Video games are no longer a medium confined to the restraints of a juvenile demographic. Mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, grandmas and more seemingly unlikely individuals are involved with the video game industry today than ever before in its history. Yet despite this explosion of exposure to previously untapped demographics, the video game industry continues to struggle against the woes of misinformed parents and out-of-touch politicians. Consequently this means that the games we all love are threatened often, and mostly below the radar of a mainstream media.
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      Well, there you have it. A “select” group of individuals were given the opportunity to see concept art for the new Legend of Zelda in development. After all the unsatisfied sighs that may have lingered over the mega-franchise’s absence from Nintendo’s E3 press conference it doesn’t really come as too much of a surprise to see them give the core one more bonus before closing the Las Angeles event.
     The running rumor of the mysterious blue person’s origin is that it may be the living incarnation of the Master …

Perhaps the biggest the announcement to come out of E3 this year wasn’t that of a game at all. Observe Microsoft’s solution to Nintendo’s waggle. Project Natal, as it is known, takes the premise of motion control and elevates the mechanics to a whole new
level of interactivity.The peripheral not only keeps track of the position of your body, but also boasts facial and voice recognition.
In some ways the path Microsoft is taking seems to hearken back to Sony’s Eye Toy, which allowed players to use their hands, head, and …

I have always been a big fan of Castlevania. The series has undergone one major re-imagining in the past. Koji Igarashi breathed new life into the Castlevania brand with Symphony of the Night’s exploratory play approach in an open 2D castle. Now the series stands upon another precipice of change with Konami announcing that Hideo Kojima, best known for his Metal Gear Solid games, will be directing the newest Castlevania installation “Lords of Shadow.”
The trailer released for the game honestly looks typical of any …