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
News Archive
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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... -
Voting EA The “Worst Company In America” Belittles Our Medium (EDITED)
Posted on April 9, 2013 | 99 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,... -
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... -
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...
