When the 7th Guest debuted in 1991, it represented a completely new world of interactive storytelling. Using a revolutionary medium of CD-ROM, the story was told via six real-world actors projected into the game using cutout methods on top of pre-rendered 3D environments. It was revolutionary at the time. Now,
If you’ve never heard of TEAMGROUP or T-Force, that wouldn’t be a huge shock – they aren’t one of the big manufacturers normally found in the United States. Before you click away, don’t worry – this isn’t some knockoff garbage that will fail, losing your data, or
It must have been around 1996 when I first encountered VR. It was a massive machine in a mall kiosk offering two experiences – flying around on the back of a pterodactyl while shooting other flying creatures, and sword fighting. The first made me sick as a dog, but the sword
Let’s get this out of the way up front – Red Matter is what you pull out to showcase what the PS5 and PSVR2 is capable of delivering in the VR space. A gorgeous puzzler, this game sets a very high bar for everyone else. Take notice – this is how
Almost without exception, virtual reality is a solo experience. Even games that do support multiplayer are often competitive or just a leaderboard. One area that is consistently underserved is cooperative play, virtual reality or not. What looks like a simple dungeon crawler, reveals itself to be a physics-based monster slayer
Representation is important. You hear that a lot, but what does it mean? It means seeing a Spider-Man that has the same hair as you. It means hearing Basim from Assassin’s Creed speaking fluent Arabic. It means creating a world that reflects our own, diverse and fully embracing all
If you use a dock for your laptop, you know that a great many of them are big and bulky things. The one that I use regularly is roughly the size of a loaf of bread, which is a lot of desk space. While it is very useful, I have
There’s a running joke that’s as old as videogames about going to a friend’s house to play and being given some bizarre ill-conceived excuse for a controller. Whether that 2nd player controller is way too big, has odd button placement, weird clacky sticks, or whatever this thing
