‘Annual franchises’ seem to have become a staple of the video game industry. The gaming landscape just wouldn’t be the same without the yearly sports titles and Call of Duty‘s. The pervasive sequel culture reeks of anti-consumer knavery on the behalf of the developers. We want something fresh, not the Continue Reading
In this week’s Power Up Podcast, Taylor is joined by Anthony Dennis, Andrew Duron, and Josh Atkinson as they recap the week’s news, discuss their after E3 hangovers, More Loot Box Debacles and so much more. Below is a detailed list of what was discussed on this week’s show. First Continue Reading
In all of digital entertainment media, video games are perhaps the single best vectors for predatory financial practices. Single products that can keep people’s attention for thousands of hours. Entice hundreds of pounds out of them in single sittings. Be bought multiple times on multiple systems. Once it was discovered Continue Reading
EA Play showed off a ton of new features for the battle royal game Apex Legends. The start of a new season (Beginning on July 2nd), called “Battle Shock”, brings new weapon skins, new legend skins, a new queue and a new legend as well. Here are some of the Continue Reading
The AAA games industry has a bit of an image problem. That’s no secret. With precious few exceptions, they’re considered to be rapaciously greedy and passionless, treating games as vectors for profit first, products second, and art-forms third if at all. EA has been voted worst company in America twice Continue Reading
On the 25th of May, the official E3 twitter account tweeted that the producers and writers of The Simpsons will be attending the convention this year. This may be surprising, considering that the last Simpsons game that was on consoles, came out in 2007. As well as the fact the writers for one of Continue Reading
If you would like to see John’s predictions for the Square Enix show, click HERE. If you would rather see this content in video form watch the video below and be sure to subscribe to Culture of Gaming on YouTube. All eyes are on Microsoft to deliver a truly epic Continue Reading
Drew McCoy, executive producer for Apex Legends, has revealed Respawn Entertainment‘s plans for the future of their battle royale. In an EA blog post, McCoy explains that issues tend to arise with such a massive influx of players. Apex Legends‘ development team plans on prioritizing problems with server performance, cheaters, Continue Reading
Dead Space is one of the most underappreciated franchises of its time. As a gruesome survival horror game, it is admittedly a part of a niche in the gaming world. And even its succumbing to the Resident Evil Syndrome didn’t manage to save the franchise. RES is a path that a Continue Reading
Spoilers for the first two Mass Effect games below! The Mass Effect series is chalk-full of brilliant decision-making moments. As someone who just finished the second game recently, I was surprised at how often a conversation put me in difficult situations, forcing me to judge two sides of an argument Continue Reading
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