Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics: Killzone 2 vs. Titanfall
So early this week we started off with an unorthodox comparison piece called “Last Gen vs. Next Genâ€. And yes, I know. The title should technically be “Last Gen vs. Current Genâ€, but guess what? It doesn’t sound as ex...
Fanboyism: Rhetoric and Ignorance at an All-Time High
Time for a Reality Check There was an article the other day about Microsoft stating that the Xbox One was sold out at retailers. People began posting pictures of stacks of Xbox Ones on shelves and links to places were the Xbox ...
Beers for Gamers: Holiday Edition
**DISCLAIMER: SpawnFirst does not in anyway support underage drinking, as this article is directed towards an audience of legal drinking age** Hello everyone! Brian, everyone’s favorite drunk SpawnCast host, here! Being t...
Last Gen vs. Next Gen Graphics: The Last of Us Trumps Dead Rising 3
Every once in a while we, as gamers, have to give ourselves a reality check. Oft times we get blinded with the hype of upcoming games, crawl through the trenches of the bloody and take-no-prisoners console wars, or get seduced ...
Gaming in Pakistan: An Insider’s Perspective
It’s Not All Flowers and Candy You might’ve heard about Pakistan because of its current affairs. And those, frankly, aren’t all that good. The currency (Rupee) is falling rapidly and our once-growing economy is me...
Out with the Old, In with the New: Ports are Harming the Vita
If the fact that, approximately two years after it first launched, the Vita is still struggling to get a foothold and make any meaningful waves in the industry is news to you, then it would be remiss of me to not congratulate y...
The 3rd Time’s the Charm: The PS4 is in a One Horse Race
The way it looks now, the PlayStation 4 is about to handily outsell the Xbox One. This will be the 3rd time in a row a PlayStation platform has outsold a Microsoft platform. And on top of it, this generation looks to be more of...
Be Grateful for the Xbox One
Console War of Attrition I don’t like the Xbox One. I don’t hate it, because hate is something I reserve for bigots, escort missions and people who talk in the cinema. But the Xbox One is not a console that I have any parti...
VGX Review: We Deserve Better
We Deserve Better On December 7, the Video Game Awards Show, or VGX, aired via live stream across multiple Internet venues. What should have been an important event for gamers and developers alike, turned into a three and a hal...
The Most Awkward Moments of VGX 2013
The VGX 2013 “Award Show” has been one of the most awkward and disappointing gaming show awards since…forever. I thought the Spike Video Game awards were bad, but VGX just took it to another level of entertain...
VGX Hopes and Predictions
Just like music and movies, I believe video games are a form of art and like other art forms, are deserving of awards and praise as well. While I am a gamer, I make this statement because I feel video games fulfill the requir...
Battlefield 4 Afterthoughts: What Went Wrong?
Still Not Ready for Deployment To call the launch of Battlefield 4 “rough” is like describing a plane ride through a hurricane as bumpy; the words don’t do the situation justice. Sadly, even a little more th...
ESEA Gaming Network Used to Mine BitCoins
Counter-Strike is an absolute steal of a game for $9.99. If you love first person shooters and can give up eating out or skip out on a movie one day, you will absolutely love the bargain that is Counter-Strike. However, once yo...
The Waiting Game
Like many, if not most, people, I view the new console launches with mixed feelings. I feel excitement at the prospect of a whole new generation of gaming hardware, jubilation at the promise of shiny new toys and, on a more per...
Did Microsoft Know About the Faulty Xbox One Optical Drive?
Microsoft is stuck in quite the situation with the launch of the Xbox One. Amid the “green screens of deathâ€, consoles getting bricked, alleged game DRM reports, missing pixels in gameplay, and a seemingly large number of d...
