spec ops: the line

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and video game violence. The first are things we should be concerned about. Maybe I should be jogging more regularly. Maybe I should check my tax credits so that I'm not hemorrhaging money…

Art is in constant motion, it has to be otherwise it stagnates. Games kept moving forward this decade despite the efforts of some of the most powerful companies and people in the industry. For every rote shooter there was a Spec Ops: The…

Rarely do we consider the dull cost of war. Sure you can easily find casualty tallies for the Somme on Wikipedia or the exact amount World War II cost Britain down to the nearest penny but war is not just measured in blood and gold. War is…

The modern era has benefited tremendously from video games. They have helped push forward computer-generated imagery (CGI) at a tremendous clip, developed AI, and aided in the technological revolution on a variety of different levels. One…

“Do you feel like a hero yet?” asks the loading screen. Against a backdrop of a crumbling Dubai a burnt and bleeding soldier looks at something far away. His thousand-yard stare tells the player all they need to know. No. No, I don’t feel…