Violence: Mind Games and Escapism
Violence and entertainment go hand in hand, regardless of the form of media. Rather it is video games, film, or even novels, the theory that what we play, watch, and read ultimately shapes our... more
Violence and entertainment go hand in hand, regardless of the form of media. Rather it is video games, film, or even novels, the theory that what we play, watch, and read ultimately shapes our... more
Arcades are dead. I will not deal here trying to figure out why, since there is way too many factors here. But they died long ago, and now we all play games in the comfort of our homes. We pla... more
We have a particular kind of market here, maybe not unique to Brazil, when we talk about games. We call it the Grey Market. The Grey Market is an interesting case, and it is a constant to most ... more
It seems that every time a new game is announced, people fastly goes to find something to complain about. I don't care why they do that. If it is for attention, if it is because they aren't lov... more
It is a quite common thing I read about games, specially about games people didn't like, that they couldn't relate to the characters. And then I started wondered: exactly what they mean with th... more
Gameplay is the most important aspect on any game. A game with poor graphics, sound and lack of story can still be an awesome game if it have fun gameplay. That is how many indie games and some... more
Every year, there is games that seem to be made to take the number one post of other games. Some want the throne, others the crown. Some comes from new studios, others from studios that aren'... more
2012 will enter in my game as the Year of Emotion. This year, more than any other, showed games that weren't only great to play, but that messed with how I felt. Be either the innovative way th... more
Naoto Shirogane is one of the main characters on , made by Atlus, a JRPG that deals with identity issues, high school drama, exploring a mysterious world inside TVs and a murder mystery. At fir... more
Novelas are Brazilian soap operas. They are very different from Mexican soap operas, since they don't have the over acting and implausible plots. When I was a kid, my family was poor, so we had... more
The second analog in the PlayStation Vita, for many, was a correction to one of the biggest flaws of the PlayStation Portable. And specially, it would open the doors for one of the biggest, mos... more
Games are entertainment. Of all things in the world, entertainment goes way down there in the list of important things. You know, after things like health, food, home, family, happiness, money,... more
Want to be apart of gaming history? Want to be an early tester for four future Double Fine titles? Want to vote on what future titles will be? Want to own limited release prototypes for Doubl... more
I got tired of labels. They never meant much anyways, and now they mean even less. We live in a world were things got so mixed up and share so much in common that labels are pointless. They don... more
Let's start with my final impressions with , since I made some completely deserve the love it receive, but this don't mean it is a perfect game. Far from it, it have some glaring problems th... more
So, after years always having a lackluster PC, when my old PC start failing on me, I decided to do an upgrade. At first, I was thinking about just going cheap, but then decided that making a mo... more
I bet a lot of you never asked this. Everyone have their own tastes and probably never asked themselves how come they like what they like and dislike what they dislike. So, today while talking ... more
One of my main grips with the previous games I played is the fact that, for a member of a secret order of stealth assassin's, you surely was a lousy assassin. Altair and Ezio were hardly abl... more
Probably everyone here must be familiar with the Greek Myth of Pandora's box. In the most popular version, Pandora receives a box from the gods, that warn her to never open it. Pandora goes and... more
received a very poor reception from reviews. Yet, despite this, they are selling quite well. RE6 sold over 3 million units, making it hardly a flop. In the other hand, a game like is receiving ... more
I started to play for the first time this weekend. And that the game isn't 'scary'. I haven't jumped of my seat because of the traditional scary tactics like monsters jumping from windows/v... more
I am officially old. I have being gaming since the days of the Atari 2600. I got into game in 1987, which is actually in the last century. I had a 8-bit system, skipped the 16-bits for a bit, g... more
Those days, I have being playing a PSP JRPG called , a spin-off of the famous visual novel-turned anime . It is not a incredible good game, in fact, is average. It have its qualities in the cha... more
is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace, same developer of Star Ocean, and published by Enix, before it made a wrong fusion with Square fucking up both comapnies, for the PlayStatio... more
One reason why games attract me is the possibility to do things that would be incredible difficulty to do in real life by lack of money, proper time and zombie outbreaks or that would be in fac... more
After 3 decades of gaming, my body count is probably higher than many wars. I have killed soldiers of all countries (specially Nazis and Russians), mercenaries, terrorists, criminals, police of... more
I always feel sad when I finish a great book/movie/TV show/game. After spending any amount of time with its characters, their story and their world, if they all were really well done, I will fe... more
So, I just finished Mirror's Edge. I have being wanting to play this game for quite some time now, and since it is just US$14.99 at PSN, I couldn't resist the chance. And I glad I did. It was q... more
Well... the weirdest article appeared on a Brazilian website about games yesterday. See, we are having Brasil Game Show (yes, Brasil is wrote with an 's' in Brazil) and Sony showed some games. ... more
So... After a long time, I decided to come back. Several factors worked to this. My aunt-in-law (is that how you say this?) died yesterday, making me realize that I should take the best of my l... more