How Much Time Does the 3DS Have Left? With a new Switch on the way, what’s next for the handheld console? Published on October 23, 2018 In February 2004, Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi expressed his feelings of urgency about the next Nintendo console after the poor sales of the Gamecube. Read more…
Attentat 1942 and a New Era of Games in Germany The historical adventure title is the first to feature Nazi symbolism in Germany after a ban was lifted last month Published on September 24, 2018 On August 8, Germany’s video game classification board, the USK, announced that they would be Read more…
Could Video Game QA Be the Next Field to Face Scrutiny for Work Conditions? Published on September 4, 2018 Like any massive undertaking of art, a single Triple-A video game is an artifact encapsulating the dozens of unique sectors of skilled, professional labor that went into its creation. So much Read more…
Russian Subway Dogs Preview Published on August 13, 2018 Russian Subway Dogs Release Date: August 2nd, 2018 Platform: Windows, Mac; Console support later in 2018 Developer: Spooky Squid Games Publisher: Spooky Squid Games Price: $13.49 Preview copy provided by publishers In video games, Soviet-era iconography and design have historically been Read more…
The Turing Tests of PUBG Mobile Published on July 11, 2018 In 1950, Alan Turing first proposed the concept that would eventually become known as “The Turing Test.” He proposed that instead of trying to answer the question of whether machines can think, we should instead ask if machines can Read more…
The Unusual Kindness of Celeste Redefining the emotional capacity of the “masocore” genre Published on April 14, 2018 (This article contains general spoilers for Celeste) About 20 minutes into this single stage alone and I’ve died 153 times. The character death animation isn’t gratuitous; your character touches an environmental hazard, Read more…