In 2012, a game called Dishonored launched, and was quickly panned for its supposed “lack of content.” YouTubers and streamers put on display how fast one could run through the game, beating it in a handful of hours, and the community rose up in anger. Yet in 2015, Dishonored is

Another week, another episode of the Metatheory podcast! Now that we’ve evolved beyond that strange phase in life, we can get back to what we do best, which is killing zombies, battling our alter egos, and hunting/being hunted by mutant monsters. This week’s episode includes your regular

When I was a kid, Diablo II was a daily practice for me. I’ve been out of ARPGs for a while because the genre had just grown stale to me. I wasn’t being entertained by their mindless point-and-click style of play anymore, and as much as I loved

It’s Valentine’s Day, so love is in the air. I asked the Gaming Trend guys to write about their favorite couples in games, and here are the pairings that Ron Burke, Lucious Barnes, Niko DelValle, and I decided to spotlight. With honorable mentions to Bioware’s romantic relationships

St Valentine was a third-century roman saint, a priest for the people who was said to have martyred for his faith and even helped the blind see. But what many people don’t know–and historians seemed to have missed–is that he was also an avid gamer. Everything from

Battlefield Hardline is reimagining itself with a huge emphasis on speed. Through the new gadgets, vehicles, gameplay modes, and maps, speed will completely change how Hardline plays compared to past games. I recently sat down for a roundtable discussion with Thad Sasser, lead multiplayer designer for Hardline, and PR Manager

How do you follow up a game as great as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?  The Nintendo 64 classic redefined the adventure genre, raised the bar for video game storytelling and instantly reached the top of many gamers’ “Favorite game of all time” lists when it hit the

When you write a book and declare the top 100 console games of all time, it’s a bit of a sticky subject.  Top lists of any kind are always subjective, but it’s the conversation that arises from those lists that are always entertaining.  “Why didn’t you include