The BBC and ITV games we need to see
But these are the two biggest terrestrial broadcasters in the United Kingdom! So much potential! Critical Gamer could not let the matter go without telling you about the games that could – and should – be made.
Games Journalism Is Broken
The freedom and enthusiasm involved in the magazines of yesterday was obvious. Good games would be praised with schoolground enthusiasm, bad games ripped apart with malicious glee – and yet the words would always (in the good magazines, of course) be chosen wisely and manipulated skilfully. It was like being told which games to buy and which to avoid by your most intelligent friend.
Permanence and Decision Making in Video Games
A recent magazine article got me thinking about how games impose a sense of irreversibility onto the player, and as an extension of that, how developers utilize player led decisions in their games.
Grumpy Gurevitz: The Sky’s the limit
I do not have a subscription to Sky. Sky, for our international readers, is the most successful subscription based TV service in the UK. Traditionally it’s distributed via satellite technology with setup boxes, but in the last year or so it has created a web offering and migrated to consoles.
Top ten lists of top 10 lists: The top ten
Everybody loves to read at least half a dozen inane top ten lists a month, right? Of course they do! That’s why N4G is constantly clogged up with them, and anybody who suggests it’s a quick and easy way for lazy talentless writers to fill up their sites obviously doesn’t know what they’re talking about. So boys and girls, have we ever got a treat for you here!
The Corporate Conundrum
They’re happy you bought their product, but should you have a problem with it, you will be handed over to the ‘Russian Roulette of Customer Care’ people who will decide what kind of treatment you will receive based on your luck-chart, or your monthly horoscope, or which way their pet fish was facing at the time you phoned.
Why They Hate Video Games
Video games only ever make the front pages of the popular press in a negative light. They give your children epilepsy. They turn innocent angels into bloodthirsty killers. They expose young children to entirely inappropriate content. They are undermining everything our wholesome society has built and is struggling to maintain.
Why Can’t I Be Bad?
One of the first things that some people feel the need to do when they get their hands on The Sims, is put a little person into a room with no way out. They will then proceed to watch as they defecate themselves and beg for food until they die in their own filth. Does this sound like the thought process of a balanced mind?
Sex In Games (or the lack thereof) part one
WARNING! This article contains videos of heavily edited and/or highly unrealistic sex scenes. If you are one of the ten people walking the earth likely to be genuinely offended by such content, please do not play them. Simple as that.
