Commentary Archive
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![FORÂ THE LAST WEEK, all my reviewer buddies have been telling me how awesome The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is. How open the world is, how much stuff there is to […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/skyrim1-165x115.jpg "Skyrim: The Awesomeness Begins")
Skyrim: The Awesomeness Begins
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsFORÂ THE LAST WEEK, all my reviewer buddies have been telling me how awesome The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is. How open the world is, how much stuff there is to […] -
![I FINISHED MODERN WARFARE 3’s CAMPAIGN this week, and can’t help but feel I’ve done all this before. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t fun – there’s something comfortable and enjoyable […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/codmw3A-165x115.jpg "Modern Warfare 3: Define “Modern”")
Modern Warfare 3: Define “Modern”
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsI FINISHED MODERN WARFARE 3’s CAMPAIGN this week, and can’t help but feel I’ve done all this before. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t fun – there’s something comfortable and enjoyable […] -
![ROCKSMITH is a fascinating game, if it’s even fair to call it that. Ubisoft’s new entry into the rhythm-music genre ditches our trusty plastic 5-button controllers in favor of real […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rocksmith2-165x115.jpg "RockSmith: No! More! Plastic! Guitars!")
RockSmith: No! More! Plastic! Guitars!
Posted on November 6, 2011 | No CommentsROCKSMITH is a fascinating game, if it’s even fair to call it that. Ubisoft’s new entry into the rhythm-music genre ditches our trusty plastic 5-button controllers in favor of real […] -
![I HAVE A LONG HISTORY with football videogames and the Madden NFL series. I was hooked on Realsports Football on the Atari 2600 and Tecmo Bowl on the GameBoy. I […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/madden12-165x115.jpg "Madden 12: How Did I Get So Bad?")
Madden 12: How Did I Get So Bad?
Posted on September 7, 2011 | 12 CommentsI HAVE A LONG HISTORY with football videogames and the Madden NFL series. I was hooked on Realsports Football on the Atari 2600 and Tecmo Bowl on the GameBoy. I […] -
![A FEW MONTHS AGO, after Activision announced 600,000 subscribers had left World of Warcraft, I wrote a long post describing my thoughts why. To sum up: daily random heroics, which […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/zulaman-165x115.jpg "WoW: The Decline of Cataclysm, Part II")
WoW: The Decline of Cataclysm, Part II
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsA FEW MONTHS AGO, after Activision announced 600,000 subscribers had left World of Warcraft, I wrote a long post describing my thoughts why. To sum up: daily random heroics, which […] -
![THERE’S A RARE PHENOMENON happening this week in the gaming world: reviewers are almost unanimously slamming a big-name release. They’re not even waffling with “ifs†or “maybes,†but absolutely vilifying […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/duke-165x115.jpg "Reviewers To Duke: Come Get Some")
Reviewers To Duke: Come Get Some
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsTHERE’S A RARE PHENOMENON happening this week in the gaming world: reviewers are almost unanimously slamming a big-name release. They’re not even waffling with “ifs†or “maybes,†but absolutely vilifying […] -
![AS A COMPANION to my “100 Games of E3” post, I’ve also put together this list of must-see videos that came out of the show. Some are trailers, some are […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bioshockinf-165x115.jpg "E3 2011: Must-See Videos")
E3 2011: Must-See Videos
Posted on June 14, 2011 | No CommentsAS A COMPANION to my “100 Games of E3” post, I’ve also put together this list of must-see videos that came out of the show. Some are trailers, some are […] -
![ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES of a show like E3 is simply getting a grasp on everything being shown: who’s showing what, what surprises might turn up, and how the […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/aliens-165x115.jpg "Sluggo’s 100 Games of E3 2011")
Sluggo’s 100 Games of E3 2011
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No CommentsONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES of a show like E3 is simply getting a grasp on everything being shown: who’s showing what, what surprises might turn up, and how the […] -
![THERE’S NO SUGARCOATING IT: this E3 has been kind of boring. There have been two big hardware announcements –Â Nintendo’s Wii U and the PlayStation Vita — but in terms of […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/oldrepublic-165x115.jpg "10 Things That Would Have Made E3 2011 More Exciting")
10 Things That Would Have Made E3 2011 More Exciting
Posted on June 8, 2011 | No CommentsTHERE’S NO SUGARCOATING IT: this E3 has been kind of boring. There have been two big hardware announcements –Â Nintendo’s Wii U and the PlayStation Vita — but in terms of […] -
![All the big press conferences are over, so to wrap up that angle of E3 2011 up, here’s my final grades for each: Electronic Arts: B+. They didn’t have any […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mspresser2-165x115.jpg "E3 2011 Press Conferences: Final Grades")
E3 2011 Press Conferences: Final Grades
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsAll the big press conferences are over, so to wrap up that angle of E3 2011 up, here’s my final grades for each: Electronic Arts: B+. They didn’t have any […]