Another high profile Kickstarter has run out of money. CLANG hasn’t been able to find investors and is now scaling back its development. Continue reading
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Warhammer Online: Time for a Reckoning
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is closing down in December of this year. It’s a MMO that never lived up to its potential or its pre-launch hype. Continue reading
Kickstander: The Doom That Came To Kickstarter, And The Transference of Risk
Board game Kickstarter success The Doom That Came To Atlantic City raised nearly four times its financial goal, but has been cancelled after all the money was spent. It certainly seems that a lot of backers don’t recognise how crowdfunding transfers around the financial risk inherent with developing a game. Continue reading
In Defence of Metacritic for Video Games
Metacritic attracts a lot of criticism from various sources. How valid are those criticisms and why does Metacritic end up having so much apparent market power? Continue reading
Saints Row IV and an Incomplete History of Rectum-Oriented Weapons in Video Games
I’m perfectly happy with the Australian Classification Board blocking the sale of a game that lets players sexually assault in game characters. Continue reading
My Building Sense of Disappointment About Bioshock: Infinite
I really wanted to love Bioshock: Infinite. Sadly, I didn’t. Here’s why.
***SPOILERS*** FOR THE NARRATIVE OF BIOSHOCK INFINITE. AND BIOSHOCK. AND BIOSHOCK 2. Continue reading
Hitman: Absolution – Oh, When The Saints…
Htiman: Absolution attracted a lot of negative attention for its depiction of the sexy nun Saints being violently murdered in a trailer. Did the game itself actually treat them any better? Continue reading
Kickstander: What is Kickstarter Really?
This seems like a stupid question, but a lot of people seem not to really know. Continue reading
Point / Counterpoint: Microtransactions in Dead Space 3 And Paying For Your Survival
Did you know that you can pay real money to unlock virtual items in Dead Space 3? If you’ve played Dead Space or Dead Space 2, you probably aren’t surprised. Continue reading
MMO Predictions 2013: Morituri Te Salutant
Predicting what is going to happen to the Western MMO market in 2013 seems a lot harder than doing the same for 2012. But when it comes to random guessing about stuff I only half understand, I’m going to give it my best shot. Continue reading
World Class Villains 