Using social media to enrich our media experiences makes it worthwhile.
This weekend, aspiring game developers and game designers have the opportunity to show off their skills in a special videogame design challenge called The Global Game Jam. Even now, game developers from around the world are toiling away on a 48-hour development cycle to create a game.
The ability to game on the go has been with us for well over a decade now. Thanks to portable gaming systems like the Nintendo Gameboy and Sony PSP, gamers are free to roam as they please without fear of being without a game to pass the time
My earlier post was to help new gamers discover some old gems from the past. However, this time I have some recommendations of games to look out for on the horizon. 2013 promises to be an exciting year for gaming and I wouldn’t want you to miss a second of it.
Research from two ASU professors proves that playing video games together leads to better communication skills between adults and children.
So you’ve made it your new year’s resolution to delve deeper into the world of gaming, but you don’t know where to start.
This past Monday, Nintendo broadcast its first Nintendo Direct news announcement this year and presented gamers with a tantalizing first look at the upcoming “Pokémon X” and “Pokémon Y”.
Hello everyone and welcome to The Video Game Odyssey! This is my first post as a blogger for State Press Magazine. When it comes to gaming, my enthusiasm and passion knows no bounds.
Are video games responsible for violent outbreaks?
The expansive world and the copious amount of dungeons and side quests continue to impress me even to this day. The third downloadable pack Skyrim: Dragonborn will set you back $20 but it is the better of the three even with a few misses here and there.
YouTube personalities getting invited to appear in video game trailers and host conventions: lazy marketing. Despite Ubisoft’s overwhelming success at the E3 2012 Press Conference, there was one YouTube personality that just flopped over and over and over again in his delivery of jokes.
I get a lot of flak for buying editions of games that come with statues or memorabilia. Believe it or not, there are reasons for collecting video game statues. If all you want to get is the game, then why get a statue?
I am going to tear Halo 4 a new one. This will be an exercise in tough love as I have been a Halo fan for the majority of my gaming career.
In the past 20 years, LEGO has been creating computer games and gaming consoles. With the release of “LEGO Lord of the Rings” for PlayStation, Nintendo, Wii and Xbox on Nov. 13, LEGO has continued a pattern that has permeated its games for the last seven years.
That being said, I enjoyed my time with Gemini Wars but there are some things that allow it to join the ranks of the strategy games that I can label fondly. Gemini Wars is strictly a space strategy game with warships and laser guns firing upon one another to control resources and points on the map.
Games take a lot of money and person power to get made. And even when the game moves from concept to production to finalization – the reception can disappoint. Even employee bonuses are affected by the reception more so in the gaming industry than any other industry.
I can’t even begin to exaggerate the number of times I’ve been on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network and have heard sexist comments, racial slurs and lewd homophobic statements.
"Before we fall apart at the seams.” The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll may not have been referring to the video game industry, but that’s the name of the game. And what name might that be? Patching, patching and patching.
Some of my most memorable video game memories happen in singleplayer. Multiplayer doesn’t deliver those moments.
Does Assassin's Creed III carry on the legacy?
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