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Lists of all things gaming; a collection of must-try games and the best accessories, video game characters, controllers, online communities and more.
No Begging: 10 Game Companies Worth Supporting
Hello, and welcome back to Silver Linings where the worthy (hopefully) get their just rewards. I follow a lot of video game commentators on YouTube like Jim Sterling, YongYea, and Angry Joe. Because of this, I've been overloaded with news about the various controversies surrounding the outright sleazy ways the big publishers have been using to try to squeeze more money out of the players who already paid at least $60 for a new game. The schemes had gotten outright ludicrous from Ubisoft releasing so many versions of Assassin's Creed Odyssey that spreadsheets are needed to tell what you're getting (unless you're willing to pony up $200 for everything) to Namco Bandai releasing three season passes for Tekken 7 to the infuriating emphasis on gambling in NBA 2K20.
By Adam Wallace6 years ago in Gamers
The 10 Most Underrated Video Games of All Time
The more game’s design corresponds to our expectations the more willingly and often we play it. Being guided by this idea, designers, developers, and game producers use sales volumes as a primary criterion to rate the best video games. Does it mean that “underrating” games are of worse quality, less thrilling or less loved by gamers? Certainly not, quite on the contrary! Often, plenty of so-called “underrated” games are even better than the top-rated ones in many aspects.
By Maria Vikse6 years ago in Gamers
Have a Blast Without More Cash!
Hello, and welcome back to Silver Linings. This console generation has had plenty of problems that go way beyond a lack of great current sports games. One of the biggest problems this generation is the overmonetization of games. These days, the big publishers seem like they can't just make and release a game anymore, not without including too much DLC which ends up costing more than the base game, micro-transactions that belong in free-to-play games, and loot boxes that actively prey on gambling addicts (as revealed in this expose by Jim Sterling). First- and third-person shooters are a couple of genres that suffered greatly due to this.
By Adam Wallace6 years ago in Gamers
7 Best Upcoming Anime Games
A lot of popular franchises in the anime industry have been getting game adaptations recently, and they have received an explosive welcome from anime fans and normal gamers alike. Following the trend, several amazing anime games are getting released this year too!
By Otaku Writer7 years ago in Gamers
Playable Cinema: 20 Good Movie-Based Games
Hello, and welcome back to Silver Linings where I'm ready to roll the maligned and forgotten. One of the oldest truths in the games industry is that games based on movies suck. In fact, it was a game based on a movie that gets all the blame for nearly collapsing the whole industry in 1983, that being E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial on the Atari 2600 (though I found its reputation to be worse than the game itself, as seen in my review). The reason for that is simple: games based on movies are designed more to be marketing tools for the movies in question than as enjoyable games in their own right.
By Adam Wallace7 years ago in Gamers
