Added: 20.12.2014 3:12 | 0 views | 0 comments


Quote: "People talk about selling ice to an Eskimo as a show of skill for the seller, but who ever considers the poor Eskimo who just got scammed into buying ice? As gamers we have had our fair share of buying things we dont need, being goaded through interest in things we just could not enjoy no matter how hard we tried. 2014 has been a year of scams, and today were going to highlight the biggest ones. There isnt a winner for this Fun Award because the Fun Awards have no winners, really. Its all about what the industry tried to get away with, and got caught red-handed in the process. "

Added: 19.12.2014 9:11 | 3 views | 0 comments


EGMR writes: "In some countries the worst sins will get you stoned. These sins are so bad that anybody caught committing them should be stoned on sight. Don't even bother to check whether you have to right person, just walk up to them, look them straight in the eye and... 420BLAZEIT. Then, while they're high and intoxicated, start throwing cartridges for ET on Atarai 2600 at them. Consider the list that follows here a watch list. Something to look out for in the games you're playing. In any case, that's how religion works. In order to absolve yourself of your sins you need to stone other sinners. Or burn them at the stake. It depends entirely on how good you are with fire."

Added: 19.12.2014 7:11 | 4 views | 0 comments


This was a troubled year in video games. The difficulty started in March, when some of the organizers of the 2014 Game Developers Choice Awards received a bomb threat. The target, according to an anonymous e-mail, was Anita Sarkeesian, a feminist media critic who has been vocal about sexism and misogyny in video games, and who was due to receive an award for her work. The threat turned out to be bogus; Sarkeesian accepted her prize in safety and earned a standing ovation from many of the same game makers whose work she has spiritedly critiqued. But the threat foreshadowed further harassment later in the year, when Sarkeesian and some game developersmany of whom are women and create games that stray from conventional themeswere harangued online in a series of coordinated ad-hominem attacks. That episode raised again the hoary question of whether video games have a hand in inspiring violence among those who play them. But, this time, the cliché was voiced not by conservatives, wh...

Added: 18.12.2014 19:12 | 1 views | 0 comments


PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year Awards 2014 is an annual chance for PlayStation fans to name the best of the best

Added: 18.12.2014 18:11 | 0 views | 0 comments


EGMR writes: "The Bastard of the Year Award is what we give to someone who did something so bastardly and evil that we will hold secret or public hate for it until the end of time or until its bastardness is taken away. Alright, maybe thats only in extreme cases. It could even go to something that continuously did bastardly things and has gotten itself quite the rap sheet. Anyone and anything can be nominated, whether its about screwing over or deceiving gamers, consistently irritating us, insulting the community or just general evil-doing. But keep in mind that even the good guys can get nominated, as long as they qualify during the year. This award will be given to the overall biggest bastard of the year."

Added: 18.12.2014 17:21 | 0 views | 0 comments


EGMR writes: "This award is very difficult to hand out. Developers often bring out more than one game each year, maybe multiple amazing ones and a few not-so-great ones, or simply just one game so you can see why we cant judge on quantity. Naturally its quality were looking for, but thats not the sole contributor, since there are also many quality games out there that continue to be released with each passing month. So how exactly do we hand out this award? Well, we take a look at the games that come out and think long and hard at what they accomplished and what the developers accomplished with them. The developers that take risks and are rewarded, go out of their way to bring something we gamers want, those who try their best to please us, working hard all the way, and never turning their backs on us all of these are contributors to receiving this award. Whether its going the extra mile to make us happy, giving us something special in addition to their game or being genuin...

Added: 18.12.2014 17:11 | 2 views | 0 comments


EGMR writes: "What does one have to do in order to be listed among the year's biggest controversies in gaming? Nothing quite so pedestrian as murdering a woman in the name of misogyny or confessing to owning a David Cage body pillow. It's rather simple actually. These are the controversies that defined 2014 by leaving a lasting impression and at the very least causing a significant stir around the web. If people were up in arms about it then it probably has a shout at being on this list."

Added: 18.12.2014 16:17 | 1 views | 0 comments


PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year Awards 2014 is an annual chance for PlayStation fans to name the best of the best

Added: 18.12.2014 16:12 | 0 views | 0 comments


EGMR writes: "This award is very difficult to hand out. Developers often bring out more than one game each year, maybe multiple amazing ones and a few not-so-great ones, or simply just one game so you can see why we cant judge on quantity. Naturally its quality were looking for, but thats not the sole contributor, since there are also many quality games out there that continue to be released with each passing month. So how exactly do we hand out this award? Well, we take a look at the games that come out and think long and hard at what they accomplished and what the developers accomplished with them. The developers that take risks and are rewarded, go out of their way to bring something we gamers want, those who try their best to please us, working hard all the way, and never turning their backs on us all of these are contributors to receiving this award. Whether its going the extra mile to make us happy, giving us something special in addition to their game or being genuin...