Hero-n.: A man or woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his or her brave deeds and noble qualities. You see this article began as nothing more than a thought piece about realism in games, and then I realized something. As I was typing I found out there is a much more important topic when it comes to realism, and it involves the heroes in our games today. You see as a person ... more.

The movie industry and the video game industry have attempted to meld on several occasions. None of which have had astronomical critical and commercial success simultaneously. The only one that came close was GoldenEye 007 back on the N64. Since then there have been many pairings of games and movies. Games first, then movie; sometimes movie first then game. Recently the games have come prior to th... more.

Comic-Con is the Vatican of geek culture. Sure as gamers the big one we all wait for is E3, but Comic-Con is much more than just games. It really is a pop culture phenomenon that over the last couple of years has grown to be one of the biggest events we all strive to hear from. It was from hear that Heath Ledger was announced he will be playing the Joker in the latest Batman movie, from here that ... more.

Over recent years it has become apparent that the modern generation of gamers just aren't interested in World War Two any more. This is shown through the triumphs of games such as Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare Two and EA's Battle Field Bad Company Two,compared to the flops like Medal of Honor: Airborne and Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War. There are several possible reasons for this ... more.

In October of 2008 I went to my local game retailer to pick up Dead Space on the day of release.  I had been pretty hyped about the game considering the graphic novel that had been released periodically before the release of the game not to mention the film that was to be released slightly after the release of the video game.  Back to the story at hand, I bring the game home and pop it in ... more.

  A satirical look at a world we don't live in(thankfully) "Why games journalism?" I get asked this question a lot. Largely by the elderly, my parents and the string of careers advisors I've seen but I dismiss them all as being too old, too concerned or frankly too unqualified to judge. About the 50th time I was asked this however it became clear that their question wasn't really "why games j... more.

I'm back, and i'm full of the rage felt only by an ice cream seller in the rain! It's time to conquer the ultimate question: Is this the end? Let's spark the fires of controversy during debate week, as I expose the industry. The Tank of Consumerism. Unless you've been living under a lamp shade, you'll have noticed our friendly recession. As it persues, obviously the grave of the gaming ind... more.

To some non-gamers and ignorant members of the public Videogames are something that are to be avoided, not because they are too complex to be understandable but more because of the social stigma they have. To many the first image they have of a hardcore gamer is a spotty teenager sat alone in a room, lit only by the glow from their TV set or computer monitor, whereas we all clearly know that cant... more.

Call of Duty is one of, if not the biggest FPS franchise of recent times. With games selling in their millions, online multiplayer dominating the Xbox Live and PSN charts and YouTube videos of every known play-style available, the franchise is somewhat successful. However, with two leading developers alternating year on year, there are questions on which is the better of the two. So, rather than c... more.

THE MYTH OF VIDEO GAMING AND VIOLENCE Video games are played by children all over the world.  Some of these games can be viewed as being over violent and are blamed for the rising aggression levels in young people.  There are numerous studies which will appear to show this link but as a society are we always looking for someone or something to blame?  Does blamin... more.