In case you’ve missed it, a video game idea on Kickstarter has helped smash the site’s records by raising over one million dollars in a single day. More »
In 2007, shares in publisher THQ were going for over $US30 a piece. Today, in 2012, they’re going for around $US0.70. Studios are rumoured to be on the chopping block. Over 200 employees are being let go. And the company’s boss has taken a 50 per cent pay cut. More »
It’s not news that you can get a plastic gun to play a video game where you get to shoot other human beings. It is news that you can get gun controllers that exist with the blessing of the U.S. Army. More »
“The Spike Video Game Awards are not everyone’s ideal version of a video game award show, and complaining about them has become an annual event, like the show itself.” Totilo wrote that over the weekend, and I agree 100%. Complaints over the show and its format are getting as tiring as the show itself, so let’s spare each other the routine of throwing our arms on our hips and pontificating as to how we’d drastically change the thing, turn it into something “we” think “our” industry somehow deserves. More »
Some time ago I realised I did not have a certain common video game fever. I didn’t care about one of the most popular elements of modern video games: the Achievement. More »
Among many of those who like to label themselves as a “gamer”, there is no franchise more reviled than Call of Duty. The merest mention of its name sends people flying to post anonymous comments blasting the game as the very model of everything that’s wrong with video games today. More »
