Every day is the "End of the Week"

     Well folks, something rare happened tonight - I went scouring the internet for some gaming news, as I hadn't heard anything new about the upcoming games I'm looking forward to. During this search, I stumble upon an interesting find, an article on Kotaku. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim allows players to undergo same-sex relationships. Good for them!

Does anybody remember the days when Animal Crossing: City Folk first came out, and every single Wii owner was playing it?  The days when if you didn't have it, you missed out on all of the gaming fun?  Well, you probably don't; it didn't last very long.  But I certainly do.  I was that one member of a gaming website who didn't have the game.  Usual reasons; cash was tight around the house. &...

     I love anime and I love videogames. So of course I love anime video games. But from what I've seen a lot of people don't. Anime games are a niche market in the US, but lately this market has been getting bigger (or at least more widely known). With the latest high profile anime game, Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (which sold EXTREMELY well for a anime game, let alone a Naruto game) I started thinking. What makes a good anime game, and ar...

     Gaming companies have always been trying to crack down on gaming pirates, and whether or not they succeed varies.  Since nowadays most software attempts to validate itself upon start-up and it's predictable, hackers can hack past that screen to advance into the game.  Though most games preform checks at various times in the game, making it pretty much impossible to finish.  The creators of the games sometimes think a step ahead of t...

     When I went to Portland, Oregon to visit my family, we came up with the idea that my uncle and I should go to Seattle and see the sights around there.  I figured that would be pretty cool.  ...

Stereotypes. Bring them up with a fan of any kind of media, be it movies, anime, or video games, and you end up in the middle of quite the heated discussion. The depressive hero, the damsel in distress, the so-called “invincible” villain -- you see them everywhere. So many people have turned the topic into one of the touchiest there is; it can bring forth a rant like no other. So why is it that these stereotypes sell so ve...