‘VG Features’ Archives
My thoughts in Review
I had wanted to address this topic in a larger feature, but frankly that would be too much work in researching & articulating different points of view. Instead, I’ll just sum up my point of view and you can take it as you will. I often stumble across this conversation while trawling the internets for interesting games commentary; This [...]
Talkin’ About My Generation
It’s not uncommon among my various friend circles these days to find comments decrying the state of modern games. ‘Games were better when x’ the debate inevitably comes down to, whether that means games use to be harder, more complex, prioritising mechanics & system’s over graphics etc. It’s a view I’m not completely [...]
Crying Bloody Murder Simulator
“Games have a greater potential for harm to the average viewer because of their interactive nature” Do you hate this argument as much as I do? Perhaps not, because I reeeeeally hate this contention that seems to be based on several layers of assumption. But then do you happen to agree with the statement? If so why? What ground’s do you [...]
Because Everyone Need’s a Top 20
I wasn't gonna get into the whole top x of x thing, particularly as it seems all industry commentators are throwing out features effectively identical, no matter how erroneous their processes may be. But then I really got thinking about this whole end of the decade thing that just happened (well 2 weeks ago, but excuse me if I wanted some time [...]
Looking Forward – The Pre-conceptioning
Have you seen the tentative release calender for 2010?! It's crazy. Thanks to heavy hitters such as Halo 3 ODST, Uncharted 2 & Modern Warfare 2, along with Activision's devious plastic market saturation with Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, DJ Hero & Tony Hawk Ride; alot of publishers have chosen to take cover in the friendlier confides of [...]
Looking Back – The Recollecting
2009 is coming to a close, along with the decade for that matter but who really cares about that? don't give me this 'game of the decade' bs. I thought I'd take the time to recap how I went in this crazy end of season rush that is the video-games business, did I keep up with my expectations of acquisitions? were the games I listed as good as I [...]
Resident Evil 5 Racism “There is a difference between racist and racial”
The following was written in response to a quote by Andrew Pfister that “There is a difference between racist and racial”, something I thought was a good point of discussion and so wrote this piece. After taking it as a personal attack I failed to generate much discussion on their podcast other then them saying that I am “full of shit” . [...]
Gaming 2009 – Q1 in Review
With the release of The Saboteur this week, the mad end of year release period is over for 2009, yep managed to survive another one without needing to struggle through a diet of instant noodles. Though a lot less crowded than years past, there were still a number of releases I just wasn’t able to get around to picking up. Unfortunately, the [...]
Recap of the Blogs! – Dec. 5 Edition
I was deeply engaged in a conversation around what games people would like to forget within particular franchises, brought about by Ubisoft’s announcement this week that the next Prince of Persia entry will be more inline with the first re-imagination of the series, ie Sands of Time, than the critically well regarded PoP 2008. You can find [...]
VG Acquisitions – September
Its not even September yet but I've had such a crazy few weeks snapping up bargains I thought best I post just a little bit early. I will preface by saying I got my pre-order in for The Beatles : Rock Band, so that's just over a week away now; also I have every intention on getting Halo ODST brand new first day fresh as a daisy purchase. Both [...]
