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Beta Perspective: Wild West Online Is Hot Trash A La Mode (Hold the Ice Cream)


An empty wilderness, terrible sound quality, cheap animations, and unfinished assets everywhere with nothing to do but die and see your character irreversibly bricked. It may be in alpha, but Wild West Online is easily a fast contender for worst game of 2017, what is looking to be a shoddy title with questionable connections to … Continue reading “Beta Perspective: Wild West Online Is Hot Trash A La Mode (Hold the Ice Cream)”

It Came From the Xbox Game Pass: Layers of Fear


  Layers of Fear was part of the Games with Gold service back in March, so if you’ve been a Live subscriber and kept up on activating your monthly titles, you already have this in your library. I activated my copy in March and haven’t given it a try because, I will admit, there is … Continue reading “It Came From the Xbox Game Pass: Layers of Fear”

Albion Answers: Cool Drops When Everything Is Player Crafted


Sandbox MMOs have always had a rough time answering what sounds like a simple question: How do you balance drops in a game that is supposed to be driven by player crafting? For Albion Online, the answer is simple, you just make the drops player-crafted. The Black Market doesn’t work like a normal NPC merchant, … Continue reading “Albion Answers: Cool Drops When Everything Is Player Crafted”

[Video] “No Vagina Losses,” Streamer Before Losing To Female Team


The above video, provided for your viewing pleasure, involves a Halo 5 streamer who enters into a capture the flag match with his team only to discover that his group has been matched with four female players. “We’re not losing to vaginas,” he says, before promptly losing to said team. “Bro, oh my god bro, … Continue reading “[Video] “No Vagina Losses,” Streamer Before Losing To Female Team”

[Column] How Nostalrius Killed Its Credibility, Image With One Dump


A few weeks ago, Blizzard revealed that they would not be discussing legacy servers at Blizzcon this year, however the idea was not off the table and that the company was still considering such servers. In response, the folks at Nostalrius decided to make a threat upon which they have no moral or legal standing: … Continue reading “[Column] How Nostalrius Killed Its Credibility, Image With One Dump”

Ten Years Later, Half Life 3 Still Doesn’t Exist


It’s been ten years since Valve announced Half Life 2: Episode 3 and the internet is pretty much convinced that the game will never be made. Originally conceived back when episodic gaming was nowhere near as prevalent as it is in this post-Telltale world, Valve hoped that splitting one giant game (Half Life 3) into … Continue reading “Ten Years Later, Half Life 3 Still Doesn’t Exist”

[Community] A Response To Paste Magazine’s “Git Gud” Article


Hi Garrett Martin, Recently Paste Magazine posted an article on the “Git Gud Mentality,” and how it is why people don’t take games seriously. I considered dropping a comment on the page but, frankly, the odds of it getting lost in the kerfuffle and not read or given attention by anyone outside of the mob … Continue reading “[Community] A Response To Paste Magazine’s “Git Gud” Article”

Chronicles of Elyria: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly


Chronicles of Elyria is getting a huge amount of attention thanks to its Kickstarter campaign, currently at $673,000 out of $900,000 with 25 days to go in its campaign. A lot of the attention comes from the very unique concept that the game bases itself on, that your character actually grows up, lives, and eventually … Continue reading “Chronicles of Elyria: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”

[Less Massive] The Attack On Redditors Has Already Begun


You can’t turn anywhere in the tech industry these days without running into Ellen Pao, now former CEO of Reddit. Pao came into the public scene in 2012 when she filed a landmark discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a hedge fund, for sexual discrimination in the course of her employment and dismissal from … Continue reading “[Less Massive] The Attack On Redditors Has Already Begun”

In Plain English: The Curious Case Of Jagex V John Doe


Those of you who play RuneScape or World of Warcraft are likely well acquainted with a popular phishing technique that made its rounds over the past few years, or at least you would be if you took a gander through your spam filter. The email warns players that they’ve been caught either botting or engaging in real … Continue reading “In Plain English: The Curious Case Of Jagex V John Doe”