Opinion

14

Mar

By Ains

Articles, Latest News

Marathon is the Game I Didn’t Know I Needed

Bungie and I go back a long way. While I never spent any quality time with the original Marathon titles, in 2000 I had my pre-order ready to go for the Gamecube with no notion of ever wanting this new "Xbox" from Microsoft. Until, that is, I played Halo C.E.…

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20

Aug

By Stacy

Articles, Good in Gaming

Passion Over Metrics : The Expedition 33 Case for Creative Freedom

A French studio you'd never heard of twelve months ago just proved that everything the industry believes about game development is fundamentally broken. Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 3.3 million copies in just 33 days. Not with a thousand-person team. Not with a $300 million budget and a…

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22

May

By Maisey Kait

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The Magic of Baldur’s Gate 3 : Why New Players Play Differently

Every now and then, a game comes along that transcends its typical audience and achieves what every studio dreams of—reaching beyond its core player base, and in 2023, Baldur’s Gate 3 did exactly that. The hype spread like wildfire through gaming spaces and Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) communities alike. At…

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06

Feb

By Patrick Shields

Articles

Why You Should Be Playing Monster Hunter As Wilds Approaches

Trying to explain the appeal of Monster Hunter to someone who hasn't yet played it is not a simple task. Even worse is trying to convince someone who played it for a few minutes before hanging it up as they didn't see what all of the fuss was about. But…

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24

Jan

By Alejandro Segovia

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Retrospective: A Year Later, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Remains Brilliant and Messy

Last year, after an extensive 132-hour playthrough, I reviewed Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth from Square-Enix. In my review, I concluded: “In many ways, playing through Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth feels like the dream game many envisioned when they stepped out for the first time to a world full of wonder…

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30

Oct

By Steve Esposito

Articles, Latest News

Opinion : Stop Reinventing the Lock

Is there anything more iconic in a game than a treasure chest? It can take many forms but when a chest presents itself, you know exactly what it is. No redundant descriptors are needed. You don’t need anyone telling you what a chest is. The only thing you need to…

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20

Sep

By Steve Esposito

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Please Stop Me : A Look at Modern Gaming Technologies

I am sitting here and attempting to figure out the most cost-effective way to build a living room PC. Sure, I have the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5, but sometimes I want to play a game I own on PC and instead play it on the comfort of…

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30

Aug

By Rae

Latest News

All (f)or Nothing: The Concord “Dialogue” Needs to Stop

I'll be honest. I don't really care if Concord is a good game. I was never going to play it anyway. I am notorious for my ability to get lost in video games, which only gets worse in first person; I lack the reflexes to pull off shooters with any…

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23

Jul

By Steve Esposito

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Dungeons of Hinterberg and the Importance of Disconnecting

I am a terminally online person. There is a sense of awkwardness that I experience when I meet people in real life and have to come up with interesting conversation topics without bringing up the latest online discourse. Massive swells of anxiety build up when I see the same dreadful…

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22

May

By Rae

Articles, Latest News

BookTok, Live Services, and Fast Fashion : Are Our Hobbies Actually Getting Worse?

Back in January, an article came out that swept up book-focused social media in controversy. The premise of this article was simple: the rise of this social media subgenre had led to the books that come out, well… getting worse. This isn’t Seasoned Reading, so I won’t bore you with…

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08

Feb

By Ains

Articles, Latest News

Opinion : Offering Perspective on Xbox’s Potential Shift in Strategy

I haven’t written about Xbox in a while. While part of the reason is due to my busy personal life, the primary reason is that Xbox has been relatively quiet recently. By that I mean: as they transitioned to the Series X/S generation and introduced xCloud while attempting to leave…

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22

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

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Dear Live-Service Developers : Quit Devaluing Your Gameplay Loop

On a normal weekday evening, you sit down at your computer or console of choice and log into your favorite game. You queue up, or pick your level, or perform whatever other series of clicks and button presses it takes to start playing. At the end of the game, you…

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13

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

Articles

Opinion : How The Last of Us Can Succeed, Though I’m Worried it Will Fail

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rae, but if you watch Bitcast, you may have heard me referred to as "sardonisms" any time Ains brought up whatever my latest question or discussion point was. My hobbies include asking bizarre questions, failing to finish video games, and reading. Lots…

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01

Dec

By Luke Lohr

Articles

Opinion : It May Not be Arkham but Gotham is Worth Visiting

Without a doubt Gotham Knights is a flawed experience, but it’s one capable of providing incredible moments as a member of the Bat-Family.  Understandably, Gotham Knights has obstacles defying its success from the get-go. It's a title set in the Batman universe that doesn’t star Batman and a game that…

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26

May

By Zach Bateman

Articles

Why Aren’t You Playing Elden Ring?

FROMSOFTWARE’s titles have a tendency to turn inexperienced players away from their games. With this track record of creating difficult entries, Elden Ring elicits a response that capitalizes on the difficulty of FROM’s past titles. Despite this, Elden Ring has garnished a new audience that is experiencing FROM’s titles for…

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