The Power of a Great Video Game Soundtrack

It isn’t far-fetched to say that a well-executed soundtrack can make a good game an fantastic one — March 28, 2018 The games’ industry is still very much in its infancy in comparison to other audiovisual media. As explained by Marc Hollinshead on his article ‘Sensory Indulgence.’ While it has come leaps and bounds since its original inception, it still feels like

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Three Reasons Video Game Movies Always Seem To Be Terrible

It seems like there has yet to be an indeed “great” video game movie. Why are nearly all video game movies bad or forgettable to some degree? — March 22, 2018 The reasons for this is something Erik Kain and Paul Tassi discuss on the Forbes Overworld podcast last week (starting at 37:08) which you can listen to here. But if we

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The Evolution Of Video Games’ Character-Select Screen

For all the advancements that have been made in gaming, one element that remains in place is the character-select screen. — March 9, 2018 Chris Pereira, from the Game Spot team, created a nostalgia-inducing run through a number of the most memorable character selection screens. Thanks to this clip you get a sense of how they’ve changed over the years,

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