As a games studies scholar, I risk my gamer credibility to admit that I have never played a single Zelda title. Until I acquired a Wii, my Nintendo consoles were dedicated Mario and Metroid machines. This wouldn’t be a significant gap in my gaming resume if The Legend of Zelda series, particularly Ocarina of Time, [...]

The latest Call of Duty game, Black Ops, was bound to be a hit no matter the advertising. The blockbuster success Activision enjoyed last year when CoD: Modern Warfare 2 was released predicted with some certainty a repeat performance. On November 9 Black Ops delivered, surpassing the MW2 record by nearly a million units. By [...]