VGW: Read Beyond the Headline
My biggest and oldest Sim city is a commuter’s worst nightmare. Sims from the university town of Ivy League curse me daily as they get into their cars and drive to their jobs in nearby casino city Lost Vegas, where the region’s only entrance stays clogged worse than pipes at the annual Plumber Olympics. Tourists [...]
WARNING: This article may contain spoilers regarding the events and outcomes of the Dishonored story. Forge ahead at your own peril, dear readers! Dishonored was one of the RPGs I was really interested in this year. The stealth action, alternate reality fueled by whale oil, and fusion of magic and gadgetry were all things in the [...]
Resident Evil 6 was, without question, the most difficult review I’ve had this year. As a person who has invested so much into the franchise I went into the game really wanting to like it. But I walked away feeling so conflicted and unsure of what I had just experienced. For every moment of enjoyment [...]
In the wake of mixed reviews of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, developer Slant Six has admitted that the feedback has been “challenging.” However, they affirm that they achieved everything Capcom asked of them, which may very well be true, if not a little disheartening. Indeed, the producer for Resident Evil: Revelations, Masachika Kawata, recently told [...]
As you may have seen in my review, I was extremely pleased with the way Mass Effect 3 turned out. I felt that its strong gameplay combined with its outstanding consequence-driven writing led to an unforgettable experience that rivals any game this generation. However, several people have spoken out against the trilogy-concluding title. Some of [...]
In the aftermath of playing Catherine, the most common request I received from co-workers, friends and fellow VGW writers was “just tell me what it is about.” That is to say, they were looking for spoilers. Each time I explained the story of the game, I found myself finding more details that really did bother [...]
Duke Nukem Forever is a case unlike anything we’ve seen in the video game industry before. In fact, I will make the assertion that the hype was undeniably insurmountable. The quality of the Duke Nukem games will be forever (heh) debated between Duke’s supporters and haters, but the fact that the excitement and anticipation surrounding [...]