Remember in the last post I said that gaming companies will continue to find ways to get more money out of consumers? Well Activision did just that with their latest game publishing, Call of Duty: Black Ops IV. Activision has decided that their consumers will be dumb enough to pay $100 for a brand new game. Why do they think this you ask? Because the game … Continue reading Activision Thinks Gamers are Stupid

If you are unfamiliar with microtransactions, they are currently the hot topic in all of the gaming world. In this post, I will describe what has been very good and the increasingly bad about what this pertains to video games. The Good:  In video games, most microtransactions are purely cosmetic. They allow the player to personalize their characters or buy new items that look cool. … Continue reading Microtransactions: The Good, The Bad, and The Very, Very Ugly

In the video game industry, there are superstar developers that have enough clout to call for excitement about a new game. Naughty Dog has Neil Druckmann, Gearbox had Randy Pitchford, and Konami Games used to have the enigmatic Hideo Kojima. Kojima is a creative genius. He was the creator of both the Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill franchises that have been the talk of the gaming … Continue reading The Oddity That is Hideo Kojima

Many of you may not be aware of Sony and their refusal to allow cross-play between any home consoles on the market. Allow me to explain what has occurred over the last five years. Sony has not been the best when it comes to granting what players want out of their PlayStation 4 console. These include the ability to change the username of an account, … Continue reading Sony and The Fortnite Scandal

This is a departure away from what the blog has been thus far, but I felt the need to make a point about politics. Currently, we are in a time in all our lives where the U.S president is meeting with the North Korean dictator, Kim Jung Un. It should be exciting to see peace talks between two nations who have been at odds for … Continue reading Trump and Kim Rant

With the multitudes of posts I have made about E3 this past week, I felt the need to explain why I enjoy writing about this very niche, yet, widely expanding medium. Back in 2013, I played a game called The Last of Us. It was a game that had zombie-like creatures and a post-apocalyptic setting in the United States. But more importantly, it featured two protagonists: … Continue reading What Got Me Into Gaming Journalism

Square-Enix just had the worst E3 conference in some time. Yes, the games that they displayed have some degree of intrigue to them, however, most of them were not new. Just Cause 4 is the most exciting game of the bunch that was previewed. Yet, everything else was a very Japanese style trailer mash-up. I want to be excited about this conference, but Square-Enix gave us no idea … Continue reading So About That Square Enix Conference…

Microsoft added five game developers to its branch of first-party game studios. However, this is just a façade by the company that did little more than talk about all the games that its platform can play at E3 this year. Why isn’t this a good thing? Because it has been five years and Microsoft has not released a single game that has been a console … Continue reading Microsoft Won’t Have Its Killer App Until Their New Xbox

Another year, another EA E3 conference has gone by and I have to say I am not impressed. While yes, Anthem did assuage some of my fear about it being a Destiny clone, it has not given me anything to be excited about until I see more footage. Bioware needs this game to be a hit to fall back into the good graces of gamers after the … Continue reading EA Bored Us Until Anthem