opinion

  • How DLC Actually Helps Games

    How DLC Actually Helps Games

    Reading the comments on my current survey about how publishers have violated gamers’ trust, it is clear that business practices around downloadable content have left a bad taste in many gamers’ mouths.


  • Uncharted 2’s Museum Level Sucked

    Uncharted 2’s Museum Level Sucked

    Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was an immediate game-changer when Naughty Dog released it in 2009. As a high octane love letter to Indiana Jones and the 1950s adventure serials that inspired it, it set an ideal expectation for the adventure genre — never give the player an opportunity to breathe. Every objective must serve the…