Random Loot is a series in which I get to focus on one particular game, movie or even comic, be it relatively old or quite new, and then ramble about it, often going off-course in the process or using it to make a point about something else entirely. […]
Back in the day many people, myself full included in those numbers, were leaning toward the idea that the future of the RTS genre was all about size and scope. I didn’t want to worry about the small details. I didn’t want to focus on maximizing the usage of a singe troop or unit, I wanted to command entire armies and construct vast bases. I wanted huge artillery batteries and defenses that ludicrous in scope.
We’ve had plenty of good games this year and quite a few great ones, but truthfully I don’t view 2014 as a very memorable period, which made this list tricky to write. Picking the number one entry was difficult because while there was plenty of games that I […]
Aside from games movies hold a very dear place in my heart, and over the past year I’ve even written just a few small pieces on them on this very website. Actually finding the time required to sit down and watch a movie, though, is an altogether different […]
Ludonarrative dissonance became a massively popular phrase among journalists around 2012-2013, with Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider being two games heavily targeted as being guilty of the crime. Sadly, though, most people didn’t actually know what ludonarrative dissonance was and thus the phrase was often mis-used. Journalists would […]
Spoiler Warning: This entire piece does assume that you’ve already played the game or don’t mind having the story spoiled. If you don’t want to find out what happens stop reading right now. Seriously. Stop. Stahp. Now. Like Far Cry 3 before it Far Cry 4 has some […]
As someone with an almost unhealthy fascination with videogame reviews whenever a title is released that creates a massive split in opinions and scores I become genuinely excited. Reading about a universally liked or disliked game is enjoyable, and indeed seeing that sort of unity across critics and […]
With reviews for Assassin’s Creed: Unity being held until 12-hours after the game’s launch the topic of embargoes has once again become a point of heated debate, sparking articles and massive forum threads. So let’s jump in shall we? Because if everyone else is yelling their opinions about […]
Note: this was written on 11/11/14, the exact date of Skyrim’s birthday, but obviously publishing was delayed a few days. Three years ago today Bethesda released the epic Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a game that would devour the lives of thousands upon thousands of unsuspecting gamers, transporting them […]
Games, people, GAMES! The dry spell known as Summer is over and hordes of games are coming out of the woodwork, resulting in many of us clutching our wallets in terror. After having so little to play for so many cruel months suddenly we have a raft of […]
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