by gSathe

Seen yesterday on Salon, this article is the sort of thing which goes to show just how much good games bring into this world. Salon, my favourite non-game related place on the internet, has always had interesting articles on entertainment and technology as well, and with this piece here, they’ve found something that shows us the redeeming power of videogames, and the good they bring into the world.

In the article, Rachel Shukert talks about how she and her husband had all but lost touch because of his obsessive gaming (yes, sometimes that happens too…) and how all this changed recently, when the couple brought home a copy of Rock Band, and made music all night long.

It rekindled their marriage and made them closer than before, which is fantastic, congratulations you guys, and it also brings me back to my routine gripe against most games these days - the whole joy of consoles was that we could actually sit with our friends in the same room and play with each other.

It’s great the Xbox Live and PSN let me game with anyone anywhere in the world, but really, honestly, while it’s cool and all that, it’s a lot more fun sometimes to play with the person you’re sharing the couch with. And it’s not just about going head to head like say CoD offers.

We want more local multiplayer, we want more split-screen, we want more co-op games, without having to buy two gaming set ups to place in the same bloody room just so you can sell two copies of the same bloody game, one for each of us!

by gSathe

The state of gaming has undergone a major change over the last five years, and the single player component has dwindled greatly in importance over time. This is nowhere more true than in action games, and while some, like Call of Duty still provide a strong and polished single player campaign, for most such games now even the campaign mode is a multiplayer experience, with co-op being some of the most fun there is.

Army of Two is a good fit in this modern world, because if you’re playing the game by yourself, then you’re doing it wrong. There have been a lot of sites reviewing the game which have given it a lower score than it really deserves because the single player mode doesn’t really deliver as much fun as the rest of the game, but the point is, with a name like that, what were you thinking of, going it alone? Click here to continue reading ‘Army of Two: Don’t do this alone’