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Review: Inside
WARNING: This later parts of review will spoil the endings of both Inside and Limbo. It’s impossible for me to provide my full critique otherwise. After debuting with the hit Limbo in 2010, many were eagerly awaiting the next … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Video Games Tagged Inside, PC, platform game, Playdead, Steam, video games, Xbox One 4 Comments
Steam Refunds Are Only A Good Thing (With Video)
So Steam Refunds, who saw that one coming? I sure as Hell didn’t. After many years of providing some of the worst customer service ever and a series of other severe missteps, Valve blew everyone’s mind by announcing that you’ll now … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Predictions, Video Games Tagged game retail, indie games, PC games, Steam, Steam refunds, Valve, video games, video games press Leave a comment
Steam's Libertarian Dystopia (with Video)
Boy, that whole paying for mods thing on Steam was something wasn’t it? You probably know about it but if you don’t or want more detail, I recommend watching this video to learn just how big a cluster it was … Continue reading
My Bold Predictions for 2015
Here we are again for another year of predictions. I reviewed and scored last year’s in my previous post and scored I think the lowest I have since I started doing this, which was kind of a surprise as I … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Computers, Coverage, Culture, Internet, Mobile Phones, Predictions, Tablets, Technology, Video Games Tagged 4K TV, AAA games, Apple, Assassin's Creed, Capcom, computer security, Double Fine Productions, free-to-play, game journalism, GamerGate, games press, indie games, Kickstarter, Konami, Microsoft, mobile games, Nintendo, No Man's Sky, Oculus Rift, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Now, predictions, Project Morpheus, PS4, smart watches, social games, social media, Sony, Star Citizen, Steam, Steam Early Access, Steam Greenlight, Steam Machines, SteamOS, tablets, technology, The Division, Twitter, Ubisoft, Valve, video game consoles, video games, Wii U, Windows 10, Xbox One, Yahoo!, YouTube, Zynga 1 Comment
Game Retailers Need Quality Service, Not Quality Control
One of my favourite weekly video series is Jim Sterling’s Jimquisition, where he dives into game industry and culture topics in the kind of straight-up, no nonsense way I try to practice here. He’s a lot more profane but I … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Predictions, Video Games Tagged customer service, digital distribution, Jim Sterling, Jimquisition, Steam, video game retailers, video games 1 Comment
Revisiting My Bold Predictions for 2013
Happy New Year everyone! I had planned a longer blog post and Geek Bravado Ramble to talk about 2013 and some thoughts I had on the year ahead but every time I sat down to do them, it just didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Computers, Coverage, Culture, Mobile Phones, Predictions, Tablets, Technology, Video Games Tagged AAA games, Apple, BlackBerry, free-to-play, Gaikai, game consoles, iPhone, Kickstarter, Kinect, Linux, mobile games, motion gaming, Nintendo, Oculus Rift, OUYA, Panasonic, PC gaming, PCs, PlayStation 4, predictions, PS4, Sharp, Sony, Steam, Steam box, Steam OS, technology, THQ, Valve, video games, Vita, Wii U, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox One 1 Comment
Steam's Flickering Greenlight
I’m a huge fan of both Valve and Steam. I think Gabe Newell and many of the other employees at the company are some of the smartest in gaming and that almost every segment of this industry (and many others … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Video Games Tagged Greenlight, indie games, Steam, Valve, video games 4 Comments