Can Saints Row IV Kill Its Own Spark?
Not that long ago, Saints Row IV was unveiled to the world, generating much ado about the killer sandbox title. Â A trailer showcased plenty to look forward to, although minimal information about the title was actually given. Â...
Strategy Guide Reviews
Strategy Guide Reviews If there’s one thing I love more than video games, its video game strategy guides. Early on in my gaming life, I actually used the guides for what they were intended for: walkthroughs and gameplay strat...
Second Time’s the Charm
Some games fail on the first try, but come back as a better and more polished version of the original. I’ve always imagined what it’d be like to be the lead designer for a game. I picture it as sending your kid off to schoo...
Elle’s Top 5 Summer Releases
The beginning of 2013 set the year off to a great start, and judging by the holiday season, things are only going to get better. With so many solid games having come out the past few months, you’re probably looking to give yo...
My OCT: Obsessive-Compulsive Trophy-Hunting
A few weeks ago, I re-downloaded my digital copy of InFamous with one specific, platinum-colored goal in mind. With 85% of the trophies already collected, I decided to spend my weekend tearing through the entire game one last...
Bring Back the Platformers
It seems as if a lot of games today are about a gun-toting, scruffy-faced guy running around shooting enemies (aliens, other soldiers, or whatever the case) in the face in some sort of dreary-post apocalyptic warzone. Sometimes...
Video Game Violence: Destructive…or Not?
Earlier this week, KaboomShark published an interview I did with Dene Waring of ShadowShifters Entertainment, in which I briefly mentioned my disgust and boredom with violence and gore in the video game industry. The topic of v...
Try Not to Screw This Up, WB Montreal
Never have I had such a drastic change in emotions than when I heard the news a few days ago. A new Arkham game was announced? F#@$ YEAH! But… it’s not being developed by Rocksteady? Well, here’s a delightful vide...
BioShock Infinite’s Best Feature (Spoiler-Free!)
By now, you’ve probably heard of BioShock Infinite. It’s that game that everyone on the internet loves developed by the guys who made that other game that everyone on the internet loves (there was another game in the seri...
Saints Row IV and the Art of Stealing Thunder
By now, all of us sandbox junkies should have the dates memorized: August 20 and September 17. The countdown has begun until we will once again be getting lost in an entirely fresh world, beating people up with giant dildos, ...
Future Press Guides
To those who don’t know, my love of gaming was reinvigorated when Resident Evil 2 came out for the original PlayStation, back in 1998. I was onboard the hype train for RE2 after reading about the game constantly in the occasi...
Can Videogame Trailers be Cool? You Bet!
So after getting home at the end of a long, hard day of work, I dropped my backpack off at my usual makeshift “office”, crawled into my jammies, and flopped onto the couch. There was no way I was going to turn on ...
