We're almost a month into 2013; time to leave 2012 behind and look forward. There's one part of last year's video games that I can't seem to leave behind, though. Even if I'm mostly finished with last year's games, I'm still listening to the music. Good video game music—the kind that both enhances the game and stands apart from it—is getting more and more common. From the past few...
Welcome to the TechnoBuffalo Gaming department's favorite video games of 2012. Last year, I was supporting this section all by my lonesome. That meant that I produced a top 11 of 2011 that really only captured my favorite games of the year. This year, the TechnoBuffalo Gaming crew hosts three separate writers. Rather than select 12 games and rank them from better to best, we decided to...
Wedbush Securities video game analyst Michael Pachter is at it again. This past week, the often quoted analyst used his weekly "Pach Attack" segment on Gametrailers.com to call out the "whiner BioWare fans" and even sites them as the reason the popular doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuck announced their early retirements. Pachter has nothing but praise for the doctors in his segment,...
The Doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk announced today their retirement from BioWare, the video game company they founded together in 1995. BioWare was founded in 1995; “As the legend goes, Ray and Greg went to medical school together here in Edmonton before trading in the stethoscopes to pursue their true passion of games,” wrote General Manager Aaron Flynn in his post about the...
As the current console generation goes on longer than any before it, some of our favorite franchises are starting to feel a bit tired. Others were tired long ago. Both need a rest. What's worse is that many of these franchises are some of my all-time favorites, making it especially painful to admit. A few obvious titles are missing: Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, Halo. This isn't to...
The "BBB" in question here is the Better Business Bureau; the group responsible with servicing the businesses and consumer marketplaces in North America. One writer and employee of the Bureau took to its blog to explain that Mass Effect 3 was, in fact, falsely advertised by EA. The writer, Marjorie Stephens, Director of Communications at BBB of Northern Indiana, breaks down the...
BioWare Co-Founder Dr. Ray Muzyka has released a lengthy statement for fans both in support of and against the conclusions of Mass Effect 3. In it, Muzyka discusses his teams drive to make the game and responding to fan feedback, both negative and positive. He also asserts that they're working on a solution for the problems at hand, and that more content is coming both in the form of...
BioWare posted on their Facebook wall for Mass Effect that, apparently, they're not ruling out creating a new ending for Mass Effect 3. This comes after fans have been railing against the company since the game's launch for its conclusion. Here's BioWare: We would like to clarify that we are actively and seriously taking all player feedback into consideration and have ruled nothing...
It's time to strap in and go over BioWare's third effort in the Mass Effect universe. Mass Effect 3 is one of the biggest video game launches of 2012. This trilogy's conclusion has already dropped for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms. It's, so far, been met with all sorts of reception from both fans and critics.
EA and BioWare have one heck of a marketing brain-trust behind Mass Effect 3. The game probably has a series of commercials, print ads, giveaways and promos lined up for it's March 6th launch day. It also has the launching of a few weather balloons in its arsenal. Next week, EA will strap six copies of Mass Effect 3 to six different weather balloons and launch them from New York, San...