About a week from now, E3 is set to make a triumphant return to the halls of the LA Convention Centre. Any developer that matters, and any game journalist worth his salt will be there when the doors open. Including Critical Gamer. Stick with us as we do the unthinkable and cover absolutely everything that the public demands! Okay, that’s a bit much....

Are videogames still “games,” or is this word and many like it outdated terminology passed down from our hobby’s earliest of days? Certainly, videogames have progressed since their earliest, primordial hours. Gone are the days when one large, rectangular “ball” bounced off of two other larger, rectangular blocks. The medium has advanced to the...

Do you remember your ancestry? Chances are, if you are a modern day videogamer, you are 18-34 years old and a male. Judging by that demographic, many of us are 25 years or older. We might not have experienced games from the very beginning but we have a rich, storied heritage with both Nintendo and Sega at the very least. In a recent discussion with friends...

The Tritton AX720. Glorious. Pristine. Stunning. Before I even begin to saddle this new-fangled device over my particularly bulbous cranium, these words and many like them flash through my mind as I become enraptured by the sleek design this headset offers. This headphone device is really, truly, pleasing to look at. Even better, people attracted to shiny...

Apr 19, 2010

I have grown bored with conventional cinema. It isn’t because it’s the same story again and again. It isn’t because I think the actors’ personal lives seem to be bigger than their line of work. It isn’t anything like that. It’s because after a century of work, the industry seems to have done all it can do. Movies are...