2008 will be remembered as one of the most creatively violent years in the history of gaming. The art of destroying is intuitive to most gamers. From the days of Mario smashing koopa's to the headshot fetishism of the modern shooter, few people have a more comprehensive vocabulary for violence than game fans. While advances in violent expression have been driven primarily by technical breakthroughs, 2008 was a year for lateral growth. Deaths weren't necessarily gorier in 2008, but the gore became more perverse. Violenct games couldn't rely on simple technical detail to impress players. Blood spatters and simple dismemberments had become predictable. In 2008, the violent videogame needed creativity, dramatic context, and a deviant sense of humor to stand out.
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
