Western gaming is dead
I posted an article nearly five years ago now that I was burnt out on Western gaming. My primary complaints were over the lack of innovation, rampant political correctness, and the industry’s insatiable avarice. So from that point forward, I resolved to stick with Eastern games. So far it’s been great. I discovered the Xenoblade…
The Real Game Awards a diamond in the rough
I watched the Real Game Awards last night. The inaugural presentation was pretty much what I expected, which is to say rough around the edges but showing a lot of potential. The show was born from “Stuttering” Craig Skistimas’s dissatisfaction with corporate award shows like Geoff Keighley’s. Craig is royalty when it comes to independent…
$100 games are another sign of AAA rot
Grand Theft Auto 6 could cost $100. That’s according to video games analyst Matthew Ball in a recent report. Ball says there is “hope” within the industry that publisher Take-Two will take the lead and raise the price to a crisp Benjamin. The hope is this could help ease financial pressures over spiraling development costs….
Wii U: A retrospective on Nintendo’s worst console
With the announcement that Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally coming to Switch, it’s the final nail in the coffin for the Wii U. It was the last major release still stuck on the console. So there’s no point in owning one. The Switch is a far superior system in just about every way. Was the…
MMNTech GOTY Awards 2024: Biggest Disappointments
Happy holiday season you yellow, no good keisters. It’s time again for the MMNTech GOTY awards, where we celebrate the best, and most mediocre, games of 2024. Compiling the list of biggest disappointments was actually quite a challenge this year. Not because there were no terrible games. Rather gamers have become conditioned now to just…
Hate Nintendo’s business practices? Maybe try these games instead
It’s fair to say that Nintendo hasn’t been garnering a lot of goodwill in the games community lately. While the rest of the industry crashes and burns, the House of Mario thought now would be a good time to go to war with their fans. Whether it’s trying to make emulation illegal, attacking game preservation,…
Hated 2024’s biggest bombs? Play these games instead
2024 has been a landmark year for gaming, but not in a good way. Nearly every big-budget AAA has been an abject failure, costing their studios and publishers millions in losses and leading to layoffs. We all know why this is, so there’s no use in talking about it here. Why don’t we look at…
Classic Star Wars games to play if you don’t like modern Star Wars
Star Wars is not in a great place right now. Neither are its games. In the decade-plus that Disney has helmed the franchise, we’ve seen very few new releases, most of which have ranged from painfully average to outright slop. Are you bored of all this garbage? Star Wars has a rich Expanded Universe with…
Explaining the current state of gaming to boomers
Boomers are a mysterious lot. They like beige saloon cars, spending their kids inheritance, talking about how easy it is to get a job and buy a house (if you just pull up your damn socks and knock on doors!), and watching copious amounts of cable TV. One thing our senior citizen friends certainly don’t…
Ubisoft stock prices tumble, investors revolt, company might be cooked
Things aren’t looking too good Ubisoft. The French gaming giant’s stock continues to tumble after big budget “AAAA” title Star Wars: Outlaws was poorly received by gamers. The situation has gotten so bad that at least one investor has called for the company to go private, while others are demanding founder and CEO Yves Guillemot…
