Sentences with phrase «video game critic for»

In this edition I talk with Chris Suellentrop, video game critic for the New York Times, and Steve Gaynor of the Fullbright Company, an indie game studio developing Gone Home, a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative award at the Indpendent Games Festival later this month.

Lara Croft soon gained praise among video game critics for being a tough, resourceful female protagonist in a male - dominated medium, achieving icon status alongside the likes of Mario and Link.

Not exact matches

An article on Thursday about threats against critics of the video game industry misstated, at one point, part of the name of a lobbying group for video game companies.

It may be game over for critics who claim that video games are nothing more than a fun diversion.

Another plus for many critics is the fact that the GamePad can be used to play (some, but not all) games and watch video even when your TV is off (as long as you are within range of the Wii U console, that is, though Eurogamer notes that, «unless you're gaming in Wayne Manor,» range shouldn't be an issue).

The words «based on a video game» have yielded mostly negative connotations among critics and viewers looking for fare with depth.

PURE won numerous awards, including the Game Critics Award: Best of E3 2008 for Best Racing Game, and was named among the top ten video games of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly.

Kyd also created the faded Americana acoustic score for Undead Labs» STATE OF DECAY, the fastest selling original game on Xbox Live Arcade, and the surreal fantasy score for the action - adventure DARKSIDERS II, created by comic book writer / artist Joe Madureira, which garnered numerous critic accolades including Entertainment Weekly's «Most Played Best Songs of 2012,» Machinima's «Top 5 Songs of 2012,» «Best Video Game Score of 2012» and «Top 10 Best Video Game Scores Ever» from Minnesota Public Ragame on Xbox Live Arcade, and the surreal fantasy score for the action - adventure DARKSIDERS II, created by comic book writer / artist Joe Madureira, which garnered numerous critic accolades including Entertainment Weekly's «Most Played Best Songs of 2012,» Machinima's «Top 5 Songs of 2012,» «Best Video Game Score of 2012» and «Top 10 Best Video Game Scores Ever» from Minnesota Public RaGame Score of 2012» and «Top 10 Best Video Game Scores Ever» from Minnesota Public RaGame Scores Ever» from Minnesota Public Radio.

Tetris was far and away the consensus choice for «The Scientifically Proven Best Video Game of All Time,» with strong support from critics and other game writers over two decaGame of All Time,» with strong support from critics and other game writers over two decagame writers over two decades.

The broader context for it is a video by John Bain (nee Total Biscuit) that's ostensibly appealing for critics to be more objective in their approach to video game reviews.

«To put it simply, a METASCORE is a weighted average of reviews from top critics and publications for a given movie, TV show, video game, or album.»

Show friend Brad Gallaway from Game Critics & the So... Video Games Podcast fills in for Todd this week.

While I do usually wait for a game to release to support it (as you surmised), I do not trust the majority of critic scores due to the various developments in video game journalism in recent years.

Why Spielberg was deemed the ideal critic for assessing the progress of video games is a mystery, since he infamously gave his approval to the E.T. video game produced for the Atari 2600 in the early 80s, which is now widely regarded as one of the worst games ever made.

For the last several years, we've heard from many critics that video games need to grow up.

The Nintendo Switch was the second highest - selling video game console in 2017, and one of its flagship games,, was far and away the critics» top pick for the best game of 2017.

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Resistance: Burning Skies has been nominated for an International Film Music Critic Association award in the «Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media.»

Considered by critics and fans alike to be a pinnacle of the video games medium, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is also revered for its triumphant musical score.

Outcast has been hailed by critics and received numerous awards for the quality of its graphics and innovative gameplay, and is a milestone in the history of video games.

When it first launched, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker wasn't taken seriously for its art direction, but it grew on critics so much over time that some say it's one of the greatest video games ever made because of characters» expressions, finely detailed environments, responsive controls, fluid combat action and puzzles.

In addition to introducing the main character with a story rich background, Grand Theft Auto 3 was also the first game in the series built using a 3D game engine and it quickly became the best - selling video game for 2001 and was praised by fans and critics alike despite some backlash surrounding the game's violent gameplay and story.

And by sore point, I mean a lot of people want their politics and their games kept separate in any publicized discussion on the topic, calling for critics, journalists and developers to keep their filthy political agendas out of video games in a spirited pursuit for objective criticism.

Polygon's 2017 Year in Review: video game essays from designers, authors and critics (Chris Suellentrop / Polygon — ARTICLE) «For a week, Polygon asked me to bring my fantasy universe to the real one.

The Times» videogame critic, Seth Schiesel, finds that at a time when smartphones can be used to play video games, Sony's new PlayStation Vita makes the case for a separate mobile device.

Metacritic — for those who don't know — compiles review scores from major video game critics to find the average score.

This is the same for video game critics.

Independent Video Game Critic Jim Sterling investigated the surge of advertorials involving gambling websites and apps and found that the companies who pay for websites to write advertorials not only didn't require disclosure but encouraged clients to mask the fact that the article is an advertorial.

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a video game destined to become notorious not only for its copious amounts of bloody violence and mature subject matter, but for the way it has divided critics upon release.

With the powerful reaction from God of War Director seeing the massively positive reviews of the title to the recent influencer controversy of Rockfish Games» Everspace and the ability for anyone to be a critic on Metacritic, Steam and social media, the legitimacy of game reviews in today's video game industry has been brought into the spotlight.

Visually Trap Team looks great and other video game critics have commented that it's a significant leap over last year's Swap Force, especially the next - gen versions of the game (I played the Xbox One version for this review).

None of the three conservative critics in attendance have any particular focus on video games, and each is better known for their work in other areas.