Posts tagged with Games
Where the Numbers Keep Getting Bigger
I’ve been messing around with the recently released Diablo Immortal. It’s the latest game in the Diablo series, which popularized this Action RPG + loot genre of games that has largely displaced MMORPGs, by replacing monthly subscription fees with…
Do Subscriptions Work for Video Games?
Video games are a hit-driven business. While there are certainly a class of games— Fortnite , Counter-strike , League of Legends —that persist for years and even decades, the vast majority of video games go through a development → launch → content/…
Gaming's Next Frontier
Last month, a series of corporate maneuvers shook up the world of gaming. First, the mobile gaming pioneer Zynga announced that they were getting acquired by Take-Two Interactive, a major gaming publisher, for $17 billion. Then Microsoft dropped their…
New Gaming Consoles, Like the Old Gaming Consoles
Against all odds, I grabbed a new PlayStation 5 during one of those "in-stock for 30 seconds before we sell out" online mad rushes. It's pretty surreal that, after 6 months of a new console…
Basking in their First Finished Game
The game was Pikuniku. It's a pretty silly indie game. The art style is simple to the point where it feels like it was drawn by kindergarteners; the gameplay is loose and forgiving; and the story and dialogue…
The Exercise RPG
It was an accidental, but masterful timing when Nintendo released their new fitness game, Ring Fit Adventure , last October. It was initially received as another quirky game from the company, one that took advantage of the portability of the Switch&…
