Tag Archive: Rants

Oct 12

Why all the rage over… Rage?

Rage appears to be a game getting alot of stick at the moment, some of it is warranted at the PC version as it was clearly released in a bit of a state and from a developer such as id this is unacceptable.  In their defence the problems were fixed very quickly so by the …

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Sep 12

Please stop using classic names from the past to sell your game

I said please?! Why is it that developers/publishers these days feel the need to go through their back catalogue of classic great games and pick one to remake into a format that is nothing like the original game.  Surely the only reason is to try and cash in on the heritage? Last year 2K Games …

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Feb 01

Computer games are bad for kids!

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This is a subject that always annoys me, for a few reasons. Mainly as I work in the games industry so I see this as a knock on what I do but also because its usually stated by people who never play games.

Anyway.. this weekend I experienced first hand (not for the first time mind) how games can actually help kids learn and not from those ‘eudugames’ you get out there either, shock horror, proper games!