Tag Archives: ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
THE FREE 2 PLAY FANTASY
31 Mar
IN THE DISTANT PAST, GAMERS USED TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR MONTHS FOR A NEW RELEASE. THESE DAYS THE OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS, A GAMERS PARADISE. BUT WHERE DOES THE ADVENTURE START?
THE FREE TO PLAY UNIVERSE HAS BECOME OUR GO TO PLAYGROUND. WHATEVER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR YOU CAN FIND IT WAITING ONLINE, FROM CAUSAL TO COMPETITIVE, FANTASY TO FUTURISTIC.
A GOOD GAMING PORTAL OPENS UP A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES. NEWGROUNDS HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME WONDERFUL LITTLE GEMS – EPIC BATTLE FANTASY SERIES – CRYSTAL STORY II BOIL THE RPG DOWN TO ITS GLORIOUS ESSENCE, GOOD CHARACTERS & A GOOD STORY. EDGEBEE BRINGS A GREAT IN HOUSE EXPERIENCE WITH CARD MONSTERS & SWORDS & POTIONS 2. FARTHER AFIELD KONGREGATE OFFERS AN IMPRESSIVE ARCHIVE, & THE GAMES LIKE FINDER WILL FIND YOU ANYTHING YOU USED TO LOVE & WANT TO RELIVE AGAIN.
THE FINAL FANTASY SEVEN
31 Mar
LOOKING BACK, FINAL FANTASY 7 HAD A LOT GOING ON. SUPER SOLDIER EXPERIMENTS, ANCIENT BLOODLINES, FREEDOM FIGHTERS, & CORPORATE TERRORISM. LIKE ANY GOOD ANIME THE PLOT TWISTS & TURNS LEAD GAMERS ON AMAZING UNEXPECTED ADVENTURES.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ALMOST TWENTY YEARS HAS PASSED, & THIS GAME STILL CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION OF ITS LOYAL FANBASE. MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION, PLAYING FF7 WITHOUT A MEMORY CARD, LEAVING THE PLAYSTATION ON FOR TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT SEEMED SO FOREIGN BY TODAYS ONLINE 24/7 GAMING CULTURE.BACK IN THE 90S ONLINE VIDEO GAMING CULTURE WAS JUST EMERGING, AS PLAYERS LOOKED FOR CHEATS & WALKTHROUGHS GUIDES ON SITES LIKE IGN, A HANDFUL OF SITES NOW NUMBER IN THE THOUSANDS, & ONLINE FANTASY BECOMES A PARALLEL REALITY.
NEXT LEVEL GAME WORLD
30 Mar
ONCE A GAMER ALWAYS A GAMER. LIVING IN A GAME, WITHIN A GAME, WITHIN A GAME. THE SUB-GAMES PAY MUCH MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE. DIGITAL IS BECOMING MORE LUCRATIVE THAN PHYSICAL.
THIS SHIFT, WHICH BECOMES MORE NOTICEABLE LIVING IN A FIAT MONEY SYSTEM. LEAGUE OF LEGENDS BROKE ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE FROM A FREE TO PLAY MODEL, IT WAS TIME TO TAKE NOTICE OF THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING WORLD OF DIGITAL GAMING.
SEAMLESSLY BLENDING ANCIENT LORE WITH STYLISH FUTURIST TECHNOLOGIES, COMBINING CHIBI STYLE CHARACTERS WITH MORE HARDCORE MONSTERS, ALL GATHERING IN THE ONLINE ARENA.
ONLINE WORLDS ARE NOTHING NEW, REMEMBER FINAL FANTASY? THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS HOW THOSE WORLDS ARE ACCESSED. FROM ARCADE, TO CONSOLE, TO FREE TO PLAY SPHERE. ESPORTS HAVE BECOME THE NEXT BIG THING, WITH CORPORATE BACKING COMES THE BIG BUCKS. WELCOME TO THE THUNDERDOME.
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