GAMEOLOGY – Console Generations, Pros and Cons of PS4 Pro and XB1X
The Xbox One X and PS4 Pro have altered the long-standing tradition of console generations. Is it a one-off? Will we see small jumps in between traditional generation upgrades? Or…
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EB Games Expo – Preview
EB Games Expo is a three day event held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, showcasing the latest upcoming and new release games. Running from the 7th to…
Great Gaming Minds – Shigeru Miyamoto
“If you don’t know who has the answer, then simply make the answer yourself. I have a lot more fun when we’re making the rules as we go along.” – Shigeru…
The Final Fantasy IX PS4 ‘remaster’ is incomplete without these stunning backgrounds
The PS1 Final Fantasy games used beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds to convey their visual ideas. This was a common practice at the time, also seen in Resident Evil. The benefit was much higher detail and…
See Gameplay of the Cancelled Open-World Pilotwings
I previously wrote that Pilotwings deserves a sequel and how puzzling it was to see it launch on both the SNES and N64 (50% of the launch lineup alongside Mario 64), but miss out…
GAMEOLOGY – Super Mario 3D World
Mario’s first jump to 3D might still be my favorite if I take into account the initial impact. I was a teenager and the evolution from SNES to 64 was spellbinding.…
Tokyo Game Show – Preview
Tokyo Game Show is Japan’s biggest annual consumer video games expo. Beginning on Thursday, September 21st at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba and running through to September 24th, there’s a…
Great Gaming Minds: Harvey Smith (Dishonored, Deus Ex)
Harvey Smith (Deux Ex, Dishonored) has faced more than his fair share of demons but stealthily used his past to inform his future, creating magnificent gaming experiences and granting a glass-half-full…
Destiny 2 is Super Successful According to Weirdly Specific Stats
Destiny is a big deal. Destiny 2 is a really big deal. Let’s prove it with numbers. “Destiny 2 is Largest Ever Day 1 Sales Globally for Playstation Store” (I didn’t write nor…
Super Mario World – GAMEOLOGY
Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. saved the video game industry in 1985. It revolutionized what a video game could be, and set the gold standard for platformers and games moving forward. Three…