Category:  Features

By Mike Deas, February 2, 2012 0 Features

January 30, 2012 – This past weekend EA Sports held its annual Madden NFL Super Bowl simulation to predict the outcome of Super Bowl XLVI. In a grueling match up, the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 27-24. After… Read More »

By Mike Deas, February 2, 2012 1 Features

Want to play a game? Let’s imagine that you’re about to be born. Right as you’re leaving the womb, time freezes and a menu pops up:                            … Read More »

By Mike Deas, January 29, 2012 0 Features

The first-person perspective in a video game is meant to convey the intimacy of assuming another’s consciousness, living in those virtual shoes. Take the airport terrorist situation in COD: Modern Warfare 2. The first-person perspective is a tool that –… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, January 17, 2012 0 Features, GN Show

You’ve seen the nominees and winners for GamerNode’s Special Honors and Best of 2011 Nodie Awards; now it’s time for the biggest virtual trophy of them all. It took a lot of deliberation, some of which you can listen to… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, January 12, 2012 6 Features

GamerNode’s 2011 Nodie Awards are back and, once again, bigger than ever. We’re even outdoing our monstrous 2010 Nodies! For 2011, we ‘ll be bestowing a grand total of 35 awards, and will be splitting the virtual ceremony into two separate sections:… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, January 10, 2012 2 Features

GamerNode’s 2011 Nodie Awards are back and, once again, bigger than ever. We’re even outdoing our monstrous 2010 Nodies! For 2011, we ‘ll be bestowing a grand total of 35 awards, and will be splitting the virtual ceremony into two… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, December 15, 2011 0 Features

Modern fictitious games of war go big with espionage, weapons of mass destruction, military coups, merciless dictators, and explosion-filled set pieces that would make Michael Bay blush. They employ elite squads of fearless, badass, bulletproof heroes in exotic military compounds… Read More »

By Jason Fanelli, December 5, 2011 3 Features

The fighting game genre has had a long and storied life. For every Hadoken and TOASTY, there’s a game that doesn’t pack the same punch. With the resurrection of the genre now in full swing, it’s only fitting that we… Read More »

By Greg Galiffa, December 1, 2011 3 Features

[Disclaimer: This feature is riddled with Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception spoilers. Read at your own risk.] My friends and I sometimes debate the ending Jedi battle in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. We all agree the movie was… Read More »

By Mike Murphy, August 30, 2011 0 Features

The crowd sat with bated breath, anxious and enthralled by the intense competition taking place before them. Back and forth the combatants vehemently struggled with one another as the announcer bellowed the play-by-play through the arena’s sound system. Calm yet… Read More »