Is It Bad To Treat Video Games As Digital Mirrors?

When I was a kid I used to spend much of my time lost in my own personal world of fantasy. My over-active imagination combined with my love of books, movies, and games kept me busy for countless hours, slaying imaginary dragons with imaginary swords, exploring imaginary castles with imaginary companions, maybe even saving an imaginary princess or two along the way….

Building A Better Fight Scene For The Games We Love

With their recent showcasing of the “Combo Lab” mechanic for their upcoming sci-fi action adventure game Remember Me, developer Dontnod Entertainment is hoping to break new ground in delivering a cinematic fighting experience to players thanks to the ability to create custom combos by picking and choosing from a variety of different attacks. But while this new “Combo Lab” system is certainly a big step towards giving players a fighting system that is both organic as well as cinematic, it is still held back by the limited conventions of fighting in video games.