stories by Edward Varnell

Revenge In Games Differ In Real Life

We’ll never understand revenge. In games, it’s our main character purpose. Whether it was from some evil accident or lost of a love one or even betrayal. There are a lot of reasons but in real life, revenge have consequences …

Games should make you feel alone more often

For a lot of us, games supply the feeling and the emotion of conquering problems. Franchises like Grand Theft Auto and The Legend of Zelda have an explorative progression, providing escapism just like movies, books, art, vacations, and even cartoons.

So, …

Developers need to support their released games on all platforms equally

If something goes wrong with a baby product, the company issues a recall. Food producers list the ingredients that might cause an allergic reaction. But video games, on the other hand, have turned out differently. While a game for the PlayStation …

Unreal Engine 4 Might Be Out Best By Square Enix Engine

 

At this year E3, the Unreal Engine 4 by Epic Games and Square Enix Next Gen Engine, which I’ll call Purify, was shown in trailer form.  With less information on Purify, Wired Magazine covered a story on UE4 and

Professor Layton Can Teach Us Logic

 

Its amazing to see a game like Professor Layton be love by many here in America.  With beautiful art, top notch localization, quirky characters and story lines that will keep you guessing to the end. Though the glue that

Is Watch Dogs Unique Or Just A Interpretation

 

Unique: having no like or equal; unparallel; incomparable

 

Sometimes, a single word can make a video game stand out.  It can create a lot of buzz and a overwhelming response, which in return, can make a game a

Cheers Double Dragon

 

What does Muramasa, Guardian Heroes, Castle Crashers, and just for a whim, Capcom Dungeons and Dragons have in common?  They’re all better than Double Dragon for the NES.  Though Double Dragon, in my opinion, brought the first RPG crossover

Your Game Library Might Explain Who You Are

 

Here 15 games I actually own.  

 

Help Wanted

Battlefield 3

Final Fantasy 12

Metroid: Other M

Persona 3 FES

Cooking Mama

Contra Rebirth

L.A. Noire

Yakuza

Medal Of Honor (PS3)

Ghost Trick

Hotel Dusk 213

Mario and

Interesting Time

 

It’s hard to manage life in general.  We have work, family, problems, events, and being social with many things.  Games are like that.  There are those who review, design, write, and make walkthroughs for various games that are out.

Two Deadly Words

 

This past holiday, Activision release the game Skylander’s: Spyro’s Adventure and it was a platform game that unknowingly sold very well (especially for Wii).   With this game came additional action figures you can buy (or had to buy)

Nintendo Achievement System Needs To Emerge…Or Has It Already?

I hear a lot of people mention how Microsoft started out right with the introduction of Achievements and leaderboards and how awesome it was to get points for completing a quest or doing something cool within a game. Soon, Sony …

Modern Warfare is the Mortal Kombat of today’s youth

“I think it’s stupid. It’s unfair, and they should let us buy it. Come on and let me buy it.”

The lines you just read are part of dialogues I've had with 10-year-olds. Yes, actual 10-year-olds who expect an adult …

Smooth Sailing

 

Sometimes, intentions changes.  We all come into different expectations when we encounter various situations.  With games, we expect to make progress or just want to have fun or work on our personal skill in the games we play.  Maybe

Color Me….?

 

Redesigns.  Nothing wrong with them and their very occasional now ever since Atari came out with their systems.  Recently, news of a redesign Wii is coming out to different territories.  Europe is getting a blue one and for Mario’s

Can Controversial Games Be Made In A Tasteful Manner

We are not mature. Let me be more correct with this. We are not ready for a new experience in thematic games that may cross the line. For console players, we want things that work. We long for fun sequels …