If you have taken any time to troll the internet for news about games, you’re almost certainly aware of the current problems that Bioware is having with the endings for Mass Effect 3. I finally gave in and decided to take a look at what the hubbub was about so that I could make a relatively informed article on my thoughts and potential solutions to this problem. Add Comment Walk into any local video game store and you'll notice there have been a ton of "3"s coming out. Gears of War 3, Uncharted 3, Mass Effect 3, Modern Warfare 3. Unfortunately, most of these sequels are, at best, as good as their predecessors. Ever wondered why? It's a symptom of a few big problems plaguing the gaming industry right now.
Greed is good. It drives us to want more, to always pursue the impossible perfection, to never become complacent. Yet sometimes, greed goes too far. Parents, your kids are greedy with their video games. I'm here to help you understand how and what you can do about it.
Dear Santa,
I know I haven’t been perfect this year. I asked for the Balls of Steel Edition of Duke Nukem Forever for my birthday, and there’s very little that could possibly make up for that. I claimed it was because it’s the game that shouldn’t exist (and really, it still shouldn’t), but if you ignore that huge gaping hole in my near spotless gaming streak I think you’ll see that I should be on the “nice” list. So just in case I am, here’s what I really want for Christmas this year: Now that the dust has officially settled, it’s about time that I discuss something that has long needed discussion. There is an epidemic amongst video game developers and it’s about time someone addressed it. So, like it or not, here’s what I have to say.
The past decade has seen the explosion of multiplayer game modes included in games that would have previously been purely single-player. This change, while popular, does have its downsides. It's about time that someone discussed these downsides.
Side Story Games is the only review site that also includes information on a game's "mods". However, this category can be a lot more complex than what the surface shows. I've decided to clear up how we review the "mods" and some of the problems we occasionally encounter.
Recently a little known man named Christopher Poole spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit on “internet identities”. He claimed that Facebook and Google Plus are incorrect in their ideas on how people want to see themselves on the internet. In case you have no idea what he’s talking about or why you should listen to him, I have some clarifications for you.
A 14-year-old girl had to email the COO of Electronic Arts to get them to wake up to the fact that girls play video games. People have been trying to find a solution to the "problem" of girls playing the same video games that boys do, but only a select few companies have covered any real ground in this area. So here's my solution to the whole thing.
We discuss “mature” content on this site. It’s really all this site is about. What I worry we don’t discuss enough is the fact that there are different types of mature content. I’m not talking about the differences between violence and sexuality, but the differences between mature sexuality and immature sexuality or mature violence and immature violence.
|  The Legendary Carmine
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