Unwinnable

Compared to previous years, the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo has been full of interesting moments. From Nintendo’s inexplicable willingness to coast through another year to Sony’s meticulous (and gleeful), step-by-step tear down of Microsoft’s hostile consumer rights policies, the gaming industry’s annual showcase has left us with a lot of questions to munch on concerning the new generation of consoles.

Here’s one: Why is there a new generation of consoles? (more…)

Another episode from the vaults of A Jumps B Shoots!

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Developing games for a console is hard, damn hard. Even with the ascent of indie developers over the last five years or so, the number of people who have the talent, time and other qualities needed to develop a game for a console is quite small, but the next generation of consoles might just change all that. As much as we all love Steam and PC gaming to death (and I do), there is still an audience, and a non-trivial one, who prefer their games on consoles. Frankly, the more ways a game is available to be played, the better. (more…)

It’s Episode 2 of The Sam Machkovech Show with Stu Horvath!

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In which Team Unwinnable takes in the announcements from the day’s slate of videogame press conferences, digests the highlights and determines who won out in the end – the companies that held them or the journalists that had to endure them. (more…)

So, an announcement has finally been made about the announcement that was made this past summer at E3.

If I recall correctly, the night before the Sony keynote presentation went something like this*. I was at a hookah party with Gabe Newell, managing director of Valve. After all, we share a few of the same passions and interests but eventually the conversation turned to videogames. Wearing a dark green robust kimono Gabe reached out to me and put his hand on my shoulder. Nervous, I tensed up a little bit. In the most articulate and clean voice I had ever heard, he whispered into my ear, “I can change the speed of time. Did you know that?” (more…)