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How a $55 Million Game Humiliated Microsoft and Xbox
We’re experiencing another embarrassing chapter in Western gaming’s decline.
Long gone are the exuberant days of the ‘millennial optimism’ era, back when Phil Fish, the creator of indie darling Fez, said ‘[your games] suck… we’re totally k...
Game Dev Interview: The King’s Surveyor
Something interesting is happening in the indie game scene.
The demand for great games doesn’t seem to be declining, but increasing oversaturation across digital storefronts, the use of AI, and the low barrier to entry for game development...
The Brief: Week of October 19-26 and What’s Coming This Week
Last week delivered the annual Call of Duty tax and a surprise HD-2D prestige open.
Last week delivered the annual Call of Duty tax and a surprise HD-2D prestige open. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launched October 23 pushing a ~227k conc...
Why Is Modern Gaming More Fun Outside the Games Than Inside Them?
Fun used to be at the center of every video game you played, but games nowadays seem to have lost that spirit.
Day one patches, endless downloads, long loading screens, accepting terms of service, adjusting settings, inverting the vertical...
BioWare Is Dead. The Gaming Crash Is Here.
This is the worst period in history for Western gaming.
After decades of corporate incompetence disguised as ‘leadership’, bloated budgets, unionizing efforts, confronting players and an unhealthy obsession with spreading progressive agend...
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