Though it’s easy to get caught up in fruitless debates over genre classifications, genres are a fascinating part of any medium’s evolution. Yes, they sometimes oversimplify complex works for the purposes of classification. However, a deeper look at the origins of those genres often reveals fascinating facts about the evolution of art and entertainment.
That’s especially true of gaming. Many of us have been alive for most of the notable history of video games. Yet, it’s still remarkably easy to forget how some of the more unique and prevalent video game genres actually began.
Today, we’re going to take a look at the birth of some of those genres. Some were clearly created by the release of a revolutionary new title, while others can trace their origins to games that took an existing concept in a new direction. Some are world-famous, while others have been...
That’s especially true of gaming. Many of us have been alive for most of the notable history of video games. Yet, it’s still remarkably easy to forget how some of the more unique and prevalent video game genres actually began.
Today, we’re going to take a look at the birth of some of those genres. Some were clearly created by the release of a revolutionary new title, while others can trace their origins to games that took an existing concept in a new direction. Some are world-famous, while others have been...
- 3/29/2024
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Dragon’s Dogma 2 has finally hit the shelves and is enjoying a decent run so far. The sequel to 2012’s Dragon’s Dogma game, the latest installment was released on March 22, 2024, on PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X and S.
A still from Dragon’s Dogma 2
The game is set in a fantasy-themed world parallel to that of its predecessor. The players get to control a customizable character known as “Arisen.” In the ongoing geopolitical conflict, players must complete quests and progress in the game with the help of their chosen allies known as “Pawns.”
Hideaki Itsuno shares his early gaming experiences
Game Director Hideaki Itsuno recently in an interview with IGN spilled the beans about his latest project. He was asked about what Dragon Dogma he liked and what enhancements or innovations he had added to the sequel when compared to the first game. To this he says,
“Well, that...
A still from Dragon’s Dogma 2
The game is set in a fantasy-themed world parallel to that of its predecessor. The players get to control a customizable character known as “Arisen.” In the ongoing geopolitical conflict, players must complete quests and progress in the game with the help of their chosen allies known as “Pawns.”
Hideaki Itsuno shares his early gaming experiences
Game Director Hideaki Itsuno recently in an interview with IGN spilled the beans about his latest project. He was asked about what Dragon Dogma he liked and what enhancements or innovations he had added to the sequel when compared to the first game. To this he says,
“Well, that...
- 3/26/2024
- by Amarylisa Gonsalves
- FandomWire
The Amiga 500 Mini has been on the market for about a year. A price drop, that saw me able to pick one up for 75 euros finally sucked me in. Growing up, I was an Amiga kid, and a little A500-shaped plastic box is able to trigger some serious nostalgia for me. To me, the death of Commodore and Amiga was a corporate tragedy, up there with the cancelling of the TV series “Firefly”.
The A500 Mini is, for the money, a well-made piece of kit. Sadly the tiny buttons are just part of the case and cannot be pressed, but that is fine. It is scaled down and my early concerns about the quality of the gamepad were unfounded. The controller is also pleasingly shaped like the Amiga CD32 controller (more on the CD32 later) and a joystick is available to purchase separately (albeit I have not tested that...
The A500 Mini is, for the money, a well-made piece of kit. Sadly the tiny buttons are just part of the case and cannot be pressed, but that is fine. It is scaled down and my early concerns about the quality of the gamepad were unfounded. The controller is also pleasingly shaped like the Amiga CD32 controller (more on the CD32 later) and a joystick is available to purchase separately (albeit I have not tested that...
- 7/19/2023
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
1974: a great year for many filmmakers. This was the year Francis Ford Coppola released both “The Godfather: Part II” and “The Conversation”. Mel Brooks hit a prolific streak too with “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles”. Over in West Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder continued his hot streak by directing Four feature films, including his most beloved work, “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul”. However, it was perhaps Shinichi ‘Sonny' Chiba who had the most iconic and significant year out of that roster, with a career-defining bumper year that contained an impressive amount of diversity for an actor nominally known as a martial arts star. Surrounding himself with the posse from his expert team ‘Japan Action Club' and with the backing of the Toei Company, Ltd., Chiba completed a full trilogy, a two-part crime caper saga, a spin-off to the aforementioned trilogy And a powerful anti-war drama all in one year.
- 4/13/2023
- by Simon Ramshaw
- AsianMoviePulse
Carnaby International’s Rise of the Footsoldier: The Mobile Game has been developed in partnership with Soho Game Development, Platinum Pictures, Akupara Games, and Flowstate Xr – featuring familiar faces from the film franchise, reimaged in old-school Beat-Em-Up style with modern 3D graphics and updated gameplay mechanics.
Tiernan Hanby worked on Rise of the Footsoldier: The Mobile Game, and shares his insight on the rise in popularity of retro & mobile games this year…
Can you explain why retro mobile games will have a boom in 2023?
The Videogames industry has been bigger than the Film and Music industry combined for years now. It’s so big that even non-gamers have their favourite Twitch streamers. And Twitch streamers are the new rock stars. E-Sports stars are the new athletes. Gamers take it so seriously that South Korea had to set up its very own E-Crime force to tackle online crime, and in the...
Tiernan Hanby worked on Rise of the Footsoldier: The Mobile Game, and shares his insight on the rise in popularity of retro & mobile games this year…
Can you explain why retro mobile games will have a boom in 2023?
The Videogames industry has been bigger than the Film and Music industry combined for years now. It’s so big that even non-gamers have their favourite Twitch streamers. And Twitch streamers are the new rock stars. E-Sports stars are the new athletes. Gamers take it so seriously that South Korea had to set up its very own E-Crime force to tackle online crime, and in the...
