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Violence and Gender
The topic of violence in video games is ongoing and never-ending. Politicians will grasp at straws to explain shootings, massacres, and violence in youth by blaming the games that encourage players to be trigger-happy to send their digital foes into a blaze of glory. Instead of discussing whether...
Published by Soha E. on Jan. 25, 2013
The Future of Gaming
As another year passes, more and more people are listing their predictions for the gaming industry. So far in 2013 we witnessed the official death of the PS2, the reveal of a new Android based handheld, and now we are learning much more about Valve's new pet, the "Steam Box." In an exclusive inte...
Published by Soha E. on Jan. 13, 2013
Real World Settings for Horror Games
Outer space, impossible worlds, and fictional cities have engulfed most of the horror genre. We've visited the terrifying imaginary worlds courtesy of writers and developers in games from Silent Hill to Dead Space, or have been exposed to horrific scenarios in more realistic settings like in Cryo...
Published by Soha E. on Jan. 2, 2013
Holiday Catch Up
Coming home for the holidays isn't different from any other time because I come from a family that doesn't celebrate Christmas. It's a good time for me to catch up with friends and stare at their trees with amazement while getting silly off egg nog, but then I return to a relatively quiet house....
Published by Soha E. on Dec. 25, 2012
How Important is Cover Art?
Owning a video game is a lot like owning a book. Half of the enjoyment comes from physically holding the object and organizing it on a bookshelf, situating it with other games to perfect the narrative of your tastes. I personally love owning a physical copy of a game instead of downloading it, a...
Published by Soha E. on Dec. 17, 2012
The Disaster Genre
I love disaster films. Whether a Cloverfield is pooping out parasites to make people's stomachs explode or a huge killer meteor is heading to Earth, I can't help but find myself in the cinema anxiously munching on popcorn to see what happens next. There was a time when it seemed like every film c...
Published by Soha E. on Dec. 10, 2012
My Concern for Beyond: Two Souls
Very few details are known for the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls except that it won't be like Heavy Rain and that it's going to have a lot of "meaning," so why am I already concerned? Simply put - because David Cage is writing the narrative for a female protagonist.
Published by Soha E. on Dec. 4, 2012
Gamers and Spectatorship
A while ago I read an article by our very own Brad Simons discussing how 80% of gamers who played Mass Effect 2 chose to be the male Commander Shepard instead of the female. He shared his disapproval for this statistic and wrote, “80% of you made the wrong choice, because the female Shepard is by...
Published by Soha E. on Nov. 26, 2012