Category: Feature
Woes of an Adult Gamer: Why the Prospect of Playing No Man Sky Scares Me
With eighteen quintillion planets and five billion years of gameplay, there is no debating that No Man Sky is the biggest video game to ever be released. Players travel across a shared universe with the basic aims of exploring, surviving and trading and with the main aim of eventually reaching the centre of the universe. ...
4 Books that Should Get Video Game (or Better Video Game) Adaptations
Film adaptations of books are made so often that nobody really pays attention to the notion. If a book does well, it is generally accepted that there is a huge chance that one will probably see a film adaptation of the book sometime in the near future. However, the same cannot really be said about ...
Platform-Exclusives: Buying a New Console for a Single Game
Not all gamers own all gaming platforms available on the market. There are several possible reasons for this fact such as it may not be a financially viable option or the fact that one may really only play multi-platform titles, thus making the need to own several different platforms somewhat redundant. So, if you are ...
Confessions of a Trophy/Achievement Hunter: Why We Like Imaginary Rewards
There is one thing (two, technically) in gaming that is able turn any gamer into an obsessive-compulsive wreck with an obstinate desire to complete stupid challenges for rewards that are not only non-existent, but also do not offer one an in-game benefit: trophies/achievements. Trophies/achievements first appeared with the release of the seventh generation of consoles ...
Cross-Platform Play: Will it change the way we look at and buy consoles?
Since the rise in popularity and accessibility of online gaming and game modes, the multiplayer experience and the large absence of cross-platform play have become massive determining factors in the average gamer’s decision to invest in a particular platform or video game title. People will choose to buy a particular platform or game on a ...
Want-It Wednesday: A standalone Call of Duty Zombies title
I’m not a huge fan of Call of Duty. I do own multiple Call of Duty titles but I definitely wouldn’t say that it is my favourite video game. A core component of the first-person shooter experience is dealing with the competitive community of players. Now you see, I don’t really mind competition but I ...
Top Tuesday: The Top Five Video Game Soundtracks
A pivotal part of any video game is the soundtrack. Whether you are enjoying the landscapes of a massive open-world map or engaged in a complicated boss battle, music has the ability to accentuate the experience. So acknowledged is the role of music in video games that one is even able to buy video game ...
Moaning Mondays: Hello, my name is Gaby and I’m a COD Zombie Addict
The bane of my life at the moment – other than being unemployed that is – is the fact that I’m addicted to Call of Duty Zombies (or Nazi Zombies). I love it, but I hate it and I can’t stop playing it. I swear every morning that I won’t play, but I always do. ...