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Publishers Are Doing It Wrong

Published on June 26, 2013 by in editorial

If there is one universal punching bag in the video games industry, it’s publishers.  I think a lot of people interchange the term “developer” and “publisher” when they discuss them in articles or on visual/audio media, which is rather incorrect.  In the games industry you have three major bodies that come together to release a

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The B-Team Episode 213 for June 23, 2013

Published on June 23, 2013 by in Podcast

Skyward Collapse The Last of Us Roundtable Animal Crossing New Leaf Castlestorm Remember Us I Need a Hero Marvel Heroes RPG Serious Sam The Second Encounter HD

 
 
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Regarding the Xbox One’s New DRM Policy

Published on June 20, 2013 by in editorial

Yesterday Microsoft changed a few of its policies regarding DRM on the Xbox One. You can read about all the details from Don Mattrick’s post itself, but after being frustrated by many people complaining (about the changes), I have a few thoughts of my own (and will try to keep this from turning into a

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Challanges of a Console Gamer buying a Gaming PC

Published on June 19, 2013 by in editorial

Over the last few weeks I decided to finally pick up a gaming PC.  Those of us who stick mostly to console games have plenty of reasons to avoid gaming PCs: high price points, few games are exclusive, controllers are not the main interface, required technical knowledge of hardware and software (if you plan to

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The B-Team Episode 212 for June 16, 2013

World Wide Developer Conference and E3 2013! New Macbook Airs New Mac Pros New Airport Extremes and Timemachines Mac OSX Mavericks iOS 7 Xbox One Tons of Games PlayStation 4 Even More Games Then Some More Games

 
 
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Begun, This Console War Has

Published on June 12, 2013 by in editorial

It was the number heard across all enthusiast press sites, feeds, and liveblogs: 399.99.  At that moment Sony undercut Microsoft’s 499.99 price tag on the Xbox One.  Much like Sony had done with the original Playstation, performing the same $100 less trick against Sega’s Saturn thanks to its later press conference back in 1995, the numbers speak

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The B-Team Episode 211 for June 9, 2013

Published on June 10, 2013 by in Podcast

Remember Me Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D CastleStorm Hitman Absolution Comic Jumper A Kingdom for Keflings Tetris Blitz Tomb Raider Gunpoint DOTA 2

 
 
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Remember Me Review

Published on June 5, 2013 by in Review

Remember Me is not a sum of its parts.  That’s an important factor to keep in mind as you progress through this game, and frankly, is quite counter to a majority of experiences out there.  This title is trying to tell a complex story in the world of interactive fiction, which has been tried before with

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The B-Team Episode 210 for June 2, 2013

Published on June 2, 2013 by in Podcast

Special Guest: Jake McClenahan, creator of Bits, Bytes, and Music for Things! Also, be sure to check out his Soundcloud page! Castlestorm Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Hitman Absolution Call of Juarez Gunslinger Dead Space 3

 
 
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