The GamerTag Series Part 2: Achievement Counselors
19th May 2012 - The Gaming Update "GamerTag Series" examines various aspects of gamer identity online by exploring issues that are connected with and relate to the social side of life as an online gamer. In Part 1: Trends in Gamer Identity we examined the increasingly popular field of Persona Designers; consultants hired by gamers to create and packag.. Read More.
The GamerTag Series -- Part 1: Trends in Gamer Identity
24th Apr 2012 - The GamerTag Series looks at various aspects of gamer identity online by examining issues that are connected to and relate to GamerTags... In Part 1: Trends in Gamer Identity we examine the increasingly popular field of Persona Designers, consultants who are hired to create and package an entire online identity that is part marketin.. Read More.
The Top Ten Most Challenging Xbox 360 Achievements of All Time (So Far)
4th Apr 2012 - Whether you like them or despise them, the introduction of the Achievement System on Microsoft's Xbox 360 added a new level of competition among gamers that almost never was... You read that correctly -- the powers that be at Microsoft came within a hair's breadth of chucking the Achievement System out because they viewed it as a novel.. Read More.
The Top Ten Video Game Sex Scenes
27th Mar 2012 - With all the controversy and protest over the disappointing ending of Mass Effect 3 mostly behind us, now that BioWare appears to have capitulated (though just how far that capitulation will extend remains to be seen) it makes us proud that pretty much all of the controversy appears to center around how things ended, and not, you know, .. Read More.
Sources Confirm Next Gen Console Launch Order but not Reveal
30th Jan 2012 - It has been a difficult year for reading the future for games journos as conflicting information has been released both officially and unofficially by the Big 3, and all that we can say for certain is that the launch order for the next generation of gaming console will very likely proceed as Wii U followed by the next Xbox, and then the.. Read More.
A History of Achievements
26th Jan 2012 - History is an odd and very human creation that is often malleable, being more the product of how we remember events to have taken place rather than how they actually did take place. There is a phrase to describe that -- it is called "popular history" -- where the more literal sort that is based upon a combination of observation and con.. Read More.
Evaluating Your Mad Gamer Skills
24th Jan 2012 - Pictured above is the professional gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, widely considered to be the unofficial ambassador for the sport of PC gaming -- though where he stands in the realm of console gaming is fit for speculation... If you were online in the early period of the commercial Internet when the web was still new and seeing a.. Read More.
Following the Scent of Microsoft at E3 2012
22nd Jan 2012 - With apologies in advance to Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) . . . --==* Steve Hears a Who? *==-- On the tenth of January, wrapped up in toasty wool, In the heat of the casino, standing by the indoor pool, He was speaking video gaming... and motion controlled toys, Then Steve Ballmer the CEO made a Microsofty noise. Fin.. Read More.
The GU Top 10 Celebrity Gamers
20th Jan 2012 - While nobody really knows the origins of and the history behind the phenomenon of the Top Ten List -- it would not surprise us if there are Top Ten Lists mixed in with the Cave Drawings of Neanderthals -- in terms of the Internet and all the hep cats who dwell there, most net'heads consider the efforts of Squire David Michael Letterman.. Read More.
Mr. Bean and not Video Games Responsible for Youth Violence
4th Jan 2012 - "There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. " Maya Angelou The problem with fact is that a clever person can make it appear to support whatever position they want to make, so when we examine issues and we choose not to deal in fact, but rather in truth, we are taking a more logical path. .. Read More.
The Mystery of the Achievement Panties - Solved
30th Dec 2011 - Being a child of the 1990's the television show Scooby-Doo, Where are You! to this day maintains the position of something of a fixture in which to place the era in the mind. It seems that each decade it is vogue to re-focus on the programs from 20 years before, so the 90's was filled with the 70's -- and I am told that in the 1970's .. Read More.
The Modular PSU and the Modern Gaming Rig - A Replacement Tale
27th Dec 2011 - PC Tech has a well-deserved reputation for changing every sixteen months to two years, though when the experts talk about that sort of change they are usually referring to the application of Moore's Law and how the power of the PC increases with predictable regularity. That is all well and good but when it comes to the nuts-and-bolt.. Read More.
The Impact of Achievements & Trophies -- Recognition that Motivates
26th Dec 2011 - Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult. Hypocrites Hypocrites (450-339 BC) was an influential Greek philosopher of the fifth century B.C. and the founder of the Hypocritical school of philosophy. He was famous for devoting his entire life to preaching a philosophy of the virtues .. Read More.
The New 360 Dashboard and What it Means for Us
23rd Dec 2011 - "The thing is just hot, and I spent over 100 hours playing with it over Christmas. It's fantastic. And it really draws you in because you get these awards, you meet people, you get into the contests. It's something." Bill Gates on the Xbox 360, CNET Interview, January 2006. The newest version of the Dashboard for the Xbox 360 consol.. Read More.
The Truth Behind the Fanboy and Why They Exist
22nd Dec 2011 - From The Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboi) Fanboi (1) Someone who is hopelessly devoted to something and will like anything associated with their particular thing. (2) Geek Term related to forum users who think a product/company/person can do no wrong. (3) Deliberate misspelling of the wo.. Read More.
The Top Ten Most Influential Video Game Consoles of All Time
21st Dec 2011 - Before we get to the Top Ten List of the Most Influential Video Game Consoles of All Time it would be helpful to offer a historic view and basic background of the devices for your edification and entertainment! The first important element in the background story for the history of home video game consoles is that the development.. Read More.
A FashionWare Gamer's Holiday Gift Guide 2011
21st Nov 2011 - The commercial evolution of the Internet in the early 1990's turned out to be an event with far-reaching consequences that went way beyond what most experts predicted, illustrating a significant impact upon a broad a range of cultural and consumer trends to the point that it is widely considered to have redefined itself, emerging as mor.. Read More.
The Charity of Gamers
28th Oct 2011 - It is surprising how much information can be conveyed in a simple and brief phrase; take the phrase "In these tough economic times" (1) as an example. Hearing it or having it said to you instantly evokes specific and detailed images. Despite the fact that it is a very general and even vague collection of words, that phrase has the e.. Read More.
Holiday 2011 Video Game Release List
9th Sep 2011 - While this is not an all-encompassing list of every game set to be released over the course of the next four months, it does include a fairly comprehensive list of the upcoming AA and AAA titles for the 2011 Holiday Season! - A - Airline Tycoon II (October 14th) Windows PC / Mac OSX / Linux Assassin's Creed Revelations (November 15th).. Read More.
The Shifting Tides of the Console Wars
9th Sep 2011 - - The Console Wars Longtime gamers will be familiar with the phrase "Console Wars" (AKA "System Wars") as the term used to describe periods of intense competition for market share between video game console manufacturers. While it is not so much a war as it is a series of pitched battles, with the declaration of a winner being at.. Read More.
