Editorials

If You’re a Console Gamer, You’re Missing Out On These 10 Great Games

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Console gamers in this day and age have had a lucky hand dealt to them. They’ve gotten their hands on some pretty solid ports such as Warframe, Smite, Neverwinter, Killing Floor 2, and a select few others. The experiences of those games are actually quite awesome, but not to the extent of what their PC variants are, and will ever be. PC gamers are in luck, they get mods, they get updates right off the bat, and they don’t have to wait for files to be uploaded to game servers in order to enjoy their games. Also, they don’t have to pay subscription fees.

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Opinion: I Don’t Trust EA With Respawn’s Studio

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Lets be completely honest about this: I love Titanfall 2. So-much-so that I own it on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. To me, it is by far one of the best velocity-focused FPS titles out there and may ever be out there. Respawn drove it home the moment they released Titanfall 2 and displayed an assured fact that they had learned from Titanfall by making it an console exclusive. Let alone did they learn from that, they also learned from the fact it had not a single drop of campaign, and that it didn’t float well with fans.

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11 Video Game Franchises That Deserve Another Chance

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Video games aren’t excluded from being placed upon the shelf, collecting dust, only quietly forgotten by both the developers and publishers that brought them to life. Over the span of the history of games, there are franchises that are some of the most beloved out there, and they’ve all but been seemingly forgotten by developers or the publishers that helped bring them to life.

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Like Video Game Music? These Artists Will Make You Want More

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Video game music isn’t just a small piece of gaming. It’s an important piece. Music helps set the mood, it helps bring games and their cinematic pieces to life. The music helps bring out the emotional responses we should have while gaming. Whether it’s sadness, happiness, adrenaline pumping anger while ripping Nazis apart in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, or even just taking in an amazing sight to see in Destiny 2.

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10 Of the Most Anticipated Games of 2018

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2017 is almost over, our year in games has been fantastic, and our year in content even better. Even for the end-of-the-year release string, we’ve received some of the strongest out there thanks to games such as Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Super Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem Warriors, and even that terrifyingly awesome title PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. While these are only a few of 2017’s strongest games, there are plenty more that deserve recognition, but we all know where I’m going.

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Games, Bonding, And A Son’s Love For His Father

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He sits to attention, hands on mouse and keyboard, glasses dipped partially down over his nose, his cheeks tense with anticipation. His beard is now white at 59, his smile slightly more weathered than before, but his intent on besting whatever challenge is thrown up on screen has never wavered. For 31 years, I’ve shared these sorts of experiences with my father, and will cherish the time ahead now it seems so limited.

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‘Wolfenstein’ Has Always Been Anti-Nazi and Nothing Has Changed

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Whether you like it or not, the truth is there, and Bethesda Softworks isn’t ashamed to tell you: Wolfenstein is about killing Nazis. It always has been, always will be, and more-than-likely won’t change from that ideology in any way, shape, or form unless something new and more inspiring comes around. This creative pattern can be considered the heart and soul of the franchise since its inception in 1981.

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Opinion: Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Doesn’t Comment on Today’s Political Climate

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“NOT MY AMERICA”. What do you think of when you read those words? Do you see it as a bold political statement against Nazi’s and the current political climate? Do you see it as a way for fans to rally against white supremacy or negative outlooks on the current state of our country? Or do you see it as a way to promote the games fictional 1960’s America, where the German’s had succeeded in their campaign to expand the German Empire, and serve as the most powerful regime in history?

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