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This. A lot of the decisions for when a game is released is out of the developers' hands. It's usually the company or the publisher that decides when a game is pushed back or when it has to be released. Triple A games have to fit within a tight schedule, and due to the nature of bugs, it can...

I'd have to agree that Civilization takes the cake for me. I bought Civilization IV after a friend's recommendation and was addicted to the series immediately. The variety of the civilizations, victory options, technology development, and diplomacy was a bit overwhelming, but still excited me to...

What is your favorite moddable game? Skyrim is one of my favorite RPGs of all time, and even moreso when mods are added. I have no less than 25 running at any given time, and that's not counting the quality-of-life mods, such as community patches and the optimizations available. I choose mods...

I love text and graphic based choose-your-own-adventures. One of my first experiences in the genre was Indigo Prophecy. I was young at the time and had never stopped to play a story-based game; I thought they were uninteresting and unenjoyable. My opinions changed when I rented the Indigo...

I was terrible at Team Fortress 2 when I first started, and weeks later not much changed. When I first approached the game, I was a diehard Battlefield and Call of Duty fan, and had years of FPS experience. None of that prepared me for Team Fortress. I loved the different classes and zany...

Sony was open about the new subscription model required for online multiplayer. Of course, some players may have missed the memo and believed that the PS4 would have the same free online model as the PS3 (I was one of them myself), so it wouldn't surprise me that PS fans wouldn't know about the...

Sim City 2000 was my first game. I was young when it was released and I didn't know what I was doing half the time, but I still loved creating my own city and unleashing environmental mayhem upon it. As I grew older, Maxis became one of my favorite developers and I continued to buy the new Sim...

Games with Gold is an excellent service. It doesn't have as many options as the PlayStation Plus users, but I find the games more fun. A lot of the free games available via PlayStation Plus are a combination of PS and Vita. Some of them are indies or low-quality free-to-play games, but there...

Getting both gaming systems is definitely worth. There are a slew of third party exclusives on each console as well as the specific series for each system (i.e. Halo for Xbox, MGS for PS, etc). It will get expensive to buy both systems and get the exclusives for each one, but the payoff is...

I've loved the Dynasty Warriors series ever since I bought in on the first PlayStation. The gameplay consists of typical, mindless hack-and-slash with button mashing, but I found it addictive. I loved the special "mosuo" moves you could preform, the array of weaponry, and playing co-op with a...

COD is still a popular series but hardcore fans and ranked COD players are having grievances with Advanced Warfare. If you're more of a casual player, then the COD you know and love is still there, and the run-and-gun, twitch reaction fun is still intact. If you haven't played the series in a...

I don't think Minecraft or video games in general can only be enjoyed by minors. It is a common misconception among non-gamers and some casual gamers that video games are a childish hobby. However, there are gamers who live to the ripe age of 40 and even older gentlemen that take the time to...

It depends on the type of game I'm playing, but I prefer keyboard and mouse. The amount of customization and options on the keyboard outperform a controller, and you can't achieve the precision of a mouse with an analog stick. This is especially the case in FPS games, where every twitch reason...

Saying this is a tough choice is an understatement; I could list most of Bethesda's or Bioware's works and not be able to decide which is better. But if I take out gameplay that involves mods, I would pick Dragon Age. DA:O was the first one I owned, though I never managed to beat it. I loved...