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Wall-E Was a Warning, Not a Business Plan for the Gaming Industry

I think there are some things to maybe not advocate so strongly for in gaming. Or at least to have a sophisticated conversation about full of cautionary tales rather than stumping for corpos, as that often drives you in the direction of campaigning against your own self-interests. “We need to get back to industry growth”Continue reading “Wall-E Was a Warning, Not a Business Plan for the Gaming Industry”

Navigating Nostalgia: Why Old Games Matter in a Rapidly Evolving Tech Landscape

PC World reported last week that nVidia’s newest GPUs are having a problem playing games from the early 2000s that use the PhysX API. While I agree with the author’s main takeaway, that this is not the ELE that many YouTubers proclaim it to be, it did make me reminisce about how much I playContinue reading “Navigating Nostalgia: Why Old Games Matter in a Rapidly Evolving Tech Landscape”

Finding Balance in Gaming: My 2025 Strategy

Admittedly, I toe-dip too much. I get a new game. I play it long enough to gain initial impressions and describe the bulk of the systems that I believe the game holds. Talk about it a bit with friends. After a few discussions, I may keep playing it on the regular for another week orContinue reading “Finding Balance in Gaming: My 2025 Strategy”

Embracing Tech on a New Writing Journey: a Retirement of Sorts

As I prepare to take off on this new writing arc (or at least claim that I am) one of the things that I am struggling with is direction. I’ve long told myself that I want to get out of the “I told you so” articles that have become my norm over the past fourContinue reading “Embracing Tech on a New Writing Journey: a Retirement of Sorts”

Exactly How Everyone’s Concord Predictions Are Wrong

It is no consumers job to make sure that Concord is a good video game. And it is not up to any gamer to speak well of Concord. It’s not my job to “find at least one good thing to say about every game”. Anyone who has spent some time listening to me knows thatContinue reading “Exactly How Everyone’s Concord Predictions Are Wrong”

The Smartphone Market is all the Proof You Need that Consolidation Stifles Innovation

On Friday, Extreme Tech reported that “Someone Found Essential’s Super-Skinny Canceled Android Phone on eBay”, and it reminded me of a conversation we had just had on the most recent episode of the Basement Radio Arcade Podcast. We were discussing market consolidation, and the difficulties in the notion of taking mainstream gaming…FPS’s, RTS’, JRPGs….and movingContinue reading “The Smartphone Market is all the Proof You Need that Consolidation Stifles Innovation”

I’m a PC Main. Will I Ever Play Mods? Unlikely

A lot of ado has been making the rounds about how a significant chunk of the CD Projekt Red’s dev team on CyberPunk 2 is made up of former mod makers. Developers who got their start diving deep into the underbelly of the tools and sometimes the code itself of their favorite loves in gaming.Continue reading “I’m a PC Main. Will I Ever Play Mods? Unlikely”

GameWatch Update – S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Stalker 2, a highly anticipated game set to launch on September 5th, 2024, faces competition from Ubisoft’s Star Wars: Outlaws. Despite challenges faced by developer GSC Game World, the game has garnered positive reviews from playable builds and is set for release on Xbox and PC platforms. The game’s journey reflects dedication and perseverance amid adversity.