I was designing a user interface for someone else’s social game the other day, and I was completely oblivious that I’d just recommended a feature that Just Would Not Do. More »
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is my one of my favourite games released in 2011. Here’s why I hate it. More »
Anyone who knows me knows that my second-favorite hobby (after making sure my fingernails have no white parts) is numerology. You can’t use a number over and over again on my watch if you expect me to not take notice. The Games Industry tried to slip a battleship-sized “coincidence” past the public in 2011. Most of you might not have noticed it. I, however, am a Certified Professional when it comes to working with or looking at numbers. Allow me to blow your mind: the following games were all released in 2011: More »
A gambling man once bet me a hundred dollars he could think of something I couldn’t convincingly pretend to dislike immensely. Fifteen minutes later, he was crying, and I was on my way to buy a new pair of shoes. More »
You may know Tim Rogers as the guy who occasionally writes really long (but insightful!) columns for Kotaku. Or perhaps you’ve seen his glittery pink review site, Action Button. You may have even played a game he has developed! Recently, Tim began playing the The Sims Social, and now we have what might be one of the most fascinating deconstructions of a social game we’ve ever come across. More »
If there’s one thing I don’t want to talk about regarding E3, it’s video games. More »
