News & Views
5/7/16-5/13/16
Hello and
happy Friday! I know that I’m
looking forward to the weekend, what about you? My last few have been
relatively busy, so I can’t wait to just relax with the fiancée, watch some K
Dramas, and play the heck out of Uncharted
4. It has been fantastic so far.
News &
Views collects the week’s best writing about video games. Check out the links
below to stories about the best hand animations in first-person games, the
artists and art that inspired Dark Souls,
an argument for better systems in place to stop racist Twitch chat, and an opus
on Lionhead studio from origin to closure.
And of
course please check out the brand new episode of The Impact Factor podcast that
was posted today! You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or if you prefer other methods,
check out our SoundCloud. We’re on YouTube too!
Spotlight
Wesley Yin-Poole,
Eurogamer
Worth Reading
Zack
Kotzer, Kill Screen
Alex Wawro,
Gamasutra
Gareth
Damian Martin, Kill Screen
Chris
Plante, The Verge
Patricia
Hernandez, Kotaku
With Comments
Christopher
Livingston, PC Gamer
What a fascinating spotlight
article. Hand animations are an essential part of so many games today. In my
experience I don’t tend to notice when they are bad, but holy cow do you notice
when they are done well. One of 2016’s best games, Firewatch, features great hand animations. The article is worth reading for the
gifs alone.
Carling
Filewich, GosuGamers
I’ve had it with Twitch chat for
large gaming tournaments. An unacceptable level of “trolling” i.e. racist,
sexist, disgusting vitriol is allowed to happen. I was so excited to see
TerrenceM play at Dreamhack this past weekend – and he was playing great. To
see what was happening in the chat every time he was spotlighted made me sick
to my stomach, though. Enough is enough. If Twitch users can’t responsibly chat,
there shouldn’t be chat at all.
Alex
Gilyadov, Paste
Alex Gilyadov presents some
compelling arguments as to why you shouldn’t immediately write off the much-maligned
Final Fantasy XII. I enjoyed playing XII contemporary to its
release, but the game never really clicked with me. Do I think it is the most
underrated game in the series? Actually? Maybe. There are several overrated Final
Fantasy titles (VIII comes to mind), but
not too many that are underrated. So congrats, Final Fantasy XII. At least you have that going for you. (P.S.
The Zodiark fight is still bullcrap)
Philippa
Warr, RockPaperShotgun
Philippa Warr’s piece on RPS is the Dark Souls of articles. Haha, joking. I, too, am guilty of describing things as
the “Dark Souls of ____.” Warr’s
comedic take on this now common gaming jargon is great and well worth reading. Not
that I agree with all her points, of course. But I supposed I couldn’t fully
agree, since The Impact Factor is the Dark Souls of gaming blogs. Ok, sorry. That’s the last one I promise.
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