A predictable and simple tale nonetheless built a grand, beautiful presentation.
Special-edition video games have always left something to be desired. One title, however, may have beaten out all the rest. Capcom will bank on fans' enthusiasm for Resident Evil 6 by releasing a premium edition of the game this October. The items seem…promising. The …
"Does the video game industry have a problem with diversity?" I asked myself this question when I had recently realized that everyone I saw or read who talked about video games were not minorities. The question had some personal weight …
Earth can be a stressful planet: global economic collapse, foreclosures, joblessness. No wonder we immerse ourselves in digital fantasy worlds where we blow up zombies, slaughter necromancers, and stomp on tiny turtle shells. Actually, even playing video games can be …
Last Saturday, Naughty Dog presented the trailer for its new game, The Last of Us, at Spike TV's Video Game Awards. The trailer does exactly what it's meant to do: attract interest in the game. And it achieves that …
What's the accepted marker for adulthood for Americans? Jewish communities host a bar or bat mitzvah for 13 year-olds; Hispanic communites celebrate quinceanera–a ceremony that honors a 15 year-old girl's sexual growth and marriage availability. In general, America celebrates growing up …
(Warning: This article contains spoilers!)
My friends and I spent more time laughing at Tekken: Blood Vengeance than gaping at its awesomeness. No, the movie isn't awful–it's actually decent (much better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li). Blood Vengeance has great …
Growing up, my mother was called The Commissioner, and my father was simply Dad. She provided order while he provided minor amounts of chaos — as well as the occasional education in gaming.
For my father, few objects that demanded greater …
Almost every book on writing mentions Aristotle or refers to ideas in his Poetics. They mention such ideas as every story must have a beginning, middle, and end, and every event should contribute to the greater whole. The most important rule they …
Where did 8-bit music go after orchestras took over video games? They joined modern rock and formed a niche community called nintendocore, a combination that shouldn't work, like mayonnaise, lettuce, and carrots to make cole slaw.
But listen to the …
I called her the Commissioner. In her left hand, she had a credit card to purchase video games; in her right hand, she had a fist full of discipline. When playing games, I had to control my emotions and make good …
(This article contains spoilers for Call of Duty: Black Ops.)
I'm a decent soldier in Call of Duty: Black Ops: I hide behind objects to avoid gunfire, kill enemies without guilt, rappel down cliffs, survive chemical attacks, escape …
The Escapist reports that Sony cares more about profit than topping their competitor Microsoft. Little Big Planet 2, Uncharted 3, and the latest Twisted Metal game are all meant to steer Sony toward greater profit this year. Not …
My Xbox 360 got the red ring of death New Year's Eve, and I'm too lazy to let Microsoft know. If I can send an email to someone in a few seconds, I should be able to digitially deliver my 360 …
Tips. Advice. Ways. Everyone has them. They are the easiest topics newspapers and magazines can cover. The editor of my university newspaper does it from time to time. I pulled three magazines from my parents' shelf to demonstrate. "12 Tips …
As a kid, my parents bought me video games on two occasions: my birthday and Christmas. The rest of the year I asked them to rent me video games from Blockbuster. Each weekend video games consumed hours of my time. …
Rotten Tomatoes describes Resident Evil as "loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy." On Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Peter T. Chattaway from Chrisitianity Today wrote, "Just because a film is about the undead, that doesn't mean the film itself has to feel …
Editor's note: Dragon Quest's series-long character designer Akira Toriyama has strong roots in anime and manga, and Antonio argues that many Japanese role-playing games' allure comes from similar origins. Is it possible that expecting JRPGs to revamp themeselves to …
I enjoyed last year's District 9 so much I recommended it to everyone I knew, and even made it a point of conversation to people I did not know. But my chief remark, which was not a flippant remark but …
After I saw Avatar in 3D I thought to myself, "Wow! The visuals were spectacular!" I saw Avatar in 2D on Blu-Ray and left the room saying to myself, "Wow! The visuals were spectacular!" Moving from 3D to 2D, the …
Memorial Day weekend–a time of solemn ceremonies and joyful family cookouts. Millions of American soldiers have died throughout history, and they deserve the recognition we give them; however, there is a population of troops who deserve just as much recognition, …
Appearing in over 200 video games and selling more than 210 million units, Mario is the sexiest video game character of all time, but not in the sense we want to get Mario in the bed; in the sense that …
I started writing fiction when I was in third grade, but didn't consider writing nonfiction until March 2006 when, on a boring day in Web Page Design class, I joined 1UP as trafar94. New to blogging, I came to the …
The pertinent question of the week, and for the past few years, is "Are video games art?" Even if the majority say yes, there is still the question of what video games should do as art. And that's a harder …
I'm twelve hours into Final Fantasy 13, and I'm enjoying it so far. Others can't say the same: they either hate Square- Enix's latest installment to the series or love it. 1up.com's professional review is accompanied with reviews by gamers, …
Editor's note: Antonio thinks that story is simply a framework used to make an interactive experience more palpable to the person playing it. He loves a good tale, but in the end, it's all about how the thing feels when …
Editor’s note: It’s extremely hard to keep up with the rush of games. It feels even harder to do so this year, with so many games pushed from the recent holiday season. Antonio finds it difficult, too, and he uses …
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