About a month ago, an episode of Law an Order SVU aired which tackled the subject of Gamergate. For those who may not be familiar, Gamergaters describe themselves as being part of a leaderless consumer revolt against a lack of ethical standards in gaming journalism. However, since Gamergate got its start as a result of a tell-all expose from the ( Read more... )

So, I just learned today that OnLive no longer exists as a company. They've gone out of business, and at the end of this April 2015 the lights will go out on their servers. This means every game, every save file, an OnLive customer may have will be gone forever ( Read more... )

My father had a huge video collection on VHS. When I was growing up we had a VCR next to every television. This was the world before the internet, on-demand programming, or DVRs. Back then if you wanted to watch a show more than once you either waited for a re-run or you set your VCR to record the show on a primitive, film-based video cassette ( Read more... )

I sometimes like to watch Let's Plays, but for all the many LP channels available on youtube, there are very few that I find even tolerable, much less enjoyable. Here's a short list of some of the things that some Let's Players do that I, as a viewer, find irritating.

1. They talk too much.Of course LPers have to talk; it's kind of how this works ( Read more... )

I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm personally tired of either being insulted and talked down to like I'm a child, or treated like I have to be put on a leash before I lose control and rape a bunch of women like some kind of misogynist werewolf ( Read more... )

She is a lying liar who tells lies.

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A problem that's all too common among those who claim to support free speech is that they don't seem to understand that free speech goes both ways ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, we got our TV through an ugly indoor antenna, also known as rabbit ears. The reception was horrible. The channels were snowy at the best of times; completely obscured in signal noise at worst. Still, each Saturday morning I parked myself in front of the TV to watch cartoons. This was before DVRs existed, so we used VHS tapes ( Read more... )

In any given discussion about the next generation consoles, it is inevitable that the subject of PC games is brought up. I felt it deserves a more thorough exploration. What follows are the common arguments made in favor of PC games, and and how I think they measure up in practical terms for the average consumer.

1. The PC has better graphicsThis ( Read more... )

The next generation of video game consoles (the Xbox One and the Playstation 4) is well behind us. Millions of people are enjoying their purchase, or purchases, and eagerly looking forward to what this new generation of gaming hardware has in store for us in the future ( Read more... )