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Ricochet: The Quest for Historical Accuracy Within Video Games This is the first in a series by our own Patrick Feng about historical accuracy within video games. It is without a doubt that in the last 20 years of gaming, the progress in gaming technology has allowed for the impossible to become near reality, especially with regards to the recreation of events in different periods of history. Many historical themes and events have become focal points and objects of fascination espoused in popular titles such as the old classic Medal of Honor series to the recent Call of Duty series. The resurrection of battles fought and large-scale conflicts allow gamers to experience and relive history for themselves and even go as far as to allow them to rewrite it resulting in alternative outcomes. |
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Aliens vs. Humans To me there are two types of shooters, one with human opponents and one with aliens, monsters, robots and the like. The look and feel of these opponents often make or break the game, and the differences and preferences to one over the other can have a huge impact on whether or not I will buy the game. To me nothing beats the human element, and here’s why. |
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As the Girlfriend of a Gamer . . . When I began to date my boyfriend, he had just bought his PS3 after waiting in lines overnight for it. I did not understand why someone needs to be the first to get something, especially when it costs about two months of my rent. As my relationship with my boyfriend grew, I began to understand how the mind of a gamer worked. I discovered the wealth of gaming forums, begging for opinions to trash or vilify. Such a culture I could not compete with. So what else to you do? You join it. |
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Why Geeks Love Anime Girls (NSFW) Enter the Japanese Schoolgirl. She is weak, innocent, often unaware, and generally displayed in a surprised or weak position. She is basically a child, with giant breasts and a love hate relationship with sex. At first she doesn’t want the giant tentacle, but as soon as “it” happens, then she loves it. The power dynamics at work here are insanely explicit and often blur the line between snuff film, entertainment, and art. |
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The Fanboy Phenomenon Let's face it--fanboys are everywhere, and not just in games. Mats goes on a rant about fanboys and their equivalents in music and sports, all the while clearing up some misunderstandings about the term itself. So settle down and get ready to read this highly opinionated phenomenon. |
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Five Things We Kinda Miss About Old School Games For Tom's first feature on our site, he takes us down memory lane... and it's full of Excite Bikes and Ikari Warriors and Contras and Ninja Turtles. Ahhh.... memories! |
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Interview: Uwe Boll Infamous German film director Uwe Boll recently consented to an interview, and for that we thank him. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, he was unable to give a live interview but he answered our questions anyway. |
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What the PSP2 Needs to Survive All right, before I begin I want to make the record clear that this is not a gamer's wish list, or some kind of a fanboy's fantasy. This is a list of this writer's / consumer's opinion on what the next generation of Playstation Portable will need in order to be a major player against other handheld devices such as the Blackberry, iPhone, and DSi. There is only enough room in people’s pockets for one device nowadays and we need to get used to it. |
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Coming Out of the Shadows: A Retrospective into Stealth Games have usually been about killing. Be they Space Invaders or Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde, the annihilation of ones' foes was the initial goal of video games. In reality, direct confrontation is not always be the best way to defeat one's enemies. Stealth is often the best tactic. Find out how the stealth genre started in this first entry of Eliot's new retrospective series. |
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Gaming on the Cheap I have been called lots of things in my life and most are not fit to be put into print. But one moniker that does suit me and can be said in mixed company is “cheap.” With a mortgage, car payments, daycare costs, and other financial pains of adult life, I do not have piles of cash laying around to be burned on video game frivolity. |
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Females in Gaming Gaming has always bore the brunt of parental and media criticism, with titles like those in the Grand Theft Auto series and many others being accused of polluting the minds and souls of our youth. Many activist groups will target games and condemns them for objectifying women and perpetuating negative stereotypes. They see games as turning women either into shameless sex objects or unintelligent and powerless NPC's subservient to the male protagonists. |
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Masculinity and the Mirror: What Gamers Like vs. What Gamers Are You know who I like? Gordan Freeman. I never have been into Half-Life, or even the genre of first-person shooters. In fact, I don’t even own The Orange Box, and frankly, think Portal was average at best. Anyway, that is neither here nor there. I like Gordan Freeman because he is my, and many other Elder-Geek’s fantasy. He does not really have the physical stature of Marcus Fenix, or the badassness of Kratos, but he does have something else more important for gamers. |
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