Objection! Sim City
Objection! is an attempt to look critically at “industry known issues” and play devil’s advocate.
Category Archives: Editorials
The Hearthstone Sage Continues!
You can imagine my reaction when roughly 3 minutes after the article published the beta opened for me and I finally got to jump into the card battling game for myself.
History of the World Part 4
People talk a lot about the video game market crash of 1982 in hushed voices, as if it was a black hole in gaming culture. Teeth were gnashed, the plague spread, Gilead fell.
EVENT: MAGFest 12
It’s truly amazing how large this convention has gotten. Back in 2002 there were only about 265 of us in attendance. This year? Over 12,000 attendees.
Antepiece 6: “Gamer”
The term ‘gamer’ means nothing these days.
The Hearthstone Saga BEGINS! …Almost
Now that I’m so tantalisingly close to finally playing the game: What is Hearthstone?
The History of the World – Part III
Up until this point in gaming history, any console that was sold had games pre-programmed into the gaming unit. While the use of jumpers in low-grade knock-off consoles continue to this day, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone interested in a console that can never expand upon its current library.
When is Too Much, Enough?
I’m a thirty-something gamer. I hate to say it, but I’m at an impasse. I have more games than I could possibly play, with more already on the way.
My Game’s Better Than Your Game
It seems to me we’ve all forgotten that fun is subjective. Fun is a unique, personal experience. I have once had a long conversation with a man that legitimately enjoyed Superman 64. It was fascinating.
The Parallel Dimorphism Issue
Parallel Dimorphism is a phrase I use to refer to the occurrence of identical sexual dimorphism traits (observable differences between genders) between humans and other races in games.
