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By Brandon Miller
The year was 1983 when I remember walking into an arcade with my father. It was a large dark space lit only by the flickering screens of games like Pacman, Defender and Centipede. I remember people gathered in groups around all the different machines. There was one game in particular that stood out [...]

By William Countiss

So Final Fantasy XIII is now upon us. The game arrived in America with little fan fare and mostly mediocre reviews. Depending on how this game sells may impact the future development of all JRPGs from this point on. The reason is simple, western RPGs have become king in the US and unfortunately [...]

The economic downturn has certainly had a significant effect on the release of the next generation of video game consoles. Anyone following the history of console releases could easily come to the conclusion that this would be the year that a Playstation 4 or Xbox 720 might be introduced to the market. Now with both Microsoft and Sony jumping aboard the motion control bandwagon, it’s clear that both of these companies are willing to make the current cycle stretch at least seven years, which would push the release of their successors to somewhere around 2012-2013. As for Nintendo, I would be surprised if didn’t hear about a Wii HD releasing sometime in 2011.

By Joseph Tresca
It’s been said before with the inception of the iPhone. Apple is quietly building a digital distribution empire with their App store which runs on iPhones, iPod touch and the forthcoming iPad. But where the other two former platforms are steadily building support it is the latter which promises the dream of a [...]

By Brandon Miller
Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen, recently commented to the Wall Street Journal what he believes is the real reason for why we won’t be seeing Flash on the iPhone or iPad.
Narayen said Apple’s decision likely had everything to do with its business model as it tries to keep a proprietary, closed system so everything [...]