Joseph Dwan writes: Gaming on your smartphone or tablet has for some time had a huge stigma, due to the amount of rubbish knockoffs and plain bad games available and the popularity of simple ‘time sink’ games like Candy Crush or Clash of Clans. We need to change this.
“Casual gamer” is a term that is used by some people to describe those who play typical smartphone games, usually in a derogatory fashion. I’ve been called a casual gamer in the past for loving the Wii rather than the ‘hardcore’ consoles and it’s always seemed odd to me. Is casual supposed to be an insult? Gaming is a hobby for the majority of people, does that not then mean you’re playing casually?
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
