Soapbox #3: Perfection in gaming impeded by “Hype”?
While pondering over what topic I would be my focus for this installment of the Sunday Soapbox, one issue just leaped out me. Perfection in gaming is a topic of discussion regularly between my friends and myself. The weird thing is as I started writing I remember that I had already delved into this topic once before. I gave it a gander and realized that my views on the topic remained valid. Ergo, I decided to share this retro, updated soapbox with all of you (Remember Lever 2000? Okay,...
Soapbox #2: To co-op, or not to co-op…
Before I begin, allow me to give credit where it is due. Regular AnalogHype visitor otherZinc responded to Sunday Soapbox #1 and gave me the focal point for this installment of Sunday Soapbox. You could even say we "co-oped" this article in a sense. Now that I got that bad pun out of the way (yes there may be more) let us delve into the topic at hand. Video games have made a lot of progress in terms of what they offer to gamers. Developers are getting more creative using past games as a stepping...
Soapbox #1: Play gamers, not games?
Microtransactions and DLC (downloadable content) are here to stay. This is a fact that we as gamers have to accept. As with all innovations, there are pros and cons. The pros, however, are supposed to outweigh the cons. Unfortunately this is not the case with their current application in the gaming realm. In fact, the cons not only are the reason I am writing this article now, but also inspired me to come up with this new feature. This is the case due to gaming companies. They are not usi...