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FFXIV Resists NFTs Despite Pressure from Square Enix
The cryptocurrency and broader NFT market have experienced a precipitous decline recently. Cryptocurrency price indexes show not just a fall in overall price levels, but market activity as well. […]
Axie Infinity, Play-to-Earn’s Poster Boy, is Nearing Collapse
Axie Infinity, which rode the NFT bubble to soaring heights in 2021 is nearing collapse. AXS, the game’s cryptocurrency token, has fallen from an all-time high of $160.36 down […]
Despite NFT Crash, Square Enix Continues to Offload Legacy Franchises to Focus on Blockchain Gaming
The NFT market is experiencing a crash driven mostly by a loss of value in the NFT art and collectible sectors. A cryptocurrency price index showed a drop in […]
From Software’s Cryptic Game Design isn’t a Beautiful Mystery. It’s Just Frustrating.
Spoiler Warning: contains character-quest spoilers Intentionally Cryptic Elden Ring is a phenomenal game. That almost goes without saying at this point. The scale that From Software has achieved, while […]
The Downsides of Piracy
First off, I’m obligated to say that pirating video games is either illegal or a misdemenor (you wouldn’t download a car) in many countries. In the United States, it’s […]
The Economy in Escape from Tarkov is Crashing due to Sanctions on Russia
The Escape From Tarkov Rouble NATO and its allies have placed withering sanctions on the Russian economy after the developments in Ukraine. The Russian economy was disconnected from SWIFT, […]
NFTs Industrialize the Gameplay Loop… That’s a Terrible Idea
The Commodification of Games NFTs will destroy video games if industry-wide adoption occurs. This is not, well mostly not, hyperbole. NFTs mean the ability to commodify things that were […]
How Gaming Addiction Works
(Content Warnings for alcohol and drug use is compared to gaming. Brief mention of suicide.) Games suck their players in a world of fantasy and offer an escape from […]
The Growing Integration of the Games Industry, or, Why the Free Hand of the Market isn’t Working
An Underregulated Industry As the entertainment industry grows and the amount of capital available multiplies, by an order of magnitude, year-on-year, the risk of consolidation and toxic business practices […]
Star Citizen Developers Predict Launch is a Maximum of Five Years Away
Star Citizen has had a troubled development cycle. The game has now been in development for nearly a decade. To give some perspective: a close friend of mine who […]
Genshin Lore: The Archons – A Deep Dive
All About Archons in Genshin Impact (Note: Heavy spoilers for the game’s storyline, lore, and characters. You have been warned.) The English translation of Genshin Impact makes you think […]
Genshin Impact: What is Celestia?
Many players have noticed a floating island seen in the sky from Mondstadt and Liyue. It looks like someone grabbed a chunk of land and made it float in […]
Rockstar’s GTA: The Trilogy Is… Not Great So Far
Rockstar Games Rockstar is one of the most successful entertainment companies in the world. To illustrate, Grand Theft Auto: V alone generated close to a billion dollars in revenue […]
New World Has Disabled All Forms of Trading Due to Gold Duping Exploit
Amazon Game Studios has disabled all forms of gold trading in their beleaguered MMO, New World, because of a gold duping exploit. Players are bemused more than furious, considering […]
NFT Primer and Top NFT Games for 2021
Any gamer not living under a rock for the past few months would have most likely caught news of NFT games and their prominent rise in the gaming scene […]
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