Getting Physical in the Digital Age
Can game stores survive as digital becomes more viable?
Types of Games We Need More of
Picture yourself at your local game shop. You’re looking around, checking out the various games. There are a ton of shooters available. There’s also an assortment of racing games, fighters, sandboxes, sports games, ...
How to Fix Silent Hill
I like the Silent Hill series. I wish I could say I love it. I adore Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room. However, I’ve enjoyed every entry aside from Shattered Memories and Book of Memories. Yes,...
Where’s My Sequel?! – Freedom Fighters
Welcome to SpawnFirst’s new article series ‘Where’s My Sequel?!’ where I take a look at games that either never got a sequel although I felt they deserved one, or a series that hasn’t had a new ins...
Should ‘The Last of Us’ be Turned Into a Movie?
The recent news that The Last of Us will soon be turned into a film has led me to take a look back at Hollywood’s past with video games, ultimately making me wonder if it’s all that good of an idea. A big issue I h...
Microsoft: Is It Time for a Comeback?
Like six million others, I bought a PlayStation 4. The powerhouse gaming machine appealed more to me than the Xbox One; the higher specs, the lower price point, but primarily it was Sony’s dedication to games that sold it. Fr...
What Video Games Really Say About Women
Ah, yes. The old battle for gender equality continues to this day in the world of video games. Gender issues are not something likely to just go away, and you may find yourself asking, “Laura, what are you talking about? Look...
The “Indie Craze” Is Here To Stay
Peter Molyneux graced the news again last week at GDC, and before you ask, it had nothing to do with an over-hyped Fable game. Instead, the creator of Godus met controversy after an interview with CVG where he compared critical...
Lock Picking in Games, or Breaking and Entering Realism
First off, I’d like to clarify that, yes, I do have some experience in picking locks (Lock Sports). No, I do not know everything there is to know about them. Pin and tumbler locks however, I know a great deal about, and ...
A Difficulty Issue
Back in the far off days of the 1980’s, video games were simple. Run from left to right, put the blocks in a line, collect the cherries and don’t get caught by the ghosts. But they were also difficult, the blocky gr...
The Stigma Against Public Displays of Gaming Affection
I was recently listening to a podcast on which the people it consisted of went from discussing recent gaming events to suddenly making me feel not so much offended, but bothered nonetheless. The podcast in question started mock...
Is Titanfall the Xbox One’s Saviour?
So Titanfall just launched on the Xbox One and PC and will follow suit on the Xbox 360 in a matter of weeks. As Microsoft’s latest flagship console is lagging behind the PS4 by a couple million units, it begs the questio...
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…My Ideas for Knights of the Old Republic III
It’s been over a decade since the initial release of the critically acclaimed Knights of the Old Republic, a Star Wars masterpiece developed by BioWare. Since then, the strong replayability element of the game has continu...
Are Video Games Technically Art?
For years gamers and naysayers have debated over one question: are video games a form of art? This long debated subject has yet to reach a conclusion as the question continues to hover just out of reach of those who seek an ans...
Are Games Trying to be Too Serious?
Based on 2013's game lineup, it appears video game writers are looking to bag an Oscar, or game equivalent, but is this a good or bad thing for gamer?
