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The technological advances of modern game consoles like Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 allows the player the luxury of top notch graphics and online play. For younger gamers, consoles like the PS3 are the norm of gaming. However, for those who were around 20 years ago, they remember a simpler time in video games. What old time gamer could forget the console that started it all? The original Nintendo Entertainment System revolutionized video games.

This was the time when video games composed of game (more…)

Gaming piracy has skyrocketed in recent years, and the industry has begun to suffer. Games that take tens of thousands of dollars to make are being downloaded for free online and installed on ‘modded’ systems or played through the computer. The anti-piracy practices of the day are only as good as the people who enforce them. Those people are you. Keep your ears open for website where you hear that games are being downloaded and write them down. (more…)

While having a few special pieces of DLC available at launch may be a great way to attract customers to purchase special collectors editions, in general DLC shouldn’t be available at the launch date. Because DLC generally costs a lot of extra money, game companies will do nothing but anger their customers should they make DLC available on launch date. Why will this make customers angry? Because they will just feel that they are already paying for the game why should they have to pay extra for content that should have just been included in (more…)

Ever wonder why, when in a online matchmaking room, you get kicked out because you don’t have the right map? Well, it could be you are suffering from a lack of downloadable content. DLC not only provides you with the latest maps in all your favorite first person shooters, there are hundreds of extra goodies that could be added to your favorite games. Once purchased from the online store in your gaming system, your downloadable content must be installed. Some games (more…)