Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, October 9, 2008 Last October a little known Polish developer, CD Projekt released The Witcher. The role playing game earned quite favourable reviews and IGN named it 2007 RPG of the year, but many critics cited numerous problems with the game that, if fixed, would have made it better. […]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, September 25, 2008 After years of hype “Spore” is finally out. It has been billed as “Sim Everything” and it’s by Will Wright, creator of “The Sims.” The development history and the high-profile creator have made it big news ever since it was announced and I think it was […]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, September 11, 2008 Two weeks ago I ran through what makes a role-playing game. This week I’ll start with another popular type of game, especially for PC gamers. STRATEGY GAMES Strategy games are video game extensions of board games like “Risk.” They involve large-scale control of bases and units, […]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, August 28, 2008 Two weeks ago I began an introduction to game genres. Action games, adventure games and music games were covered. This week I’ll continue with RPGs. ROLE-PLAYING GAMES (RPGS) Any game could be considered a “role-playing game”, but the genre classification comes from pen and paper RPGs […]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, August 14, 2008 All gamers have types of games they like. Some may like all of them, some may like a vary narrow range. As a non-gamer, a beginning gamer or even a parent looking to shop for a gaming child, game types or genres can be quite confusing. […]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, July 31, 2008 Nintendo’s DS seemed like a ridiculous idea when it was first revealed; why would anyone need two screens and want to play games with a touch screen? It turns out millions of people do, and not just games. In Japan you can improve your calligraphy skills, […]
Owen Sound Sun Times (On) Thursday, July 17, 2008 Super Mario is one of my favourite game franchises. Mario consistently offers great gameplay, excellent level design, a near-perfect difficulty curve, and pure fun that most other games cannot match. Super Mario Galaxy, released last fall, got well deserved praise and Super Mario 64 is hailed […]
