Five things I consumed in 2014
2014 was a year in which one could partake.
Watch Dogs
The real-life security systems that inspired Watch Dogs’ Chicago of the future
Was Ubisoft’s megahit science fiction?
The new site Dadaviz is a repository of beautiful information
Games should take note.
Think the NSA is bad? Games are masters of surveillance.
From Metal Gear Solid to Transistor, the mechanical eye sees all.
Play with the carefree heart of a dog in Dog Park
Digging up a new type of play.
So, what did Watch Dogs actually have to say about surveillance culture?
Empathy for the devil. Or at least the NSA.
Look out hackers, the Queen has a blood vendetta against you
The Queen has proposed a stern lifetime sentence for cyber-attackers within the British state, so don’t get any bright ideas from game sessions of Watch Dogs, Englanders. In a recent speech, the sovereign revealed a crime bill that hackers whose digital troublemaking results in “loss of life, seriou
Watch Dogs and Kanye West’s Chicago
Fast times in the unreal city.
How ironic is it that Watch Dog’s leaderboards are already hacked?
All it took was one day for the online multiplayer leaderboards for Watch Dogs to get hacked, perhaps not surprising for a game about using cyber-jacking abilities to crack into overreaching surveillance systems. As you see in the above screenshot, captured by Reddit user unsubdefaults, players suc
Side-by-sides prove actual Chicago looks better than Watch Dogs, has higher frame-rate
These side-by-side comparison shots of the Windy City next to scenes from Watch Dogs officially confirm that the real-life version of Chicago in fact has better graphics. And after it’s too late to cancel my pre-order! The landmarks and skylines of the massive Midwestern metropolis are captured fai
Watch Dogs’ multiplayer critiques our always-connected world
Who hacks the hack dogs?
Box Art Review: the soulless redundancy of Watch Dogs
Check me off as “generic bad ass.”
Watch Dogs is a miracle even if it sucks
Ubisoft unleashes something… big.
This game’s vector-drawn megacities are just gorgeous
Vektropolis is a cyberspace-y visual orgy of a crosshair shooter. What’s particularly impressive is the level of details in the vector graphics, which back in the day only rendered crude outlines of tanks killing tanks and stuff. Yeah, these are simulated vectors, but this is pretty much what your m
New Watch Dogs trailer highlights story; apparently, you had a daughter
Huh. From what we’d seen and heard, Watch Dogs‘ protagonist was to be some sort of morally indignant Edward Snowden. But the new story trailer that was “leaked” today (doesn’t a leak seem like a far-too-convenient way to go viral with a game about wide-reaching government snooping?) frames the story
Ubisoft and the evolution of second screen gaming
Early adoption has its risks
Is Watch Dogs a fantasy, a nightmare, or a reality?
Ubisoft’s new game typifies the modern nanny state.