16 notes tagged with "opinion"

Fanboyism and the Microsoft ActiBlizz acquisition

Ok so this is a weird one. I have a friend who is a parent, a 40 year old, and absolutely a Microsoft apologist, if not outright 1996-style…

Tagged with: #opinion, #business, #microsoft, #activision, #blizzard

Published on 2 years ago

Choice between tech and story

A story cropped up where a developer from Rocksteady Tweeted (and subsequently deleted his account) that the Xbox Series S was holding…

Tagged with: #opinion

Published on 2 years ago

Launchers

I’ve written longing and loving, Stan-esque posts about Steam. Which, boiled down to it’s core components, is an online shop with a launcher…

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Published on 2 years ago

PS1 and PS2 titles should be on PS5

PS3 users can still access a wonderful library of previous-gen titles from the PS1 and PS2 eras, according to this tweet by Lance McDonald…

Tagged with: #opinion, #playstation

Published on 2 years ago

Gaming as a parent

I decided to siphon off a section of the domain to dedicate it to pusuing the hobby of gaming — something I’ve had my entire life — while…

Tagged with: #opinion, #parenting

Published on 2 years ago

Analogue Pocket

I own Analogue's MegaSt and SuperNt. Which respectively are their FPGA-powered MegaDrive/Genesis and SNES pieces of hardware dedicated to…

Tagged with: #opinion, #parenting, #analogue pocket

Published on 2 years ago

Golden era of handheld

Many will balk at the idea that GameBoy-era handheld gaming wasn’t the pinnacle of the genre. Or maybe even the later age with PSP (which…

Tagged with: #analogue pocket, #steam deck, #opinion

Published on 2 years ago

Cloudpunk

I wanted to take a moment to talk about Cloudpunk , which is available on most/all of the platforms. And it's brilliant. I'm a bit of a sci…

Tagged with: #opinion, #review, #pc, #playstation

Published on 2 years ago

Finishing games

One of my main gripes with enjoying the gaming medium as a mechanism for storytelling is the ability to finish them in the first place. It’s…

Tagged with: #opinion, #parenting

Published on 3 years ago

Counter-Strike 2

This week saw the introduction and limited beta of Counter-Strike 2. The game will be a full update of CSGO, free of charge to existing…

Tagged with: #opinion

Published on 2 years ago

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