The Best YouTube Channels for Video Game Fans
One of the best things about being a gamer is that it makes you part of a large, diverse community of people. Sure, some arguments tend to come up over which game is the best, but we’re generally a cordial bunch. When YouTube was founded back in 2005, most people probably didn’t know what to …Read more
How to Learn from Losing in Video Games
Nobody likes losing. We play games to win and winning feels great. Sadly, sometimes there can only be one winner, and sometimes that person isn’t you. Making mistakes and proverbially (and sometimes literally) dropping the ball is a part of both gaming and life, and a necessary one at that. Ever met someone who claims …Read more
Witty and Loving it: How to Inject Humor into Video Games!
I fondly remember playing the PC adventure games of the nineties. What they lacked in visuals they made up for in spades with their amazing writing, whose characters made me laugh. The Secret of Monkey Island used clever puns to sword fight, and Torin’s Passage had one area designed like a 50’s sitcom, complete with …Read more
Body Image in Tomb Raider — Lara Croft’s Changing Look
Lara Croft of TOMB RAIDER fame is a video game icon. She was one of the first female protagonists in a gaming industry filled with women in supporting roles. And she has come a long way. Lara has a strikingly different look in the latest release of TOMB RAIDER. Her evolution of character development – both physical design and story depth – says something about how we see women in pop culture and society over the last two decades that transcends...Read more
The Word of the Year is a Win for the Internet
When I was a kid, we didn’t have mobile phones to entertain us. Our friends had to visit our house to play a cooperative video game together. And to see the latest movie VHS release, we had to leave the house to rent a movie from the store. But you know what entertained me then …Read more
Games That Make You Think
Oftentimes we play games because they are an escape. However, games can be a great way to keep your brain active and force us to really think. This is especially true for games that involve critical thinking skills. While many games have elements that can be challenging, games such as Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan …Read more
Game Chic: Fashions for the Geek Girl
If you came to hang out at Big Fish for a day, you would quickly learn we have a separate internal email list for employees to share anything that’s not directly work related. Usually, the best news we get on here is free donuts, but the other day something with a little more substance (if that was even possible) …Read more
Gaming With Your Kids: Five Reasons to Game Together
For many of us who grew up before the dawn of the internet, talk of gaming brings to mind card games and board games with our family just as quickly as it brings to mind today’s Daily Deal. Quality family time has long been tied to such down time activities. In today’s online world, it’s …Read more
How Video Games Impact the Enviroment
After digging into it, we found that electronic waste is a huge contributor to landfills in our country. Fortunately through downloading, you can still enjoy all your favorite games without contributing to all the waste. Click on the picture below to more about the dirty stats:Read more
Why Puzzles Are Good For Kids
Kids are sponges for knowledge. We’ve all seen this. How many times have you marveled at how quickly young children pick up new skills? Walking, talking, writing, playing a musical instrument…all highly complex activities kids pick up in stride. This ability to learn quickly and permanently makes a child’s early years an ideal opportunity for …Read more
The History of Breakout
There has been a lot of interest generated from our post about the best arcade games of the 1970s. It seems we resurrected a lot of good memories with our look back at “the good old days”. The overwhelming majority of the comments, however, focused on one piece of the post – the role Apple …Read more
The 10 Greatest Arcade Games of the 1970s
Many of us got our start in gaming at the local arcade circa the 1970s or 1980s. For just $0.25 we could pilot a starfighter, battle space aliens, or command an artillery battery. These games were simple with, by today’s standards, amateur artwork and simple, straightforward gameplay. But they were as addictive then as computer …Read more
