Operation Metro – The Hype, the Hope, the Fallout, and where DICE goes from here
It is always interesting to see how something with so much hype or hope surrounding it to suddenly fall in an unforeseen pit of embarrassment, regret, and despair. You see it in sports when a team enters into a game labeled as the favorite only to fall in a shattering lost. You see it in...
Reason why Star Wars: The Old Republic will be revolutionary for MMOs
Whether it is reading opinions from those who have played the game at conventions and community days or reading opinions from beta testers leaking information onto the net, a common theme I see are people saying that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be nothing revolutionary as it is essentially World of Warcraft in a...
When will videogames honor the fallen troops of Afghanistan and Iraq?
The 10th anniversary of the September 11th attack on the United States is here and the country is re-entering its increased patriotism phase that came immediately after the devastating attacks that left exactly 2,977 individuals killed. Furthermore on the battlefield, America has lost a total of 6,026 brave men in women in both Iraq...
Death of the RPG: Becoming “Less Relevant”
In my initial entry into this ongoing series that I have started here on GameZenith, I talked about the generational clash that is going on within the RPG genre. I talked about the old school D&D style RPG gamers vs the new school Action RPG style gamers and how their ideals are affecting the way...
Battlefield 3 Jets will become the new “Bush Wookie”
One thing that really annoys us Battlefield: Bad Company 2 gamers are the infamous “Bush Wookie”. If you are a Bad Company 2 player you know exactly what I am talking about, they are people who play as the Recon class and sit back in a map away from the action avoiding objectives as their...
If Rich People Thought like Warren Buffet, America’s Economy Would Rebound
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice,” “That sounds like a lot of money. But what I paid was only 17.4 percent of my taxable income – and that’s actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of...
The WoW Community is Already Destroying SWTOR!
I had a feeling that this was going to happen; a game with Star Wars: The Old Republic’s stature, it was only a matter of time where followers of another major MMO, World of Warcraft would cross over and bring their culture over to SWTOR. This is nothing new in gaming as it happens all...
“Go Play Call of Duty!” – A Meme for Anti Team FPS Gamers
You probably have said that to someone you’ve played with online whenever playing a game such as Battlefield, Team Objective modes in Halo or various other team oriented FPS games whenever your teammates would make selfish decisions that puts the team’s overall well-being in jeopardy. I know myself I have used that phrase many times...