Reviews are very important to the gaming community, and to the industry itself. Gamers care about reviews because a video game is a luxury in a world where unemployment and worrying about money are common. We also care about reviews because the gaming medium demands a lot of time and engagement from its audience, and we want to make sure the time we’re about to invest in one of these worlds is wor...
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After our review of the hit 4 IN A 3D ROW, we were itching to pick the brain of its creator. Thankfully we were able to do just that as we now discover the inspirations behind the game and his thoughts on the gaming industry with this exclusive interview with NEONFIVE Studio’s Founder and CEO, Martin Franke. J: What was the initial inspiration in taking Connect 4 go into the 3D realm? M: My ...
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Thoughts VS Opinions “World of Warcraft Back in the Days” Mists Of Pandaria the 4th expansion pack to be launched on the 25th of September this year from the biggest MMORPG ever, World of Warcraft. That at one point had 12 million subscribers and now “only” 9.1 million subscribers worldwide. Has Blizzard for definate killed WoW? Even though they have announced that they hav...
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If there is one developer everyone should be keeping an eye on, it is Digital Extremes. They Have created a vast portfolio of great games like Dark Sector and Darkness 2, but they also plan to get sci-fi fans excited with their upcoming Free-To-Play game WARFRAME. We pick the brain of Digital Extremes’s Creative Director Steve Sinclair and find out about the inspirations behind the highly an...
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Thoughts VS Opinions The Imperfect Realism There are a lot of theories on what direction should video games go for. Some claim that there will never be a perfect Zombie game – whatever that might be – while others claim beloved characters in an action-horror game might end with the third installment. Theories like these are great as it gets us to think about our video games and ways they can be im...
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Thoughts VS Opinions Female Gamer and Discrimination There are lots of people playing video games now than twenty years ago, each coming various cultures, races, and genders. We have Japanese gamers who brought us memorable JRPGs like Persona 4 or love their visual novels. There are European gamers that enjoy the simulation and micro-management of their sports along with the action-packed moments ...
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Thoughts VS Opinions The Stereotype of a Geek is Being Shattered Under the Weight of What is Now a Massive Industry When people refer to another person as a ‘geek’ what some often envision is a small male, with glasses and possibly owning the social skills of a rabies infested lab rat. Wherever this image emerged from, be it popular culture or even a fact of the past, it is now a dying...
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Thoughts VS Opinions Conflicting ideals and Missed Chances Could Mean we Never See the Emergence of a Perfect Zombie Game. If we look at a long list of zombie games that have emerged in the past decade, none of them have really done it for me in terms of keeping me enthralled and having me think “yeah, you know what this is exactly what I was looking for, it’s the perfect zombie game.&...
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Thoughts VS Opinions Battlefield 3 Aftermath Details Cause Speculation as to What we can Expect Details of Battlefield 3’s new expansion Aftermath show us that we can expect from it four new urban maps, new game modes and new assignments. The real question for me is what further details can we expect to arise in the future? Set amongst the shattered districts, streets and surrounding village...
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Thoughts VS Opinions Why do some titles hold back on certain features such as gore? Aside from the obvious reasons of keeping the ratings down or avoiding controversy, I see no reason for games to skimp on such factors. A gory game can provide more entertainment in the sickest way possible, I know it sounds disgusting but I find more ‘enjoyment’ out of bursting a creature/human’s...
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