- 4/12/2023
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Joblo’s lively blood may be in movies, but we love our video games too! Shameless plug be sure to check out Playing with Fear with Tyler over on our Horror Originals channel! Anyways, the topic of video game-based movies is always a touchy subject. Sure…. They usually have the reputation of being just so bad. However thanks to the recent success of The Last of Us on HBO Max and we saw some good box office returns with the two Sonic Movies, It feels nowadays Hollywood may have Finally cracked the blood code to making good video game adaptations.
A-b-a-c-a-b-b! Couldn’T Resist!
But today we are feeling nostalgic for some good solid guilty pleasures. In the early 90s in the peak of the 16 bit console wars, Nintendo was riding high of the success of the Super Mario franchise and decided to go into uncharted territory and bring the...
A-b-a-c-a-b-b! Couldn’T Resist!
But today we are feeling nostalgic for some good solid guilty pleasures. In the early 90s in the peak of the 16 bit console wars, Nintendo was riding high of the success of the Super Mario franchise and decided to go into uncharted territory and bring the...
- 4/10/2023
- by Jay Saint G
- JoBlo.com
2D fighters are my gaming bread and butter, having been weened on to them at an early age thanks to side-scrolling efforts such as Double Dragon and Streets of Rage and discovering the grand-daddy of 2D fighters, Street Fighter 2 at an arcade in Majorca back in the 90s. Since then I’ve played them all, from classics such as Final Fight and the King of Fighters series to more obscure fighters such as Spectral vs. Generation, Waku Waku 7 and Groove on Fight. So the release of any new 2D fighting game always gets me a little over-excited… even moreso when it comes from the current kings (Imho) of fighting games, Arc System Works.
Why Arc System Works? Well they’re the company behind the Guilty Gear and Blazblue franchises And they’ve had a hand in a myriad of other fighting franchises, either as developer or distributor since way...
Why Arc System Works? Well they’re the company behind the Guilty Gear and Blazblue franchises And they’ve had a hand in a myriad of other fighting franchises, either as developer or distributor since way...
- 5/11/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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Tonight we’ve reached the halfway point and watched the most action packed and the shortest episode of the season. We’re on the path of blood and war and tonight’s episode demonstrated what happens when you “wake the dragon”. But hold on! Before we get any further into tonight’s review, have you watched Game of Thrones “The Spoils of War” episode 4 of season 7 yet? If you haven’t then look away GoT fans, because there will be spoilers. Alright, you’ve been warned. Come on in and let’s discuss.
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The Reaping of Highgarden
As expected the reaping of Highgarden is well underway and by the look on Jamie Lannister’s face I don’t think this is his favorite part of warmongering. Every penny of the Highgarden gold is going to the Iron Bank.
Tonight we’ve reached the halfway point and watched the most action packed and the shortest episode of the season. We’re on the path of blood and war and tonight’s episode demonstrated what happens when you “wake the dragon”. But hold on! Before we get any further into tonight’s review, have you watched Game of Thrones “The Spoils of War” episode 4 of season 7 yet? If you haven’t then look away GoT fans, because there will be spoilers. Alright, you’ve been warned. Come on in and let’s discuss.
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The Reaping of Highgarden
As expected the reaping of Highgarden is well underway and by the look on Jamie Lannister’s face I don’t think this is his favorite part of warmongering. Every penny of the Highgarden gold is going to the Iron Bank.
- 8/7/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Kyra Dawson)
- Cinelinx
The wait is nearly over, Game of Thrones fans! In less than 9 days Game of Thrones Season 7 will be here and if I know anything, I know that we are in for the time of our lives. Yet before it’s time for the obligatory “Quiet in the Realm!” warning, let’s refresh our collective memories and take a quick look back at the previous 6 seasons. Come inside to refresh your memory!
If you’re a Game of Thrones fan like me then I know you are probably half way through a pre-season Game of Thrones seasons 1 through 6 binge watch. You’re busy catching up on seasons or episodes you’ve missed, or re-watching every single last episode of every single last season, dissecting it and looking for clues. You’re also probably nearly coming out of your skin impatiently anticipating the very long awaited seventh season to begin.
First,...
If you’re a Game of Thrones fan like me then I know you are probably half way through a pre-season Game of Thrones seasons 1 through 6 binge watch. You’re busy catching up on seasons or episodes you’ve missed, or re-watching every single last episode of every single last season, dissecting it and looking for clues. You’re also probably nearly coming out of your skin impatiently anticipating the very long awaited seventh season to begin.
First,...
- 7/7/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Kyra Dawson)
- Cinelinx
Emilia Clarke has been heating up watercooler talk for five years now HBO’s monster hit adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series, Game of Thrones. Even as a veteran multiple re-reader of all of the books in the series that jumped on the lit before the turn of the century, I never thought that I’d see the day that “Khaleesi” would enter pop culture vernacular, a thought that died when I bought my 8 year old niece, who knows the series better than you, an “I’m not a Princess I’m a Khaleesi t-shirt). Move over Arthur C., Emilia is the Clarke of both speculative and reality affections.
I was introduced to the series hiding in a public library by my house, waiting for my mom to go to work, so my parents wouldn’t know I had been suspended (this...
I was introduced to the series hiding in a public library by my house, waiting for my mom to go to work, so my parents wouldn’t know I had been suspended (this...
- 5/10/2015
- by Jay Tomio
- Boomtron
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