E3 2021 – A Virtual Takeaway in Video Games

E3 2021Online. Interactive. Worldwide. Game On.June 12-15, 2021website - https://e3expo.com/Has E3 been revitalised by the Covid-19 pandemic? Maybe...maybe not...only time will tell. Straddled with few options, this year's event was fully virtual and this limitation was certainly felt. As we begin the process of opening up, there does appear ... Read more

5 Games Played Obsessively in 2019

The number of quality video games being published today is overwhelming. Just looking at my evergrowing stack of games that have not been played past initial sequence (or even started) has become rather depressing. So, in recent time there's been a shift away from quantity to depth. These days ... Read more

Zelda’s Breathtaking Ascension

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Developer/Publisher - Nintendo Directors - Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Daiki Iwamoto and Takuhiro Dohta Producer - Eiji Aonuma Programmers - Kenji Matsutani and Hiroshi Umemiya Artist - Satoru Takizawa Writer - Akihito Toda Composers - Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata Platform - Nintendo Switch Wii U Release - March 3, 2017 There's something special ... Read more

Thoughts on Retro Video Gaming Aesthetics, Pt. 1

Square pixels of pure color coupled with the layering of top-down or side-scrolling interactions are sometimes the most puzzling of activities. In my youth, the Atari 2600 enveloped my mind and time. There are memories of my brothers and me sneaking downstairs, turning the rabbit-ear TV on, adjusting the ... Read more