Some months ago, I put to paper one of the silliest, most moronic things I have ever written. A Fistful of Consoles: The End of the Console War was a short piece of writing in which I personally ended the seventh console war by comparing ...

�Zombie games are overdone�. This statement has become something of a motto in some circles, particularly circles of people who follow the games industry and games media extensively, and those who enjoy analysing and observing the ever-s...

In the wake of the recent announcement that EA now owns the rights to develop and publish �core� Star Wars games, some predictable yet reasonable discussions have arisen around the internet pertaining to what these game might actually be....

Hey there Destructoid, it's been a while since I've written anything because I've been sick (and busy with "important" work), but I thought I'd try something different today. Here is different: Let me tell you the tale of a man most ordi...

[Warning: This article contains some minor spoilers for BioShock Infinite) I�ve always been insecure about divulging my age on the internet, particularly within pieces of writing that I publish on the Internet. When I�m discussing the in...

In the wake of Steven�s tragic death (kayfabe), The Audible Protagonist gang must continue against the tides of the videogame industry as a trio. This week we�re talking BioShock Infinite, L.A. Noire, Slender: The Arrival, Square Enix�s ...

It�s time for another episode of The Audible Protagonist! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/126074402/Podcast/Episode%209%20The%20James%20Franco%20of%20Geek%20Culture.mp3 On this week�s episode, we�re chatting about Empire: Total War, The Walking...

As bleak as the morning was, John Riccitiello (or Johnny C as his cool new friends had begun to address him affectionately) was in high spirits. Pulling on his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pyjamas, he bounded down the stairs, gleeful at t...

On this week�s episode of the the Audible Protagonist, all the fun of the farm (isn�t) brought to you by Coca-Cola! This week, we�re talking SimCity, Assassin�s Creed IV, attacks from self-righteous Halo fans, and the fantastic indie ad...

I just beat Halo 4. I�m a little late to the party as usual, and before jumping into the campaign I decided to rummage around in the dark crevices of my brain and internally swot up on whatever Halo knowledge was lurking in the shadows. C...

Whether you love it, hate it or feel aggressively indifferent towards it, Sony�s PlayStation 4 reveal conference happened this week. During the conference, we witnessed some interesting hardware announcements, some new and slightly confus...

I preferred Fallout 3 to Fallout: New Vegas. Please do not stop reading. Fans of the Fallout series seem to take to the internet forums daily in order to argue bitterly which current gen Fallout game is the best. Ignoring the fact that e...

Everyone�s favourite oral assault is here! It�s The Audible Protagonist! This week, we chat about the rumours surrounding the next generation Xbox�s �no used games� crap, as well as the Valve/Abrams collaboration. We also talk about wres...

Over the past three years or so, various game developers (and often more notably their publishers) have come under fire from gamers and industry folk for the so called �shoehorning� of multiplayer elements into what are often primarily si...

It's the fourth, technologically superior episode of The Audible Protagonist, and as a special treat for your ear holes, I decided to read some gripping works of fiction that will literally astound you for several minutes! We also discus...

While it might seem a little late to still be doing �____ of 2012� articles, there are some things that cannot be left un-said. Amidst each year�s appalling disasters and critic�s darlings, there sits a graveyard of games neither brillian...

Another episode of The Audible Protagonist is here, bringing with it fun, frolicking and fro-licking! In this episode we each pitch ideas for games resulting in such game of the year contenders as: Job Interactive, Jewish Rats, Not-RPG a...

It's time for the second episode of The Audible Protagonist you crazy kids! In this episode, we look back on the best games of the year, and look forward to what 2013 will bring. We also talk about motion control sex toys, Pokemon sexual...

As a new year unceremoniously kicks us in our collective groins and barks at us to get back to work/school/being poor, we can look back on 2012 and the gaming stories it brought with it. There were public relations nightmares, development...

For those of you who aren�t aware, Amnesia Fortnight is an annual event held by legendary development studio Double Fine. In this two week period, the studio takes a break from whatever game they are currently working on, and divides the ...

To coincide with my blog and my various works around the interweb, my friends and I decided to start a podcast! That podcast is The Audible Protagonist. Each week, we will be tackling a specific, gaming related subject, then swerving rat...

The original Assassin�s Creed, despite its repetitive �information gathering� missions and rather silly plot, was pretty great. It was essentially a series of assassination missions, wherein the player could plan their attack route and st...

Following announcements regarding Michael Fassbender�s apparent involvement in the Assassin�s Creed movie slated for the end of 2013, as well as announcements regarding Scott Derrickson�s (he wrote Sinister apparently) involvement in the m...

Remember the great console war of the seventh generation? Cries of �Filthy casual!� and �Microsoft fanboy!� thrown about online forums. The piercing whistle of a Wii-mote as it passed your ears, missing its target by mere centimetres. I�m...

I�m getting pretty sick of saving the world/galaxy/universe. It�s always important to feel like what you�re accomplishing in a game matters to somebody or something. Your actions need to have value, be it a sense of accomplishment for re...