Blogcritics

Video Game Industry: The Dark Ages of a Woman and Why Men Need to Grow Up

Gaetano Prestia — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:53:32 EST

Are games machines toys and what does it mean for us?
In case you haven't realized, the title of this article has a sense of sarcasm. "The Dark Ages" refers to an article written by Kate Muir for The Times in the U.K. The article concludes that video games have become a safe haven for masculinity, much like gentleman's clubs did at the turn of last century. "...of a...

Video Game Industry: The Misconceived Perception

Gaetano Prestia — Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:09:37 EST

The non-gaming public, as seen in the Mass Effect/Fox News debacle, has a perception of video games that has failed to evolve over the decades.
There is no doubt that some of you may have watched recently the somewhat laughable news bulletin by Fox News over in the U.S. regarding Mass Effect. The segment, which highlighted the supposed use of "full frontal nudity" and "sex" in the game, totally discredited anything Fox News has ever done in the past. While I was watching this I couldn't...

Video Game Industry: Japanese Developer's Wild Comments

Gaetano Prestia — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:45:43 EST

Japanese developer Akira Yamaoka claims that Japanese game development is "in trouble."
Akira Yamaoka, a world-renowned video game developer from Japan who has heavy influence on development on such franchises as Silent Hill and the Beatmania series, has made a rather confusing statement that Japanese development is in trouble. He doesn't mean in an isolated reference, but rather in comparison to the advancement of...