Black Oni Articles
The line for Oculus Rift was insane; a line formed to get INTO the line, which seemed to be capped at all times of the day while at PAX. For some gamers, the Oculus Rift was their sole purpose for being there, and they were determined to get in line to check it out first hand. As…
Today, I’d like to talk about a serious addiction of mine which I call: plastic button mashing. Had to look this up, since I’ve played this game so many damn times, but it was back in late 2005 when I decided to pick up a little game called Guitar Hero. I was the first of…
So why oh why did I do it? For those of you that know, over the past year I’ve almost made it my life’s work to show how much Mircosoft really sucks. I didn’t START there, and I tried to look at everything objectively without bias back when the consoles were first shown off to…
Video games often find themselves in a precarious position. On the one hand, they are a genre with a fanbase that is open to many new ideas and mostly oppose censorship. On the other hand, however, video games often find themselves under scrutiny from mass media, and often have fans that are the least…
By Kevin Kennedy (Theonekk) Now, it may be a little late (I mean it’s already late January), but I think I’ve figured out my gaming resolution for 2014: stop buying DLC. This may seem a bit extreme, but it makes a lot of sense in context, and with a few qualifications. First, let me…
People within the gaming industry rely heavily on video-game reviews, whether it’s for advertising and promotional purposes, or for the sake of providing information to gamers. Reviews have the power to inform & aid consumers in making their purchasing decisions. Reviews also have the capacity to have a negative impact on the industry. The detriment…
First-Person Understanding: Interpreting our Reality through Gaming Kevin Kennedy (Theonekk) When discussing video games, there seems to be a fundamental understanding that the world of the game exists as it is produced by the game’s creators. Yet, if one starts to think about it in a more complex context, this is simply not true. For…
What you are about to read, is a conversation between two passionate gamers and long time friends (has it really been 7 years already?) about the state of modern first person shooters. It’s a battle of minds, about the age long war between Battlefield, and Call of Duty. This is a conversation between Jae_Blaze06…
“Farewell an’ adieu to you Spanish ladies, Farewell an’ adieu to you ladies of Spain, For we’ve received orders for to sail for old England, an’ hope very shortly to see you again.” I cannot get this out of my head. This is one of just many songs that your crew sings while sailing the…
Whatever happened to just playing nice? Seems like a simple enough question even if most of us don’t play like this in the real world. Its dog eat dog when it comes to the job market, doing something nice is looked upon with weird eyes, and even holding the door for someone barely happens these…