Category: OPINION PIECES

Do multiplayer only games work?

Between the upcoming Rainbow 6 Siege, Star Wars Battlefront, and Call of Duty Black Ops III for the last generation of consoles, it seems like more and more developers are starting to consider ditching single player campaigns in favor of multiplayer exclusive games. Whereas it was once a practice to tack on multiplayer onto games ...

Categories: OPINION PIECES

Tags: multplayer, rainbow 6, Star Wars, Titanfall

Are Amiibo Cards the Future of Amiibo?

Not too long ago, Nintendo announced that they have shipped around 10.5 million Amiibo since their launch late last year. However, we’re all aware of the issues surrounding the availability of Amiibo figures. Some figures are damn near impossible to find, and even if you can find one for sale, it’s probably from a scalper who’s ...

Categories: 3DS, LTG Slider, OPINION PIECES, Tech, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Wii U

Tags: amiibo, amiibo cards, Animal Crossing, animal crossing happy home designer, editorial, happy home designer, NFC, Nintendo, op-ed, opinion, Opinion Piece, toys-to-life

Destiny: The Taken King: What you are getting and what is being removed

Still on the fence on whether or not you should continue your adventures in Destiny with The Taken King? Wondering how much of the base game can you still play even without the DLC? Then you’re in luck, because for the sake of science, the changes that came with the Taken King are fairly easy ...

Categories: OPINION PIECES, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Tags: Bungie, Destiny, taken king

Let’s Play Live: The Documentary: The birth of a new era of stars and entertainment legends

Every story has to have a beginning, every character their origin story, every tale its shred of truth. With Achievement Hunter’s Let’s Play Live, the origin story of the next generation of movie stars and rock bands has been written, and it is only a matter of time before that story is spread. A decade ...

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Tags: achievement hunter, documentary, Let's Play, Live, rooster teeth

Is Destiny’s update 2.0 the breath of fresh air that it needed?

Like almost every other game these days, Destiny just got a major update to prepare for the upcoming Taken King expansion pack. Weighing in at around 18 GB, a substantial amount of content was added and tweaked, especially in regards to the Crucible PvP mode. But the question is, is it enough to bring back ...

Categories: OPINION PIECES, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Tags: Bungie, Destiny, taken king, Update

Star Wars Battlefront: You weren’t going to play that campaign anyways…or were you?

The holiday season of 2015 promises a lot for Star Wars fans, especially with the reboot of the much beloved Battlefront series. Of course, by now you probably have heard about all the differences between the old and new versions of the game, especially the lack of a single player campaign. To be fair though, ...

Categories: OPINION PIECES, PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One

Tags: Battlefront, EA, Star Wars

What Polygon’s article regarding the appearance of female game characters got wrong

In an article by Colin Campbell of Polygon (which can be found here), the appearances of various female game characters were adjusted to more closely resemble “average” women. Of course, there’s a certain irony in how the parties involved in the article are all men, but let’s put that aside and focus on the point being made. It ...

Categories: OPINION PIECES

Tags: characters, Female, Polygon