As Tom Bissell, a
journalist,
former Salon writer and lifelong
gamer, explains in his new book, «Extra Lives: Why
Video Games Matter,» the graphics, storytelling and interactivity of gaming have all made tremendous leaps forward in recent years, allowing players to intermingle with nuanced, fleshed - out digital characters in near - photo - realistic environments.
In a recent interview with a
former high - level SEGA employee,
video game journalist John Szczepaniak found evidence that a remake of the original Golden Axe was in production, but SEGA had scrapped it.