Understanding the Importance of 60 FPS
In this modern age, 60fps is the norm, but PC gamers are always trying to push above 60fps. Why? I mean, why exactly 60 and 30, anyway? Why is 60 the standard and not higher? Well, here are two...
View ArticleWhy It Feels Like You’re Falling Out of Gaming
Remember the days when starting up your favourite games and playing it until the sun came up was the norm? When the “I’ll stop after this level” turned into 100% completion? All of this has seemingly...
View ArticleHalo’s Triumphant Return to eSports
Halo 5: Guardians will be part of this year’s X Games Aspen from January 28-31 via the Halo World Championship Tour. Halo’s X Games debut comes courtesy of a team-up between parent companies Microsoft...
View ArticleThe Games Looking to Topple Call of Duty’s Throne
Love it or hate it, the money train that is Call of Duty is back on top of the gaming world for a seventh straight year. The franchise has dominated the current console generation and half of the last....
View ArticleRaising the New Generation of Gamers
The gaming industry is growing up. While long ago, video games were deliberately marketed towards children, but as the core audience of games has grown older, the focus of the medium has grown with...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Games in Games Media and What the Numbers Mean
In today’s modern and media driven society, being talked about is often paramount to being successful. This reigns true in all areas of entertainment, including video games. If a game is well received...
View ArticleLupe Fiasco’s Surprise Street Fighter Victory Shows a Promising Trend
If you are a fan of rap music, you have likely heard of Lupe Fiasco. But one thing that you may not know about the Grammy-winning performer is that he is also a huge fan of the game Street Fighter. In...
View ArticleA New Addition to Activision’s Money Making Arsenal
Recently Activision released a starter pack version of their latest title, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, to the Steam store for $14.99. In Steam’s own words “This is a Multiplayer-only version of Black...
View ArticleThe Power of Gaming Music Remixes
Last week, an enterprising group of musicians released Chronicles of Time, an enormous cover album comprising an extensive array of remixed songs from the original Chrono Trigger. The album, which in...
View ArticleThe Power of Pokemon’s Success
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Pokémon and the franchise is still going strong. Pokken Tournament is set to be released in March, Pokémon Go will be available sometime later this year and the...
View ArticleHow to Kill a Franchise
In the current video game landscape where franchises and sequels seem to be all the rage, you start to wonder what it actually takes to kills a franchise. Of course the simple answer is that there’s a...
View ArticleHow Much is Piracy Killing the Gaming Industry?
From sneaking under a circus tent to watch a show gratis to slugs in arcade machines to the great and ongoing Bittorrent affair, piracy has long been a part of the picture. How much does the concept of...
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Things You Will Never Hear Call of Duty Players Say
With a consistent population ranging into the millions the Call of Duty community is one of the largest to date. With high numbers comes a lot of opinions as well as a lot of “suggestions” as to how...
View Article8 Video Game Song Parodies for Your Listening Pleasure
For the longest time, we gamers have heard great or shoddy lyrics associated with a game replacing lyrics you’d find in songs we are generally familiar with (in most cases), whether modern or classic....
View ArticleShotguns Fact Check: Video Games vs Real Life
Judging from the multi-billion dollar sales of FPS franchises like Call of Duty and Halo, it’s safe to say that we gamers love our guns. Every gamer knows that there’s nothing more cathartic than...
View ArticleComparing Call of Duty to Firewatch
Some games are simply great. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, BioShock and Half-Life are only a few of the legendary games that critics and fans adore in unison, but games like that are few and far...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: This Video Game Generation So Far
It’s been two and a half years since we got the PS4 and Xbox One, and three and a half since the Wii U’s debut. Since then, we have seen some pretty jaw-dropping industry numbers. Not all of the...
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New Call of Duty Leaks and Analyses Thus Far
If you have come close to any kind of social media or, let’s be honest, even if you have a toaster that can connect to the internet, you would have felt the hype from the Call of Duty community...
View ArticleGamer Gripe: Infinite Warfare’s Brilliant but Coy Marketing Ploy
Just a few days ago, Activision unveiled Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. And the reception for Infinite Warfare, at least according to the number of upvotes compared to downvotes on YouTube, is...
View ArticleBattlefield 1 Is Going Back In Time to Do Everything Right
First of all, if you haven’t checked out the new trailer for Battlefield 1 yet, check it out here or below, and make sure you have the sound turned up because it sounds just as good as it looks. If you...
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