A Guide to the Holiday Season’s Biggest Video Games and Consoles
It’s that time of the year again, and the games industry is pushing out a diverse lineup of titles, from new installments of long-running franchises like Activision’s Call of Duty and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed to EA’s long-awaited Star Wars Battlefront II. — December 1, 2017. But the real crowd pleasers this year may be in hardware. Microsoft and Nintendo are
Continue ReadingThe 13 Scariest Video Games for Halloween
Left yourself with nothing to do this Halloween? Go on one of these spooky adventures and ensure you get absolutely no sleep at all. — October 31, 2017 If you’ve already had your Halloween party this weekend and were planning a quiet night in front of the TV, hiding from trick or treaters, we’ve got another idea for you. All
Continue ReadingXbox’s Newest Hit, Sounds Like It Was Made in the 1930s
Video games didn’t exist in the 1930s, but the forthcoming game Cuphead asks the anachronistic question: What if they did? What would a video game from the 1930s sound like? — October 23, 2017 Cuphead is a side-scrolling shooter that looks like a Max Fleischer cartoon but plays like Super Nintendo. A game this crazy deserves a soundtrack that’s equally
Continue ReadingAstronauts Could Use Video Games to Combat Isolation in Space
No one knows for sure what a long-range space journey will be like for the people on board. However, some researchers have casually suggested, because astronauts would have a lot of free time to fill, sending along a selection of books and films or even bespoke video games. — October 19, 2017 The social scientists who study media use and its effects on
Continue ReadingCollege Scholarships for Video Games? It’s Happening
eSports — team video game competition — is coming to more college campuses and some schools are treating these digital leagues like traditional sports, complete with recruiting, on-campus arenas and scholarships to entice students. — October 2, 2017 “There’s a phrase out there — esports is the wild, Wild West,” said Michael Brooks, Executive Director of the National Association of
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