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Okay, so not everyone has the patience to read an entire game review top to bottom. That’s perfectly fine and honestly, most gamers who take the time to look up reviews for a game just want to know if it sucks or not. That’s where the overall score comes into play. Ever since the dawn [...]
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The five worst things to happen to gaming #4 – Game ratings
Posted by Jesse Leigh on August 19th, 2012
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No Comments »The five worst things to happen to gaming #3 – Game crippling DRM
Posted by Jesse Leigh on August 10th, 2012
Contrary to popular belief, not all DRM is bad. Occasionally an anti-piracy measure comes along that is just fine because it does exactly what it claims to do; stop piracy while allowing legal copies to play. Take the DRM implemented into ArmA 2 for example. What Bohemia Interactive has done is put a line of [...]
The five worst things to happen to gaming #2 – The internet
Posted by Jesse Leigh on August 6th, 2012
Yes, the same internet that allows you to play multiplayer games, browse forums or editorials or buy games online has probably influenced gaming in more ways than anything else, but not all of those ways have been good. Don’t get me wrong; there are an insurmountable number of reasons why the internet has improved gaming [...]
Posted in Top Picks Tags: exploitation of dlc, how the internet affects gaming, internet killed gaming, multiplayer killed singleplayer, multiplayer killed split-screen, patch it later basis, the internet, the internet's affect on gaming, worst events in gaming, worst things to happen to gaming No Comments »The five worst things to happen to gaming #1 – The evaporation of exploration
Posted by Jesse Leigh on August 5th, 2012
Enthusiasts look at gaming as sort of a country. Firing up an old game and finding no players is like walking through an abandoned city that was once populated with celebration, cool explosions and tits. Other forms of media that could be also symbolized as countries are changed over time by simple cultural shifts or [...]
