THE CURIOUS, EVER CHANGING NARRATIVES ABOUT CRIMSON DESERT The great trek to the launch of Pearl Abyss’ ‘Crimson Desert’ has been a rather peculiar pilgrimage for gamers. First, there was elation leading up to the release of the title. Then, there was mild depression amongst some as reality set in as critic reviews started rolling […]
EXPLORING THE “A.I. SLOP” HERESY Having being baptised heretics for their coverage of Nvidia’s new DLSS 5 photorealistic lighting technology, the team at Digital Foundry have been led to the gallows by angry internauters. Branded collaborators to big tech A.I. overlords, even seeming staunch allies have sharpened their pitch forks and joined the medley of […]
ASHA SHARMA’S ATTEMPTED RESURRECTION OF MICROSOFT’S XBOX BRAND With the recent leadership shake up at Microsoft’s Xbox division, gamers have been hopeful for a return to form for the beleaguered brand. Sadly, it turns out that when everything is an Xbox, nothing really is. As welcome as change may be at the once all powerful […]
The Uncertainty Around Ubisoft When the master craftsmen at Ubisoft were smithing Assassins Creed in the Shadows, it is doubtful they suspected that one of their final products would sound one of the company’s many death knells. Fashioning their metal on Anvil, the final shape their latest offering took put them right on the edge […]
The Year In Gaming With gaming culture becoming a larger phenomenon of everyday life, normal culture has not only sipped into the gaming sphere, it has flooded in. More and more, art is imitating life rather than accentuating and elevating its various aspects. While ultimately inevitable, as evidenced by the film and television industry, the […]
Finding Comfort In Fear In the lead up to the launch of Striking Distance’s ‘The Callisto Protocol,’ Studio head and lead developer Glen Schofield alongside his partners released a docuseries exploring various aspects of the psychology of fear. The docuseries featured various “experts” in the field including writers, filmmakers, actors, makeup artists and others from […]
Immersive Storytelling In Older Video Games Over the past few months I have been struggling to play-through newly released games. In the past, this was due to the difficulty level being too high. However, having recently developed the souls-like itch my voracity for challenging video games has increased. Rather than balk at failure, simply keeping […]
…And The Much Hyped Collapse Of The Triple A Gaming Industry Daring to saunter in the internet comment section of any gaming affiliated content and one would be met with the reprise of the demise of Triple A gaming publishers. “Activision has fallen,” “Ubisoft down,” “Triple A is dead,” declare many. As big budget developers […]
Religious Crusades Amidst An Industrial Revolution With the shocking yet not unexpected poor reception of the latest title in the Call Of Duty franchise, avid gamers have taken to the inter-webs to loudly broadcast refunds of their latest purchase. Refunds not because the product is in a sorry technical state at launch, albeit being a […]
The Curious Death of Xbox Over the past few months it has become common place to find piece after piece on the internet lamenting the seeming self-immolation of Microsoft-Xbox. Attempts at rebranding and re-invention seem to have fallen flat with Xbox executives all but giving up the ghost. Don Mattrick was the forerunner, a harbinger […]