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...
Reddit User Creates Spoiler-Free Dark Souls II Map
Reddit user FlowStrong has posted an incredibly helpful, totally spoiler-free map of Dark Souls IIÂ to the game’s sub-Reddit today. The map shows dozens of interconnecting paths without mentioning any specific areas, mak...
Infamous: Second Son Players Show Potential of PlayStation 4 Sharing
If you didn’t already know, Infamous: Second Son was released yesterday and already players are blowing up the #PS4Share hashtag on Twitter with the system’s built in sharing feature. Using the Share button on the P...
The Beats of Indie Gaming: An Interview with Erin Anthony
The Man Behind the Bleeps and Bloops A video game without a soundtrack is like a book without words. Would the climax of the original Halo be anywhere near epic without the Halo theme blaring in the background? Would the Mu...
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...
Dark Souls 2: An Exclusive Interview with Joseph Kartje, Bandai Namco’s Community Manager
SlasherJPC is back with another exclusive interview, this time with Joseph Kartje, Bandai Namco’s Community Manager. Slasher gets all nitty gritty, asking Joseph about how he became a part of the industry, Joseph’s ...
SanctuaryRPG, the ‘Dark Souls’ of ASCII games
It’s hard to remember the last time that I played an ASCII RPG, let alone saw one that I was excited about. But here is SantuaryRPGÂ from Black Shell Games, in all its ASCII-art glory. With an animated opening cutscene an...
Stranded, or How I Learned to Love Video Games Again
I sat in my bedroom a few nights ago and stared at my TV. I was deliberating on which game I wanted to play. The options I considered were Bastion,  Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII,  Dead Rising 3,  Mass Effect 3, an...
Worth a Play – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
So you've completed Grand Theft Auto V and you're fancying yourself some more Grand Theft Auto action? Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars might just be what you’re after.
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...
Indie Dev Spotlight: John Szymanski
John Szymanski is the main man behind Created to Create Studios. which publishes what he calls “humorous” games. Growing up in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, Szymanski expresses his deeply Christian roots through hi...
Top Ten Narratives of the Last Generation
Top 10 Remember when video games were just about chubby plumbers saving kidnapped princesses from killer turtle people? I do. Since the creation of video games the medium has been evolving with better graphics, hardware, gamepl...
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...
The Games of March 2014
March 2014 is an undeniably massive month for the video-game community. With a handful of the year’s most anticipated releases going along side some of the more unique experiences, the 31 days of March are going to be tr...
