We were reading Mike Diver’s article about the best games this year being the remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto and the Last of Us. From his writing we can appreciate what the new versions bring to these titles. The…
Today is Thanksgiving and, sadly, we are perched over our computers looking for the best deals for games and wondering if there's a deal out there that would be worth fighting the crowds and sacrificing our integrity). It occurs to…
The holidays are quickly approaching and if you’re anything like us you’re readying your browsers and wallets for some great Black Friday sales coming up soon (god forbid you’re actually braving the retail store in person and, if so, be…
We were reading Erik Kain’s most recent article on Forbes about video game journalism and we found his writing echoing a lot of our own feelings. For a while now, we’ve been seeing a lot of writing about the need…
We at Coopdojo used to complain that the end-of-the-year holiday season was intruding too far into Thanksgiving and preventing us from appreciating that holiday. This year, we saw Christmas lights going up before Halloween. The holiday shopping season (not unlike…
There’s been a lot of press lately about the role games play in stereotyping women (and the less-than-savory responses to this critique). We are extremely interested in the stereotypes we see in games and lately we’ve been a little bit…
In making our list of ten scariest games last week we fondly remembered some titles that we liked and thought should also be included in lists of scary games. Not all of these titles are necessarily "good" in the traditional…
Halloween is probably our favorite holiday. We worry about finding time to get into the spirit of Halloween the way other people do for the end-of-the-year holidays. For us, the right game is better than the right movie for getting…
We recently splurged and decided to upgrade our home gaming experience by jumping on the PS4 bandwagon. While the console certainly looks and sounds impressive (especially the harmonious navigation menu Muzak capable of putting our cat to sleep), we reluctantly…
Once in a great while a game comes along with the promise to aggressively consume days of your life away. These absorbing experiences usually start with a tutorial presented as an initial challenge for you to overcome before pulling back the curtain…