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Resident Evil's infamous camera angles

Atmosphere

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
"The vehicles in Half-Life 2 control like crap," I sigh. "That's only because you're playing on Xbox," my friend retorts. "Shooters are better with a mouse and keyboard." "Bull," I curse back.
Guilty

Guilty as FAQ

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
"Ooooh!" I exclaim excitedly, tapping my stylus to the 3DS screen. The old lady had slipped up; I am certain. All I need to do is figure out where to present the proper evidence. This namby pamby granny has been trying to make the case that her back was causing her so much trouble she could barely walk. Alright, I can buy it. A stout little Mrs.

Hatoful Boyfriend

Posted by Julian "rabbit" Murdoch –
My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight. All star-bright and tongue-tied, I took her in. We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding, And our bedding was ready when we fell in.- Decemberists, "The Crane Wife, Part 2" I’m not entirely sure Hato Moa exists. I’ve spent months exchanging enormously pleasant and charming emails with her about the thing she is most famous fo
The Quest for Adventure

The Quest for Adventure

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
When I was a child, I went hiking and found a lake. It was quite a surprise for me to stumble upon it.
Heads or Tails

Heads or Tails

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
CAUTION: This article will contain spoilerific discussion of Bioshock: Infinite and Virtue's Last Reward. Yesterday, I was Booker DeWitt. I found myself shuttled into the sky to a wonderfully happy and colorful land called Columbia. It's a nearly Utopian world filled with smiling faces and friendly strangers. Some peculiar ones, too.

XCOM: Enemy Within

Posted by Sean "Elysium" Sands –
XCOM: Enemy Within is an expansion to last year’s excellent XCOM: Enemy Unknown, bringing the usual bevy of features one associates with a competent expansion. There are new story beats, new units, new technology, new maps, new resources, new weapons, and on and on.
Steamworld Dig

Diggin' Deep

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
It must be around 1 a.m. when I finally snap the lid shut on my 3DS. I snuff out the colorful collection of light beaming from the LED screen, and the room goes dark. I don't know what had brought on the collection of heavy, stressful, and worried thoughts to my mind that night. All I know is that I had chosen instead to grab my 3DS, pop the lid, and start chipping away at dirt and rock.

Rocksmith 2014

Posted by Sean "Elysium" Sands –
Music is a vital and integral part of my life. It connects for me to something deep, primitive and fundamental. Anything I am doing is improved with a soundtrack. A perfectly built chord progression can and has brought tears to my eyes or a laugh to my throat.
Assault on the Control Room

Skip to the End

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
"Are you ready?" my brother asks. I switch out to my sniper rifle, hitting the reload button just in case. Not that I have to. Each time I slay an enemy I reflexively reload, as if it were some part of a ritual for the dead.

Nilin

Posted by Chris "C" Cesarano –
I do not regret spending $60 on Remember Me. I enjoyed the combat, puzzles and world design enough that I look forward to diving in a second time. I also do not regret supporting Dontnod, the game's development studio, which believed a female protagonist of color could carry a game.

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