Gaming owes a debt to the Metal Gear Solid series. Each game represents the peak technological achievement for their respective console generation. Ironic, then, that the idea for a stealth action gam...
One of the biggest names in gaming is Hideo Kojima, most notable for his Metal Gear Solid franchise. Kojima entered the gaming industry in the mid-1980s and crafted the debut entry of his iconic serie...
Back in the '80s and '90s, cutesy playable characters were all the rage and vital to moving hardware off store shelves and into people's homes. Several big names ruled above them all and usually repre...
The 90s were a wild time. While the prior decade was all glitz and glamor, the last ten years before the new millennium did away with fancy facades, trying to be as real as it gets. Grunge replaced ha...
Sega's Dreamcast was a failed console commercially, and prompted the company to become a third party publisher. A number of factors contributed to its demise, including the high price point and the up...
Making games is no small feat. For those completely ignorant of how the process works, these digital experiences can seem like pure magic. However, they don't just pop out of a hat at the snap of a fi...
Rockstar games hasn't let people down since it first entered the mainstream with 2001's Grand Theft Auto III, which ignited a revolution within the industry, shattering sales records and becoming as i...
Hobbies are always better shared with someone. This rings doubly true for video games. Every gamer loves their alone time, but most will jump at the opportunity for some multiplayer mayhem, whether it...
Sony came out swinging into the console space with the PlayStation, released in 1994 for Japan and 1995 for the US. Their debut system beat the competition with its aggressive marketing campaign, comp...
Video games are a relatively new medium. Unlike other mediums, such as movies, books, or music, video games tend to age a little worse. A lot of titles from ten or fifteen years ago just don't feel as...
Mascots were once the kings of gaming. While they don't have the same significance these days, they are still highly venerated fictional figures. Nintendo has Mario, Sega has Sonic, and even Microsoft...
Cliffhangers are tricky. A story should always have some sort of resolve, even if it's part of an ongoing series. When done right, there is both closure and a big surprise that leaves the audience, or...
While little information available about what Sony and Microsoft have up their sleeves for the next generation, it is clearly inching ever closer with each passing day. A select few games have already...
Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid started in 1987 on the MSX with Metal Gear, which was followed by a sequel, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. It wasn't until the franchise's first 3D entry, Metal Gear Solid,...
After an almost flawless trilogy of Crash Bandicoot games on the PlayStation, Naughty Dog saw the series off with Crash Team Racing. Other developers took a crack at the property, but none of the gam...
Star Wars games have had a long and winding road; one that hasn't always been smooth. Some titles have successfully captured the spirit of the space-faring adventure, like Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, Sh...
Change is hard for everyone. Even if someone's situation is less than ideal, the idea of life becoming unrecognizable is still scary. As people get older, the world changes around them and this also i...
Grand Theft Auto first hit store shelves in 1997. The series really made a big splash in 2001 with GTA III. The first 3D entry was a revolution in game design and flew off store shelves like it was go...
E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, started in 1995 and has been occurring annually ever since. At show, the biggest names in the industry let the press, fans, and anyone interested know about t...
Hideo Kojima has been making video games for more than thirty years, but his creative well is far from running dry. In fact, the veteran game designer only becomes more innovative with the passage of ...
