Modern Warfare Cinema, Propaganda & Excellent Gunplay While Call Of Duty is no stranger to controversy, 2019’s Modern Warfare’s infamous “Highway of Death” mission reignited conversations about whether the first person shooter was simply military recruitment propaganda for the American Government. While the mission setup was standard Call Of Duty fare, the story backdrop was…

Coded Vibes Steam And The Rise Of A.I. Slop In late October, Valve Corporation stirred up the ire of internauters with what some interpreted to be a non response pertaining to the rise of A.I. generated games on their platform. At a conference with developers at the ‘Steam Indie Connect’ in South Korea, Valve’s representatives…

A Monument Of Triumph Microsoft-Xbox’s Destiny When Asha Sharma came in as CEO, she was tasked with one tall order: Bring Xbox back to profitability. While she made some great PR moves early on the greatest shot across the bow was bringing back Xbox exclusivity. While not all prior announced titles were cancelled on their…

These Foolish Things QSSR MAY BE PLAYSTATION’S FPS BOOST AND AUTO HDR EQUIVALENT  Having being saddled with the burden of ownership of both current generation consoles, at times one has to contend with the unbearable weight of choice especially for cross-platform third party titles. First party titles tend to be best optimised on native hardware…

A TALE OF TWO INDIES Having launched to quiet applause, Asobo Studio’s ‘Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy’ has been struggling to find an audience. In spite of all the polish on screen and the technical achievements of their latest offering, the title seems to have had a much softer landing than expected. The paltry all…

PLAYSTATION AND XBOX’S PECULIAR RACE TO THE BOTTOM With Sony PlayStation decisively winning the console war, any meaningful remonstrance from Microsoft’s-Xbox has been futile. With each quarterly report the Xbox financials seem to tumble from bad to worse. The bottom fell out. Xbox’s meandering has ultimately culminated in self-defeat. This hasn’t been an honourable death…