It used to be that gamers picked up controllers to have a bit of fun. Sometime over the last ten years though things have gotten very serious indeed and as part of that the author is struck by how often gamers hear the term player immersion.
It seems that this idea of total player engagement with their product has become the developer's holy grail.
It is no longer enough that you play their game and enjoy it. They want you to forget reality altogether.
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.
