The Problem with Game Reviews (Metrics)

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

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…

Whatever happened to just playing nice?

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…

Jae Blaze Reviews: Dragon’s Crown

Hello everyone! Welcome to the very first Black Oni video-game review. I am your host, Jae_Blaze06, and I have an exciting, (if not late) game to talk about today. Presentation: I’ll cut straight to the point; This game is eye bleedingly gorgeous. Environments are rich and detailed, with various subtleties like leaves falling in the background,…

Black Oni Podcast Episode 10: Shhh, Quiet!

Welcome to episode 10 of the Black Oni Podcast! Your host Jae_Blaze06 is joined today by Yahomied and the_onekk! Today, we discuss our gaming backlog, recent releases (including outlast and DOA ultimate, early digital releases, Mighty no.9, pc gaming, studies on gaming, the controversy around Hideo Kojima’s MGS5 character “Quiet”, indie games, sexism and racism…