SpawnFirst’s Good-Bye
A few parting words from Editor-in-Chief Corey Kelley.
Were the PS4 and Xbox One Rushed to Market?
Yes, we all know the last console generation lasted an absurdly long time and new consoles couldn’t come soon enough. The question being posed here, is were both the PS4 and Xbox One actually ready for launch when we got ...
SpawnStaff Picks: HD Remakes We Want to See
So far this generation we’ve seen quite a few HD remakes. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has already made it out to market, Metro: Redux, and The Last of Us Remastered aren’t too far off the horizon. It doesn’...
Do Trophies and Achievements Matter?
Last generation, console gamers were introduced to the concept of Trophies and Achievements. Microsoft ushered them in first at the launch of Xbox 360, much like arcade scores from way back in my day, a way to boast and brag an...
SpawnStaff Picks: Favorite Indie Games
Indie games have been gaining mass amounts of popularity over the past couple of years. It seems everyone who considers gaming a hobby has at least tried an indie title. Some of my personal favorite titles include the Mutant Bl...
The Best Games of 2014…So Far
I wasn’t looking forward to Dark Souls II. Both Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls had kicked my ass and I wasn’t particularly fond of either. Then I saw that Dark Souls II had released in digital form on Xbox Li...
Kick it to The Goal: Deadskins
The Kickstarter for Deadskins can be found here. Deadskins is a first-person shooter (FPS) featuring a few side-scrolling levels. The concept for Deadskins was originally thought up by Chris Garnaas, a former make-up artist i...
Separating Indie Games from AAA: A Disaster in the Making
Independent games continue to be separated into their own genre. They are still rated on a scale of 10, and they would get the same length of review as a Triple-A game would (presuming the games have the same amount of content)...
Games You Love and Why You Shouldn’t: Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite is the sequel to 2007’s unexpected hit Bioshock and continues the spirit of the game. Both are about a fantastic city that is built around a corrupted ideal. But where the original was an achievement i...
Does Exclusive DLC Matter?
This past week, the details of the “exclusive” DLC Bungie is bringing to PS4 when Destiny releases in September came to light via PlayStation Blog. Not only that, but the specific content was detailed—the Dust Pala...
The Five Things No One Tells You About E3
The biggest gaming event of the year, the mecca for the gamer, E3. For those people that have attended E3 before, you’ve probably observed all or most of these things firsthand. For those of you that have not been to E3, ...
SpawnStaff Picks: Top 6 Non-Human Protagonists
There has been a lot of controversy lately over female protagonists in video games. For the return of the weekly SpawnStaff Picks feature I decided to take a step back from that and instead ask some of the SpawnStaff, “Wh...
An Open Letter to Tim Schafer and Double Fine
Dear Mr. Schafer, For the longest time you could do no wrong. In my eyes, Double Fine was the pinnacle of what I saw being good about video games. The scripts and jokes were flawless, the characters lovable, the gameplay...
5 Things I Want in Watch Dogs 2
Ubisoft released Watch Dogs last month. It was their fastest selling brand new IP ever and it received mostly good reviews. Those two facts alone pretty much guarantee we will see a Watch Dogs sequel in the future. While I d...
Why Did I Buy a 3DS?
Nintendo’s 3DS has been out for over three years now and I still cannot figure out why I bought one. I think it was just an impulse: “Oh, Nintendo has a new handheld, better go pick it up.” But as time goes by...
