago ... It was with a sense of awe that I booted up RPGs back in the day. These games felt so new, so fresh, so full of depth and exciting possibilities. Growing up, my dad was an engineer who always happened to have a great PC, and thus I was introduced to a lot of Western RPGs like Ultima and Wasteland. However, it was the RPGs on the NES, SEGA Genesis, and SNES that really captured my imagination, g...

Will low-end PC's hold back nextgen games?

38d ago ... Every article held for PC vs console always brings forth discussions of consoles vs high-end PC's. Will PS4 be as powerful, will they be equal or will it even surpass? Let's not kick the dead horse in this blog, I would rather introduce a more concerning topic: consoles vs low-end PC's. Could these lesser spec'd PC's potentially hold back multiplatform games? Or will they fall in line wi...

Xbox Live Hacked by Anonymous?

38d ago ... An article from yesterday raised the idea that Xbox Live may have been hacked by Anonymous in retaliation for the rumours suggesting Microsoft's next console will be always-online. N4G mods have since changed the title and source, but you can see the comments do not reflect what the current title suggests. Source: http://n4g.com/news/1232343/xbox-live-outage-knocks-gamers-offline...

Is All Publicity Really Good Publicity?

38d ago ... Let’s be honest here, it’s raining s*** on Microsoft at the minute. With ‘always online’ rumors circulating, Adam Orth dealing with it, PS4 gaining momentum unchallenged and potential hack or service issues; they’re really not having a good time. While it’s fair to say that none, or at least not all, of the terrible things happening could translate to Xbox 3, there is still damage to the Xbox...

There Is No Excusing DRM

39d ago ... Let me make this plain. If you excuse draconian DRM practices like always-online or anything that will completely lock out the entire and most basic function of a game or a console, stop gaming right now. If you excuse these actions, you are doing harm to the gaming industry, not good. There is no justification for these practices and they need to end. This blog isn't about Microsoft, this b...

A message to motion gaming devs

39d ago ... With the new generation upon us and a new kinect and motion gaming in general being geared up I have some suggestions for the devs out there and would hope maybe even in passing they may see and possibly implement or consider these ideas if they haven't started already. I make these suggestions understanding the plight of the regular traditional core gamer and have identified these things as wa...

The Ideal Final Fantasy VII Remake

40d ago ... In the history of videogames, Final Fantasy VII stands as one of the most important. This is a self-evident truth I don't need to elaborate on. However, a lot of people acculturated to the empty, graphics showcases that comprise "next-gen" videogames, don't really understand the importance of Final Fantasy VII, let alone how damn good it is. A lot of people can't get past the retro-ness of it,...

Games: A Way Of Life

40d ago ... You see, there is a passion in the world that unites over 5,000,000 of us. Everyone, of every race, of every religion, all of us, United by the vast world that is games. No matter who you are, No matter where you're from and whatever your life is like, Video Games are an outlet for everyone, be you at the tender age of 10 bashing every CoD (Call Of Duty) game ever made or older, there is alw...

Why Sony won next gen already

41d ago ... Why Sony already won the Next-Gen Console War So it's that time again. A console generation comes to an end and everything starts at zero. But this time seems to be different and I will tell you why. Let's start with Nintendo. Trying to recreate the Wii's success with the WiiU somehow failed ...but why exactly? To wrap it up in one sentence - core gamers can't be fooled twice and casual ga...

Who Will Win the Next-Gen? Here's the Answer

41d ago ... So here we go, Sony and Microsoft have been against each other in the console wars since 2005 when the first Xbox came and competed against the PS2. Then, a couple of years later, the PS3 came out and was right against the Xbox 360. Now here in the year 2013, this past February on the 20th, the PS3 successor has been announced and is known as the PS4. With so little time left until E3 2013,...

Brotherhood Rekindled - Revisiting Dark Souls

42d ago ... Growing up I spent more hours playing games at my friend’s house than I ever did at home. I would ride home with him after school and we would fire up whatever piece of garbage we had rented for the N64. Eventually my Mom would finally get off work and come pick me up, and as much as I would try, gaming just wasn’t the same by myself. I don’t think I’ve ever shared that with him. So, time went...

Playstation: The Chant

43d ago ... I am a PC Gamer first and foremost but I also own a PS3 and a Vita and enjoy all three of these devices. Alone they each satisfy a gaming need and together they give me a complete experience. Each of these experiences are very different however, my PC is a multi-monitor setup with high end components that is used for PC exclusives and all multiplats. My PS3 is an exclusive machine for the games...