Category: Opinion

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in September of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. HEAR YE!!!  HEAR YE!!!  MY LOYAL FOLLOWERS!!!  I, the Video Game Doomsayer, am sure many of you think our fight against excessive monetization is over.  It would certainly seem… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because Publishers are selling Time

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in August of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. HEAR YE!!! HEAR YE!!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! I COME TO YOU ALL SEETHING WITH FRUSTRATION.  I, the Video Game Doomsayer, had my whole speech laid out.  I was prepared… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because the Games Industry is Addicted to Gambling

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in August of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. HEAR YE!!!  HEAR YE!!!  LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!  IT IS TIME TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION.  Before we commence this parley, I, the Video Game Doomsayer, want to address the… Continue reading The End is Nigh … Because People aren’t Punching Up

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in August of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. Some days, I, the Video Game Doomsayer, feel like I am in a twisted Groundhog Day designed to torture my mind and soul.  Within twenty-four hours, 34 people were… Continue reading The Doomsayer’s Defense of Video Games

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in June of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. Do you hear that?  The sounds coming from the horizon.  The sounds of locomotives and parents confused over credit card charges.  It could only be one thing:  THE EA… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because of the EA Circus … Again

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in June of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. The 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo has come and gone in a flash.  Maybe you missed some of the show and would like to know more.  Thankfully, I, the Video… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because of E3 2019

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in June of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. My loyal followers, imagine wandering a large barren desert.  No water, no food in sight.  The sun beating down causing the one bead of sweat dripping from your forehead… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because of the bumpy road of Live Services

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in May of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. HEAR YE!!! HEAR YE!!! I stand before all of you vindicated.  Some might call me a prophet; I prefer the term survivor.  The games industry at one point was… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because of Legislation

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in May of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. HEAR YE!!! HEAR YE!!!  In the current 21st century, the games industry is diseased, polluted, and overpopulated.  To combat this trend, games have been infused with an artificial grind. … Continue reading The End is Nigh … because of the GRIND!!!!

This article originally ran under a different banner/website in April of 2019 and is now being here re-uploaded for purposes of convenience and consolidation. Please enjoy. Early in the 21st Century, Google launched the Google Stadia – a streaming service designed to be the Netflix for games – thus ending physical media.  Game publishers jumped… Continue reading The End is Nigh … because Subscription Gaming is Coming