Category: Features
The first-person perspective in a video game is meant to convey the intimacy of assuming another’s consciousness, living in those virtual shoes. Take the airport terrorist situation in COD: Modern Warfare 2. The first-person perspective is a tool that –… Read More »
You’ve seen the nominees and winners for GamerNode’s Special Honors and Best of 2011 Nodie Awards; now it’s time for the biggest virtual trophy of them all. It took a lot of deliberation, some of which you can listen to… Read More »
GamerNode’s 2011 Nodie Awards are back and, once again, bigger than ever. We’re even outdoing our monstrous 2010 Nodies! For 2011, we ‘ll be bestowing a grand total of 35 awards, and will be splitting the virtual ceremony into two separate sections:… Read More »
GamerNode’s 2011 Nodie Awards are back and, once again, bigger than ever. We’re even outdoing our monstrous 2010 Nodies! For 2011, we ‘ll be bestowing a grand total of 35 awards, and will be splitting the virtual ceremony into two… Read More »
Modern fictitious games of war go big with espionage, weapons of mass destruction, military coups, merciless dictators, and explosion-filled set pieces that would make Michael Bay blush. They employ elite squads of fearless, badass, bulletproof heroes in exotic military compounds… Read More »
The fighting game genre has had a long and storied life. For every Hadoken and TOASTY, there’s a game that doesn’t pack the same punch. With the resurrection of the genre now in full swing, it’s only fitting that we… Read More »
[Disclaimer: This feature is riddled with Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception spoilers. Read at your own risk.] My friends and I sometimes debate the ending Jedi battle in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. We all agree the movie was… Read More »
The crowd sat with bated breath, anxious and enthralled by the intense competition taking place before them. Back and forth the combatants vehemently struggled with one another as the announcer bellowed the play-by-play through the arena’s sound system. Calm yet… Read More »
We were sitting at our dining room table and had just finished eating some dinner when the topic came up. It was 2006, and my brother and I began to vehemently debate which company would dominate the industry. Being Italian,… Read More »
When the ESRB tags a video game with an M rating, the purpose is to warn potential customers about suggestive and explicit content. These kinds of games have generated plenty of controversy, from titles like Night Trap to Manhunt 2…. Read More »
