Flickering Frames

  • Was the Game Awards a sign that 2024 is going to be a little bit light on games?

    Was the Game Awards a sign that 2024 is going to be a little bit light on games?

    The game awards just wrapped, and I’m left with one question, is 2024 really that empty of major video game releases? Did every video game company blow their load in 2023 as though they thought GTA 6 would land somewhere in 2024? Or are these studios holding future release dates and announcements closer to the Read more

  • Will Ubisoft squander the potential of their Avatar game?

    Will Ubisoft squander the potential of their Avatar game?

    Now I’m not a big fan of James Cameron’s Avatar. My apologies to my friends back in New Zealand who’ve been working tirelessly on it for the last decade. Regardless of my indifference to the franchise, Avatar does seem like a world that is ripe for a solid video game adaptation.  It is a world Read more

  • Diary of a fighting game noob: Mortal Kombat 1

    Diary of a fighting game noob: Mortal Kombat 1

    Omni-man floats just above the stage, like a malevolent god. He teleports behind me and starts pummelling me into the dirt, with a combo string the likes of which my feeble brain will likely never fully comprehend. I watch helplessly as my health drains from full to almost nothing, trying my best to escape his Read more

  • Diablo 4’s skins cost 58,320 Platinum

    Diablo 4’s skins cost 58,320 Platinum

    Now I’m no mathematician. That’s why I made a barely functioning website focusing on video games in an ill-fated attempt to earn a living writing rather than solving rubrics cubes or coding or whatever it is that maths people do. If calculators didn’t take their jobs then maybe I’m safe from AI writers for now. Read more