Friday, October 7, 2016

Writing Update: Nostalgic Trends (Including ReCore!)

Well well, it's been a little longer than I'd like here on the blog, but I suppose that's how it is when you start a full time job. Thankfully, I haven't stopped writing altogether, and here's a selection of what I've posted around the web.

From Rare to 'ReCore': Can Xbox Attract Nintendo Fans?
This story was written before the release of ReCore but I like to think it's interesting as a history of Microsoft's efforts to create an identity that might attract old-school game fans.

Four Games That Could Make Stronger Movies Than Uncharted
Fun fact: shortly after finishing this story, the fourth entry, Monster Hunter, was confirmed to be an actual Hollywood project by Capcom. I'm still trying to campaign to write the sucker.

10 Single Player Games to Look Out For In October
October is a month so packed with games that I changed up our usual format and went with ten games instead of five.

Four Nostalgic Trends We Want To See (That Aren’t From The 90s)
Being Gen-Y, I have plenty of nostalgia for the nineties in games, but here are four trends that would be great to come back that aren't strictly about nineties nostalgia.