With technology and media on the rise, there is just so many ways to communicate ideas and facts. So many supporters of video games (and even some who couldn’t care less about video games) have spent a lot of time and energy propounding the fact that video games are not only good for entertainment value but are also good at teaching people and giving them reality-based experiences that is second only to actual experience. But hey, this article isn’t going to try to argue that; we believe it. After all, where else does the idea of simulators for pilots and…

Developed by Kojima Productions, ‘Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots’ is a video game that practically screams the action and adventure, and has “stealth” as the main mode of focus in the games conceptualisation. It was a probably a good idea though, for the game and its gameplay received massively positive reviews on its release and is still going strong. ‘Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots’ is the 6th instalment of the Metal Gear gaming series and is set 5 years after the events in the precursor video game, ‘Metal Gear Solid 2’ (Full name of the game: Metal…

The video game ‘Trine’ was developed by Frozenbyte and is a puzzle video game that is set up on a side-scrolling action platform. The world of Trine is set up with a medieval theme in a fantasy world with a lot of magic and fighting. In Trine, players can take control of and switch between three different characters in the game. These characters are a wizard, a thief and, a knight. The Plot that Regulates ‘Trine’ Trine’ world is a medieval fantasy world that is in ruin. Although there was once a time of peace in the land under the rule of…

Playing video games is a wonderful activity and one that we won’t give up except due to cruel torture and pain of death. (And some won’t give it up even under those threats!) However, as fabulous as the gaming world is, one sometimes must pause and consider some of the things certain games ask us to do. For they are ridiculous to the point where you wonder what on earth the game developer was thinking! Here are a few instances alone where we might find ourselves blinking at the game if we paused long enough to think about the question.…

‘The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay’ is a popular video game that squarely falls in the action and adventure genres of video games. Set in a futuristic world on a desolate planet that houses a maximum security prison called “Butcher Bay”, this is a first person, role play video game that focusses ten times more on stealth and tactics in its game design rather than on fire power. There’s plenty of blood and gore in this video game, and the visual graphics are mind blowing! So if you haven’t given this game a go yet, you’re really missing…

‘Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear’ is the second installment of the Tom Clancy Rainbow Six video game series and is a sequel to the original Rainbow Six video game. The ‘Rogue Spear’ installment, like its predecessor, is a first person shooter game. The main premise of the Rainbow Six series of video games is to have RAINBOW’s multinational CTU (Counter Terrorism Unit) fight against various international terrorist groups and organizations. In most cases, the terrorist group either has a weapon of mass destruction with plans to use it against the world (which the CTU must thwart), or has taken hostages, or…

‘Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six’ is a shooter game that was first released in the year 1998. It was the very first installment released of the series. It is a tactical role playing game with a heavy dose of action and adventure as the main part of its gameplay. In 1999, an expansion pack of the same video game, named Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch, was released. It started off as a video game that was only available for the PC platform. But now there are versions of the game that is available on various video game platforms, including (but not…

‘Ni No Kuni’ is a video game that is also known as ‘Another World’, ‘The Other World’, and ‘Second Country’. ‘The Another World’ is a role play video game and falls into the action and adventure genres of video games. It received critical acclaim for its animated scenes, graphic design, and great gameplay. The thing that most impressed critics (OK, the thing that most impressed critics according to us) is that the gameplay for this video game is an engaging and intriguing mix of both Western style and Japanese style role playing game combat techniques. This game also won a slew…

One of the best parts of ‘Ni No Kuni’ or ‘Another World’ is the fun host of characters in it. For the characters make the story, and the story was one of the main features of the game (other than the visuals and gameplay) that really earned Ni No Kuni its acclaim after the game’s release. The main (hero) characters that any gamer should know about if playing (or planning to play) ‘Another World’ are as follows: Oliver Oliver is the main character and protagonist of the game. He is a thirteen year old boy who lives in a town called Motorville.…