Gaming Bus Blog- XBox One, And Marginalizing The Gamer May 22, 2013 Christopher Bowen
- Games I’ve Been Playing: Dead or Alive 5 April 10, 2013 Christopher Bowen
- Voting EA The “Worst Company In America” Belittles Our Medium (EDITED) April 9, 2013 Christopher Bowen
- Thoughts On Female Discrimination, #1reasonwhy, And The Status Quo April 8, 2013 Christopher Bowen
XBox One, And Marginalizing The Gamer
Microsoft revealed their newest system, the XBox One, and other than the assertion of allowing the transfer of used games1, things went largely as planned. I’ve been critical on Twitter2…
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XBox One, And Marginalizing The Gamer
Posted on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsMicrosoft revealed their newest system, the XBox One, and other than the assertion of allowing the transfer of used games1, things went largely as planned. I’ve been critical on Twitter2... -
Games I’ve Been Playing: Dead or Alive 5
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 5 CommentsGo figure. Right after I run an article that talks about how women are objectified in gaming, I go to playing one of the biggest offenders outside of eroge. But... -
Voting EA The “Worst Company In America” Belittles Our Medium (EDITED)
Posted on April 9, 2013 | 97 CommentsThe image to my left is a powerful, visceral reminder of just how stupid it is to vote a video game company the “worst” in America. Theoretically speaking, Electronic Arts... -
Thoughts On Female Discrimination, #1reasonwhy, And The Status Quo
Posted on April 8, 2013 | 1 CommentWomen in the industry – or more specifically, the way they’re treated by a combination of gamers and their peers – are in the news again. At GDC, Brenda Romero,... -
Games I’ve Played: Puzzle and Dragons vs. 10000000
Posted on April 8, 2013 | No CommentsI’ve been on a match-3 kick lately. The genre spawned largely by the likes of Bejeweled has become almost ubiquitous nowadays, being the go-to choice for puzzle games, but Aileen... -
Wada Was The Start: Why Square Enix Is In Serious Trouble
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No CommentsI remember a few years back – I believe I was writing for DailyGamesNews at the time – when I heard a story about a meeting that now-former Square Enix... -
Review: Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 3 CommentsFire Emblem has always been one of my favourite franchises since it dropped in North America in 2003 on the Game Boy Advance. When I first saw it in a... -
Why John Riccitiello’s Resignation Is Bad For Gamers
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsI’m going to do something most writers don’t do and spoil the rest of my writing by linking to someone else who has more or less said the same thing... -
The Classic, Definitive Review Is Dying
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsFor all of the issues deriving from the launch of SimCity – beyond my own schadenfreude relating to the situation – an interesting situation developed: reviews of the game ended... -
Think You Own Your Digital Games? Beware The JManga Incident
Posted on March 14, 2013 | No CommentsOne of the arguments against digital distribution has been that you don’t really “own” your games; you simply rent them, and the ownership – including the ability to take away... -
First Steam Box Launching At $1000, And Dead In The Water
Posted on March 12, 2013 | 3 CommentsThe first shot has been fired from the Steam Box gun, with Xi3 announcing that they are releasing the Piston at the end of the year. Reportedly, the base system... -
Bought SimCity? Mad About It? You Deserve What You Get
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 1 CommentThe launch of SimCity has been problematic for EA. The game’s DRM servers are overloaded, and with EA waiting to add new servers, players are being advised to either try... -
Translating EA’s Language On Microtransactions
Posted on February 28, 2013 | No CommentsElectronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen had some interesting comments regarding his company’s policy on microtransactions, namely the fact that they’re going to be impossible to avoid in his company’s games... -
Connecticut Has Lost It’s Mind Regarding Video Game Legislation
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 6 CommentsAs a resident of the state of Connecticut, I’m pretty used to the government deciding that certain things are OK for me, and others are verboten and should be purged,... -
In Memory of 1UP.com
Posted on February 22, 2013 | No CommentsNews came out yesterday that Ziff-Davis, after repurchasing IGN and that site’s properties including UGO, GameSpy and 1UP1, is now closing everything outside of IGN and AskMen.com to focus on...
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Review: Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 3 CommentsFire Emblem has always been one of my favourite franchises since it dropped in North America in 2003 on the Game Boy Advance. When I first saw it in a... -
2013: Japan’s Revenge!
Posted on January 23, 2013 | 1 CommentJapanese gaming properties in America aren’t what they used to be. While the old days heavily featured Japanese games being brought over to America, from the NES era on, evolution... -
MyGaming Bus’s Top Ten Games Of 2012!Posted on January 18, 2013 | 1 CommentWelcome to our end of year list for 2012! Here, we pick the best games of 2012, as voted by… *crickets* Oh yeah, that’s right, with the “refocusing” of the... -
Rental Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsI’m a grown man, with not a lot of time on my hands and important bills that need to be paid. That means I have neither the money to buy...
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