By Ryan Syrett Towards the final years of being a games ‘journalist’ at The GameJar.com, me and the team put a lot of effort into creating video content and earning some of that glorious and much sought after YouTube monies. Which in all honesty is one of the most candid, viable and un-intrusive ways to […]
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The Nintendo Dilemma
By Holly Nielsen Illustration By Faye Stacey Nintendo means many things to many people; to some it’s reliable, polished and just down right fun, but to others it’s stuck in the past, gimmicky and too cutesy or childish. Recently I tweeted asking people why they liked/disliked Nintendo, it brought out a lot of opinions, and it […]
Do the Right Thing: Moral Choice Systems in Games
By Jonathan Muir When I booted up InFAMOUS 2 I decided I was going to be an utter bastard. Placed in the shoes of the near-invincible lightening-powered demigod Cole McGrath, with the choice of saving the innocents of New Marais or senselessly murdering them, I chose the latter. The game is called INFAMOUS, right? InFAMOUS […]
KickStarter My Heart
By Ryan Syrett I love the concept of crowd funding. The whole idea that we as customers can help an entity push away from controlling industry fat cats or exuberant bank loans, is something that I believe is not only a breath of fresh air within most trades but it is also a very interesting approach of letting us […]
#PlayStationMemories – How It All Began – (By Bear Parker)
Nostalgia is looking through old photographs. It’s the moment you pedalled a bicycle. The day you graduated. When you left home and waved goodbye. It’s the loss of a loved one and the creation of another. It simultaneously separates & connects; where atrocities and conquests we experienced live alongside us, so we can share them […]