Saving the Wii U: A Loving Letter to Nintendo
Nintendo: Y U No Luv Me? Hi there Nintendo, it’s your old friend Brian. Now I know that you’re a little sour with me because I haven’t gotten a Wii U yet, but don’t worry: I don’t intend on breaking my streak of o...
Hero(ine) Of The Week: Claire Redfield
Claire Redfield Voice actor: Alyson Court Series: Resident Evil Age: 19 Debut: Resident Evil 2 What Works It’s no secret that in the world of gaming, there aren’t that many strong female protagonists. In a culture s...
My Hands Are Getting Sweaty
My hands have been sweaty for years now, sweaty from being held by too many game developers when I go through their games. It’s like when my parents would be on each side of me; each of them holding one of my hands. Full-...
We’ll Miss You, Mr. Clancy
I wanted a different way in which to tell my stories. Coming up with concepts for computer games gives me another avenue of creative expression. It’s not just me telling the story, it’s me designing the idea for a ...
SpawnStaff’s September Playlist
I love Autumn. The leaves start falling, the nights start getting longer, and the evenings start getting just a little bit cooler. Autumn even has a smell – I’d put it somewhere between the nice and soothing aroma o...
Fatal Frame: A True Story?
Please Don’t Be Real Fatal Frame. The series revered as one of the pinnacles of the genre among horror game aficionados, has always been touted as a game (at least the first one) based on a true story. Â With all of its J...
Can One’s Moral Compass Affect Their Story Driven Decisions?
We all know that everyone comes with different morals. Some people are extremely kind-hearted while others are a little more ruthless and cold. But that brings up the question: does one’s moral compass affects their story...
About that Steam Controller…
By now, you may have seen Valve’s interesting new console style controller. The input device is unlike any seen before, utilizing a concave shape, two track pads, and a touch display right in the middle of it. The design has ...
Grand Theft Boredom
Grand Theft Auto V is the latest in the wildly popular GTA series. It took 5 year, cost £170 million ($270 million) to produce and has been touted as the soaring swan song of the current gaming generation. It earned over $1 bi...
Nolan North: The Voice of Awesome
A Voice Worth A Thousand Words When playing a video game or watching an animated movie/show, most people don’t pay attention to the voice actors. Stumbling around in my post – Deadpool daze, I fell upon th...
What’s With All These “Angry” Gamers?
Let’s All Calm the F*@# Down Let’s be honest. There have been more than a few occasions where I’ve wanted to fling my controller at the wall, or when I’ve pounded the armrest when playing through a frustrating part ...
Hideo Kojima: An “A” for Effort
On Sept. 4 Hideo Kojima provided some more details via Twitter about a female character named Quiet from Metal Gear Solid V. He said he told Yoji Shinkawa, the game’s art director, to make Quiet “more erotic.”...
The Greatness Behind the Greatest Games of All Time
With the recent release of the heavily anticipated Grand Theft Auto V, many reviewers have gone as far to say that it earns the title of “One of the greatest games of all time”. With this, it’s made me look ba...
Worth a Play – The House of the Dead: Overkill
The last Worth a Play feature was on the subject of Spec Ops: The Line, a dark, harrowing, morally compromising take on the current American military shooter, which didn’t aim to satirise the genre so much as eviscerate it. I...
Hero of The Week: Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot Voice Actor: N/A Series: Crash Bandicoot Age: unknown Debut: Crash Bandicoot What Works Every gaming generation has characters it grew up playing. Form the early text based adventures that lived in fear of being...
