Games have come a long way since the quaint, bygone days of Tetris and Asteroids. These days some attempt to challenge our thinking, others to make us laugh or cry.
Even with such a broad range of games, people often narrow the field to one possible future. For example: All games will become completely open-ended. Games will never tell stories effectively. And so on.
In reality though, unique genres have emerged in which all of these (and more) possibilities are being explored. The old FPS and RPG genres just don’t cut it anymore. Video games cover more ground than people realize, and these new game categories will eventually encompass games as distinct from one another as sculptures are from oil paintings.
Ninjas evoke images of stealthy and agile assassins who kill in the shadows. Hired out to perform secret assassinations, fight Ninja Turtles, or bounce around with gravity-defying chest plates, ninjas function in all sections of society and, inadvertently, time periods. Of course, ninjas also have an increased amount of shame when it comes to the video game realm.
Cosplay (short for “costume play”) is the art of dressing up in costume as popular fictional characters, most commonly from anime or video games. If you’ve been to any website or message board that discusses cosplay, there is one person whose photos you’re guaranteed to find: Omi Gibson.
Stop your whining! I know you love it as much as I do. As indicated by all the recent articles, it’s top list fever this week! But I promise, this is the last list you’ll be seeing… this week. From me. Maybe.
Villains come in all shapes and sizes, but the greatest ones aren’t necessarily the most badass of them all. It’s the antagonists who somehow found their ways into our memories that stand out among the rest. Like it or not, here’s my top 7 villains of video games. It’s spoilerific!
Snake, Otacon here. I’m sending this transmission to you via a secure line.
Snake, there appears to be another potential threat. No, not another Metal Gear prototype. In fact, that may be just the problem. It seems that a faction known as H.I.S.S. (Hollywood is Sincerely Stupid) has decided to interfere with the production of a Metal Gear movie. Under the guise of two smaller dummy corporations known as Sony Pictures and Konami, it appears that their intent is to take complete control of it, without the help of David Hayter.
Wait, you are familiar with David Hayter, right, Snake?
How do you express your fandom? You could dress up. Or write a blog. But would you ever take it so far as to write a piece of fan fiction?
Fan fiction is everywhere, in forms you would never imagine. And in some rare cases the adaptations can even eclipse the original material. But what about video game fan fiction? Can interactive entertainment translate well into the written word?
The same criticism of Metal Gear Solid 4 is present in nearly every review, and these complaints are nothing new to the series.
Since Metal Gear Solid’s debut in 1998, the franchise has carved a niche as a solid espionage action title with an involving and, at times, overly complicated narrative. It has drawn in hardcore escapists, but always deterred those gamers who didn’t want to take notes in hopes of making sense of the painfully complex storyline or wait through cutscenes that sometimes are as long as feature films.
Ah, Sony, you’re like my last girlfriend: great hardware, a sleek shape, and you look stunning in black. Unfortunately, you share all her bad qualities, too. You’re a little crazy, and too few of the games that we play together are any fun. Look, it’s not me… it’s you. I’m just looking for a little more out of my system. No, you haven’t changed, and that’s one of the reasons I can’t be with you anymore.
Where are all your good games? Yes, I know Metal Gear Solid 4 just came out and Gran Turismo 5 looks cool, but come on, I expected more.
So you saw me flirting with Wii and, my friend, Xbox. This is what I saw you doing:
Ninjas evoke images of stealthy and agile assassins who kill in the shadows. Hired out to perform secret assassinations, fight Ninja Turtles, or bounce around with gravity-defying chest plates, ninjas function in all sections of society and, inadvertently, time periods. Of course, ninjas also have an increased amount of shame when it comes to the video game realm. 
Cosplay (short for “costume play”) is the art of dressing up in costume as popular fictional characters, most commonly from anime or video games. If you’ve been to any website or message board that discusses cosplay, there is one person whose photos you’re guaranteed to find: Omi Gibson.
Stop your whining! I know you love it as much as I do. As indicated by all the recent articles, it’s top list fever this week! But I promise, this is the last list you’ll be seeing… this week. From me. Maybe.
Snake, Otacon here. I’m sending this transmission to you via a secure line.
How do you express your fandom? You could dress up. Or write a blog. But would you ever take it so far as to write a piece of fan fiction?
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