by Ravi Sinha
Contrary to the popular misbelief, crimes inspired by games are not a dime a dozen, and rarely have we seen a case where some external factor, something contributing to the perpetrating mind-set as a whole, does not come into play and where games remain the sole impetus. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, councilors and aggrieved parents [...]
Overlord, released by Triumph Studios a little over a year ago, was a nifty surprise package — commanding an army of gremlins to do your every bidding and either raid or revere (and then brutally raid) neighbouring towns was balanced with excellent lampooning of the fantasy genre and the corruption system that, for once, challenged [...]
by Nike Okami
Most of us think of the drop-dead gorgeous art direction of an Ico or Shadow of the Colossus and we immediately remember a masterpiece of visual proportions being played out on the screen. Original soundtracks for games have also surpassed the usual 16-bit arrangements of yore, as anyone who listens to the beats [...]
by Nike Okami
Will Wright (co-founder of Maxis, which is now a part of Electronic Arts) has been feeling the pain lately, but it’s not over the recent Chinese earthquake or the World Food Crisis. The sultan of Sim has lived through the ultimate Grand Theft Auto experience — that of butchering an innocent in cold [...]
by gSathe
One of the big issues that knocked about every now and then is the “mature” content in video games these days. Even now, to many non-gamers, particularly here in India, the image of video games still remains Mario jumping around in a world made up of smiley faces and bright primary colours. So it’s [...]
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