Play a game today and you're going to be playing a space marine or an elf. Okay, so it's a massive generalisation, but seriously, just what has happened to variety in video game settings and themes? We have here a medium in which any world that can be imagined can be built with tangible believability, but the industry falls back on the same tired old sci-fi, fantasy and post-apocalyptic tropes over and over again.
And it's not like anyone has to invent a new genre. There are plenty out there that are just perfect for games. Seriously. So many that (GamesRadar)'s managed to write a feature all about them.
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.
