Today on Political Drama Hour, Variety reports that a new video game related bill is making the rounds. The proposition? ID boys and girls who want to buy M and AO rated games.
The “Video Games Endorsement Act” was suggested by Representative Lee Terry. Not only would ID checks be mandatory for kids with mere shadows […]
Douglas Wilson from Gamasutra wrote an interesting editorial about the methods of story delivery used in most games. The piece features Super Mario Galaxy as its base, but I think the topic is highly relevant to games across all consoles.
Gaming is a hobby populated by a hard-to-please crowd of mumblers, half of whom cry foul […]
Kombo.com has published a great feature about gaming’s complete disregard for players with disabilities, particularly hearing. The article’s author, Jonathan Law, is hard of hearing and he observes how few games bother with subtitles:
“Titles like Uncharted, Gears of War, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy XII and countless others all offer the option for the end […]
You know what? I’m very disappointed. I joined an NBA 2K8 league over at PSN and had high expectations in terms of enjoyment since the other players are fellow countrymen. The league aimed at achieving a sense of realism so the administrators adjusted the sliders to prevent exploits from taking place.
I admit, I don’t have […]
Keane Ng over at Kombo.com talks about his apathy towards the Grand Theft Auto series and what Grand Theft Auto IV is doing to make him excited.
I’m still unsure if I care about Grand Theft Auto anything. When I played GTA III, it made me terribly motion sick and I just never bothered with any […]
When an anticipated game is released, the subsequent criticism from the Internet usually begins a gradual slide. It’s like listening to a review by Waldorf and Statler from The Muppet Show:
GAMER 1: That was wonderful!
GAMER 2: Bravo!
GAMER 1: I loved that!
GAMER 2: Ah, that was great!
GAMER 1: Eh, it was pretty good.
GAMER 2: Well, it […]
Let’s all say hi to Mike, the editor for the b5media video games channel. He is cool. He is made of candy. He will be my co-blogger for PSMonger, so you’ll see him making posts alongside me. That is the nature of a co-blogger.
As for me, I will still be here. I’ll also be opening […]
So my next game is going to be Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII for a number of reasons. First of all, the game’s supposed to be somewhere between halfway decent and awesome. I’ll settle if it’s somewhere in the middle of the middle: “Pretty Rad” sounds okay. I’m easy-going.
I’m really nostalgic for Final Fantasy VII. […]
News of new Sonic the Hedgehog games instinctively make me cringe and throw up my arms in self-defence. The recent news about Sonic Unleashed is no different. Why do I keep falling for this little piece of blue barf? I think the last Sonic game I enjoyed in any capacity was Sonic Adventure 2, and […]
There’s been a lot of recent fuss and muss over Spore coming to iPhone. Could this be the start of a serious rivalry between cellphone games and portable systems like the PSP and DS?
Anyone who’s familiar with the cellphone scene in Japan knows the score here. Quick tour: Cellphones in Japan do everything short of […]
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Written by Nadia Oxford [email] for b5media.
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