Chances are, you have played PC games the exact same way for years; and for many of us (including myself), we exercise habits that have been a mainstay in our PC gaming experience for decades. For me, I slightly tap the WASD keys on my keyboard when I am controlling a character in a game even if I am not currently controlling the character.   Why?   To me, this keeps my fingers “at the [...]

While the alleged rumor that Apple CEO Tim Cook meeting with Valve’s esteemed Gabe Newell was recently put to rest, the prospect of an Apple or Valve console certainly sent the Internet into a dizzying state of speculation. Could the two software giants really come together to produce something to challenge the big three in the future? Would it even be a smart business move to enter the console market this late in the game? [...]

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you’ve likely heard of the popular project-funding website, Kickstarter, and depending on your perspective, either loathe or love the site. Kickstarter has recently been flooded by indie game developers looking to skip the cutthroat competition for professional funding and instead turn to the community for financial support. As a result, indie developers have been searching for a gaming-specific community funding option, and fortunately, [...]

Although the PC gaming community resembles an elitist cult at some times, their primary sin is a general sense of reluctance to accept anything that challenges what they’ve come to expect from their gaming experiences. This general attitude has pervaded into the market strategy for many developers, resulting in a vast majority of games that are perfectly capable of running on most Macintosh computers being developed exclusively for the PC. Why are PC gamers so [...]