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Making video games is a difficult business. From one-man passion projects to small independent studios to massive, international development teams, it doesn’t matter how many people you have working on a game it will always be a struggle to make great art. This difficulty often leads to unreasonable work hours and inordinate amounts of anxiety, […] More
Finishing video games can be quite the ordeal. While some games can be completed in a single afternoon sitting, others can be 100+ hour projects that require investment, commitment, and endurance to power through. Beyond sheer size, there are other factors that can get in the way like not having a buddy to play a […] More
Creating a good sequel can be tricky. Developers usually want to improve aspects of the previous game that worked while also changing aspects of the series so that it can evolve in a meaningful way. Sometimes this causes a series’ later entries to look nothing like their predecessors while other times they can appear surprisingly […] More
It’s always hard to know whether a video game series has ended or not. Sometimes the most critically acclaimed games are just one-off adventures through a singular world. Sometimes a franchise never ends. And sometimes the best ideas are just never revisited. But if Beyond Good and Evil 2 can be revealed a full 13 […] More
Originally announced at E3 2016, Marvel’s Spider-Man has easily been one of the most closely followed and anticipated game releases of the generation. It is the latest in a line of exceptional AAA PS4 exclusive single-player titles, made by top-tier developer Insomniac Games, with the full support of both Sony and Marvel, and based on […] More
Sometimes it can be difficult to muster the energy to play video games. The mental energy required to immerse yourself in another world can be restrictive depending on the time or amount of focus you have to devote on any given day. At the end of a long day of work or class, it’s often […] More
It can be difficult to watch the progression of a video game franchise. Sometimes they change a lot between entries, moving away from the pillars that made people fans in the first place. A lot of times they barely change at all, becoming sterile reiterations rather than fresh new takes. Gamers themselves can develop new […] More
It’s a tale as old as time. Gamers struggle through the hot summer months, running through backlogs and revisiting nostalgic releases as the slow drip of new games steadily progresses. Then the end of Summer hits and the gaming world enters that manic, magic time of the end year release season. The hits just keep […] More
August is a strange month for games. Falling just before the annual Fall release deluge while still being part of the Summer drought, Game of the Year favorites can emerge at this time one year while the next can be a barren wasteland. This August featured a variety of titles including HD remasters of classics […] More
It’s rare that a game is a day-one purchase for each of us here at TSG, yet Spider-Man is one of those thrilling occasions. We can’t stop thinking and talking about the game…so we’ve decided to talk about it some more! Whether it’s taking in the New York landscape, investing ourselves in characters, or following […] More
It’s easy to buy into a video game’s hype. As gamers we all want to see crazy new experiences, feel the excitement of waiting for them, and hope with fingers crossed that they end up as good as our fantasies. Unfortunately, the industry’s hype machine is very good at building excitement for games that ultimately […] More
Gamers like to play the types of games they’re familiar with. If you really like role-playing games, you probably play a lot of RPGs and may not touch sports games or puzzlers or first-person shooters. On the other hand, many gamers dabble in numerous genres rather than specialize in a few. Whatever your personal preferences, […] More
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