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What is Sony Playstation Move?

What is Sony Playstation Move?

Sony Playstation Move is the latest hardware IP from the technological giant. Released around the same time as Microsoft’s Kinect hardware, Move seeks to bring motion control to Sony’s console, thus attempting to monopolise some of the recreational gaming market of the Nintendo Wii.
Signs of Video Game Addiction - A.K.A Signs You're a Gamer

Signs of Video Game Addiction - A.K.A Signs You're a Gamer

Being a hardcore gamer is quiet literally a way of life. Gaming is a part of who you are and a huge part of how you spend your time. Gamers also tend to take a lot of interest in the gaming world and are opinionated about it. If you are a gamer you will probably recognize the following behaviors:
Is Downloadable Content Ruining Gaming?

Is Downloadable Content Ruining Gaming?

Riding the crest of a micro-transaction wave, almost every video game developer has to consider the impact of future DLC files and downloadable content for their games. This topic is a dicey one and this article looks into the subject.
Are Video Games A Form of Art?

Are Video Games A Form of Art?

After the fiasco that was IGN’s Citizen Kane/Metroid Prime comparison, it would seem this question needs revisiting. Instead of inciting stupidity, this article looks into how a video game can truly exist within its own aesthetics and how it can be called video games art.
The Evolution of Cutscenes in Gaming

The Evolution of Cutscenes in Gaming

From the early days of Dragon’s Lair to the stunning sequences of Final Fantasy XIII or filmicc aspirations of Metal Gear Solid 4, cutscenes have come a long way. From animated loops, to sprite based interaction and prerendered polygons, the implementation has evolved into something phenomenal…
Gaming and Its Affection for Empowerment Fantasies

Gaming and Its Affection for Empowerment Fantasies

The topic of games as art is a hard nut to crack, with the amount of gaming empowerment and adolescent empowerment fantasy that occurs in big budget games, it seems we’ve lost sight of the whole debate. The gaming masses have an uncomprehendable infatuation with empowerment, this is a problem!
Console Game Design: Illusion of Choice and Morality in Gaming

Console Game Design: Illusion of Choice and Morality in Gaming

When a game is telling you one thing but making you do another, it can be surmised that a dissonance between storytelling and gameplay is occurring. Here I will discuss the poorly formed illusions of choice that masquerade these dissonant growing pains for story, morality and choice in gaming.