Over the last ten years or so, we’ve seen endless articles (including quite a few here at Cultured Vultures) on “franchises ...

The PS1 heralded the dawning of a tonne of successful franchises that are still going strong today as some of the biggest in ...

In today’s news, Capcom put a lock made of ice on a 30 year old door, Legacy of Kain probably just died again, and Mario defies the critics. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:13 Capcom Add Enigma DRM to ...

Being a survival horror fan isn’t easy. We’ve scoured dark hallways, come face-to-face with countless monstrosities, and pressed on even as our hearts raced. Each of the best survival horror games ...

There should be a lot more of the best superhero games than there actually are. Video games and all things superheroes share an intersection of being pure escapism: there’s a reason why Marvel’s ...

There is an overwhelming interest in films about Vikings. Any search for a Viking movies ranking will show you that this genre has really picked up the pace in recent years. Viking movies feature ...

Even now, many gamers’ first foray into the wonderful world of pixelated adventure was not via the Xbox, the PlayStation or any number of Nintendo’s child-friendly consoles, but instead through the ...

When I was doing my research for a The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate review, I came across an article that examined the underlying gay tones of the film Interview With The Vampire. In ...

The Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. The MOBA, for short, is potentially the hottest game genre to come out of the 21st century, so far. With the release and subsequent rise of League of Legends, ...

In 2005, Santa Monica Studios unleashed God of War for the PlayStation 2, a brutal hack-and-slash game series that has dominated PlayStation platforms in the years since. The early entries in the ...

The origins of handheld gaming goes back quite a bit further than the Nintendo Game Boy and Atari Lynx in 1988. After Mattel found incredible success with a series of single-game electronic handheld ...

The PS3 era mostly shook off the tough arcade roots that influenced gaming in the years prior by including more advanced accessibility features compared to earlier games on previous consoles.