The Power of Spectacle – A Simple Man’s Analysis of E3
Gaming, on the whole, has gone through quite the change over the last few years. With the rise of “geek chic” and the popularity of franchises like Call of Duty…
Zelda-Inspired Midora Launches on Kickstarter Amidst Plagiarism Controversy
Crowdfunded games–Florida-based developer Epic Minds has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Midora, a top-down 2D action adventure game that takes its cues from classics like Secret of Mana and The Legend of…
Team Fortress 2 Site Posts Mysterious Countdown
Team Fortress 2 ARG–A countdown timer on Valve’s Official Team Fortress 2 site has set fans’ minds racing as to what it signifies for the venerable multiplayer shooter. Counting down…
EVE Documentary ‘A Tale of Internet Spaceships’ Premieres July 11
EVE Online–A Tale of Internet Spaceships, a new documentary profiling behemoth space-faring MMO EVE Online is set to premiere next month. Setting out to investigate ‘the sometimes complicated relationship between…
No Man’s Sky: Looking Deeper At One Of E3’s Biggest Hits
Ambition is a word I feel has been lacking at times in the discussion of video games these days. Some games may have an ambitious idea, but as a whole,…
The Women that Gaming got Right: Bioshock Infinite’s Elizabeth
The video game industry doesn’t really understand women that well. There are a lot fewer women making games than there are men, and a lot fewer women being represented by…
E3 – Reintroducing Gamers To Colors
So much gray. So much brown. So much black. That’s been the story of modern gaming ever since the push for “gritty realism” became a focal point of Triple A…
How Far is Too Far? Censorship and Storytelling in Games
Reading about a pair of girls who tried to murder their friend in order to meet Slenderman, I was struck by two things. One, while it is a tragic story,…
Nintendo – E3’s Strong Female Protagonists
I’m going to blow your mind right now. Ready? Women. Play. Video Games. I KNOW… I know. Hard to believe, right? At least, I get the feeling it’s hard for…
The E3 Conference Wrap-Up: Part 2 – Sony And The Big N
And onward we travel, into the second half of Artistry in Games’ E3 conference wrap-up! We already covered Microsoft, Ubisoft, and EA in part one, and now it’s time to…