Op Ed

Sonic Mania is widely considered one of the best games in the series, if not one of the best 2D mascot platformers ever made. The game was considered a fine return to form after the Sonic franchise had wallowed in a seemingly endless sea of painfully average to outright broken releases. So naturally, this would…

Microtransactions. They may very well have replaced cheating and emulation as the most controversial topic within the gaming community. This past month alone, we’ve seen numerous releases that have gone hyper-aggressive on post-purchase monetization. Gran Turismo 7 perhaps being the most notorious of the lot, due thanks to its constant nickel and diming, despite being…

So, there’s been a lot of talk lately about the inclusion of politics in games. Activists working within the industry, along with their goons in the media, think this is a necessity. All art is inherently political, so we’re told. Even though all the art we’ve been receiving seems to be one sided propaganda for…

So, I’m old enough to remember a time before cell phones became ubiquitous. When they were mainly limited to a select few business users. It was the late 80’s, maybe early 90’s when my dad’s company bought him a car phone. He’s a civil engineer who frequently travelled to remote job sites, so this was…

So, I decided to take an internet detox break for a couple of weeks, just to clear my head of all the BS that has been happening lately. It’s something I highly recommend. However, it looks like a lot of major stories dropped in the gaming world during that time, and I’ve only just had…

I’ve been mulling over the events of the past week, trying to make sense of what’s going on, and piecing together what it means for tech. And, to be honest, this is the first time in my 35 years on this planet that I’ve felt a genuine sense of dread about the future. As you…

Update: Hidalgo has since issued an apology, stating that his words were meant to be self-deprecating. Though this seems to have done little to ease tensions between LucasFilm and the Star Wars community. LucasFilm has once again come under fire for their treatment of fans following a Twitter fracas between popular Canadian YouTuber Star Wars…

The Gambling Health Alliance in the United Kingdom recently did a study on loot boxes and children, and the results… aren’t great. The survey looked at 611 young people from England, Scotland, and Wales, There’s a lot of interesting information to pick apart here. The UK Gambling Commission found that 23% of gamers aged 11…