Taking the PlayStation Online: A Matter of Bandwidth
I’ll never forget my first experience playing a PS2 game online… I purchased a network adaptor and the longest Ethernet cable I could find, put the installation disc into my […]
Ico: A Helping Hand that Goes Both Ways
I’ve never been a fan of escort missions in my games, so the idea of a game that is essentially one LONG escort mission sounded terrible… until Ico came along […]
Shadow of the Colossus: The Hidden Danger of Following our Heart
Shadow of the Colossus stands tall as one of the most iconic games in PlayStation history, with the game being released on the PS2, remastered on the PS3, and then […]
Kratos and a Painful Lesson in Prioritization
While the tragic backstory of Kratos, the titular character from Sony’s “God of War” series, is a fictional account of a video game character, it also serves as a cautionary […]
Disc Read Error: A Lens Limitation
If you had an original PS2 console back in the day, then perhaps you felt this same pain that I did… the fateful day that my dutiful PlayStation 2 that […]
Sony’s Blu-Ray Decision: Forging our own Armor
Sony’s decision to chart their own course with a proprietary media format, the Blu-Ray disc, was a choice that carried a lot of risk… they invested heavily into the technology […]
Final Fantasy XI: The High Cost to Possess a Pearl of Great Price
In the challenging environment before built-in internet capabilities existed in consoles and broadband internet access was scarce, the development team behind Final Fantasy on the PS2 not only saw the […]
Syphon Filter: Losing the Plot
While the Syphon Filter series may have lacked the gravitas of competing “spy” titles like Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell, the globe-trotting adventures of Gabriel Logan and his allies […]
Shadow of the Colossus: The Hidden Danger of Following our Heart
Shadow of the Colossus stands tall as one of the most iconic games in PlayStation history, with the game being released on the PS2, remastered on the PS3, and then […]
Working as a Team: The Principle of Partnership
While many gaming franchises are defined by a singular character such as Halo’s Master Chief or Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft, Sony designed their platforming mascots to take on their adventures […]
Finding God in Video Games 