The Holo-World: Coming Soon to a Society Near You

Hello again dear readers,

While I spent last week's post dwelling a bit in the past and its effects on the present day I would like to take this week's post to look ahead a bit into the future.

Specifically, I want to take a closer look at the whole Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality trend that has been gaining traction in the past few years. Due to advances in the technology and a lot of hard work in development the science fiction vision of the future where everyone is interacting with holograms and stuff will soon be upon us.

So what does it all mean? Well, I'm glad you asked.

BioShock: Infinite or, Infinite Worlds, Zero Choice

What's happening True Doomers!

This week I'm going to talk about another one of those BioShock games, this time BioShock: Infinite. What's the final word, you ask?

Well, let me put it this way. For a supposed "thinking man's shooter" this game is actually quite offensive to thinking people everywhere.

Let me tell you why.

An Introduction to Violence

Hello once again fellow Doomers,

Today I'm going to talk about violence in video gaming. I got some comments on last weeks article that suggested I should explore the topic of violence in popular games further and how these games use ethical window dressing to make that violence more palatable.

That seemed like a swell idea to me so here we are. Let's talk about violence.

The Current Gaming Trifecta

Hey Murder Junkies,

It's that time again. Another week or so has passed us since I last left you and more gaming related thoughts have cluttered up my mind so I figure it is time to do another one of these articles.

This week I thought I could talk to you a bit about the state of video games in general and lay out, as I see it, the Current Gaming Trifecta.

First I'm going talk about just what this Trifecta is, then I'm going to talk about how it got that way by reminiscing some and giving some historical context. Finally I'm going to speculate on what it all means for gaming in general going forward.