Greenlight Falls Short

10d ago ... What better way to benefit both a distributor and its customers than to let the customers vote on games to be added to the service? Theoretically, gamers choose the most deserving games that they want to pay money for and the distributors put up the most likely to be purchased titles. It's a perfect idea. At heart. In practice, it's shaky. There are over 1300 Greenlight games. 1300. Wh...

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

30d 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...

Wii U's Performance is Not "New Console Jitters" or "Just like Ps3"

43d ago ... There has been plenty of articles that have had some not so positive analysis of its (granted) short life. Some articles have taken it too far with verbal illustrations of "doom" for the Wii U, but let's not let that justify extremes on the other end, claiming that Wii U is in no trouble at all; Wii U is in a tight spot and is NOT suffering from "typical" new console jitters. Some would hav...

Some of the Reasons for New Lara's Praise Are a Bit Disturbing

65d ago ... The new Lara Croft is now upon us. She's less sexy and experiences things a little differently this time around. She's praised as a massive improvement, in large part due to her appearances. She's "sensible" now. Smaller breasts, no short-shorts, no cleavage...but what makes the opposite of those not sensible? If a real woman can make the conscious decision to wear short-shorts and show...

There's Nothing "Wrong" With the Gaming Community

119d ago ... Everywhere you look these days, things are sensationalized. The television news stations have discovered that they need flair and fear to keep audience attention; a scary story about babies reacting badly to a vaccine is told to the viewer that it will be told coming up....then told again....and again....and again. They retell stories of violence until some people develop an irrational view o...

Why Microsoft Should be (and probably is) Afraid of Steambox

125d ago ... Steambox is more than just a new system for playing games. In fact, something much more important about Steambox is what worries Microsoft. Steambox runs on something called Linux. Linux is an operating system, much like Microsoft's Windows, except it's open source, meaning that it's free and anyone can make their own version and distribute it if they have the technical know-how. It's oft...

PS3 Nudging Ahead of 360 DOES Matter

125d ago ... It isn't about the console wars. Playstation 3 pulling itself ahead of the Xbox 360 in sales means more than throwing wadded up sales charts at each other (though the Playstation fans have handled the lead in the HD console race with a lot more maturity). The importance behind this event is the implied principles. While the report is technically unofficial, the Ps3 and 360 have been neck a...

Stillborn Articles

129d ago ... Something incredibly unfortunate has come to my attention. While perusing the pending articles section and approving/reporting/tracking articles, I noticed that many articles are being passed with 0-40 degrees. That doesn't seem horrible at first glance, until you realize something that does to them as they enter the front page. As articles with less than 50 degrees enter the first page......

Sony's Anti-Used Patent is Nothing to Panic Over

133d ago ... When Sony patented a means of linking games to systems so that they couldn't be sold again, people positively flipped. They feared that the "PS4" would implement it. They feared that "PS4" would be absolutely doomed using such a practice. I suggest to them, however, that they partake of a chill pill. The first point is implementation itself; will it be used to stop the used? Well, has ev...

Farewell, "Good For a Wii Game"

176d ago ... When you consider a game, how do you judge it? Maybe you start by considering the genre and whether that fits your tastes? Maybe you consider the value behind the title and its offerings? Perhaps you account for visual flair? But have you ever asked "Is it good considering the platform?" Something that I found all too common in the way Wii games were judged in reviews and otherwise was...

Haters VS Superman 64

389d ago ... Superman 64 is perhaps the most unappreciated work in video games history. While many have branded it the "worst game ever", it's quite clear that many failed to truly understand and enjoy the Man of Steel's epic adventure into virtual metropolis. Far from the worst game ever, Superman 64 has a strong story and great challenging gameplay. The first barrier that casual Mario players couldn'...

Why I Can't Tolerate Competitive Online Play

402d ago ... There's nothing inherently wrong with competition. Competition allows ideas and forms to be matched, compared, and improved. It creates changing challenges. And it can bring lots of entertainment for reasons of sport and companionship. That said, I can't stand online competitive multiplayer. I don't hate competition itself; I wasn't the kid to take his ball and go home when s/he didn't w...

WARNING: Piracy is Not Revenge

429d ago ... It seems like the perfect plot for revenge; Someone wrongs you, you steal their stuff. Like some sort of Robin Hood plot. That seems to be the understanding of many gamer pirates on N4G. But here's the problem; it really doesn't hurt them as much as it does gamers. Tell me, what happens every time an extreme new form of DRM releases? What do the publishers say? What do they blame? Pi...

ME3's Exclusive Voice Control Excuse is Ridiculous

484d ago ... Voice Command. It didn't start with expensive peripherals this generation. Why, just last generation, the least powerful console had SOCOM. No, not starting with SOCOM 3, after years of getting the engine right and well enough to "squeeze" in the processing required for voice command. Nope, it started with SOCOM *ONE*. But that game used small, linear levels and......what's that? SOCOM us...

Razer is Full of Crap

630d ago ... Not long ago, Razer released a website called PCGamingIsNotDead.com. No, don't bother copy-pasting the URL, it no longer works, instead going straight to the company website. This site had a voice, praising PC gaming, and condemning console gaming as "conformist" junk. Interesting enough, they're soon releasing a new product called the "Razer Blade". Surely they're committed to what they...

Resistance 3 Beta Impressions

630d ago ... To start, I just have to come straight out and say this; the Resistance 3 beta is UGLY. No, I don't mean "sub-par" nor "Not Uncharted". I mean ugly. The ghosting is horrible. Is there a blur effect in place? I don't know, nor care - it's headache inducing. I've never had a problem with any such thing while playing a console game until now. It's not exactly blurring crystal clear HD gra...

Port Of An Oldie? Improve it!

660d ago ... I would like to start by saying that I have NO principle problems with all of the porting of classics and oldies that have been happening lately. HD remasters, improved graphics, direct ports....it's all good. So long as plenty of new games are coming, I don't feel cheated, like they're trying to resell me an old game; in fact, thanks to them, I get to play great games that I missed out on be...