video games

Your Move: Star Trek

Samuel McConnell — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0000

With very few exceptions, video games based on movies tend to be pretty horrible.

Your Move: Indie Games

Samuel McConnell — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0000

Most games you’ve probably heard of were created by big, multi-million dollar studios like Nintendo, EA, or Activision. However, some of the most worthwhile games are made by small, independent studios.

Your Move: Downloadable Content

Samuel McConnell — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:30:00 +0000

Before the current generation of consoles, when you bought a video game, the game you bought was the game you had, forever and ever. Today, though, the game you buy is just a shell of what it can become down the line.

Your Move: PlayStation 4

Samuel McConnell — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:30:00 +0000

Sony introduced their first video game console, the PlayStation, in 1995. They followed this up in 2000 with the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation 3 in 2006. The PlayStation 4, which will be released near the end of this year, was announced in New York last week.

Your Move: Budget Gaming

Samuel McConnell — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:30:00 +0000

Video games are expensive. Brand new console games routinely cost $60, which can add up very quickly. This problem isn’t without a solution, though, and I’ve come up with a few ways to save without ever running out of games to play.

Into It: Arcades

Andrew Bales — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:45:28 +0000

Since the first simple arcade games were developed in the late sixties, the video arcade has fought a war of innovation and marketing with home gaming.

What’s called The Golden Age of arcades was sparked by the 1978 release of Space Invaders. The game was so successful, in fact, that it brought about a shortage of the 100-yen coins used in the Japanese machines.

In the following years, arcades were dominated by single player games like Pac-Man and other missions of skill, whether it was navigating the upward climb in Donkey Kong or scuttling across a busy road in Frogger.