Breaking Controllers: News and Reviews
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Industry Recon: Infinity Ward – “Black Lives Matter”
In an effort to bring awareness to the issue of racism in an online gaming environment and to fight these issues, Infinity Ward has made a promise to it’s community, and has implemented a very clear message that appears before you log in to Call of Duty, “Our community is hurting. The systematic inequalities our…
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Blind Fire: Supporting Black Businesses, Game Devs, Mental Health, and Other Resources
I started this site with the intention to cover news about the gaming industry, and to review games. Rarely have I touched on social issues outside of the industry. However, after the public lynching and execution of George Floyd, it just doesn’t feel right to sit down and start writing about anything without bringing up…
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Blind Fire: Cyber Bullying and Toxicity (Warning: Some Graphic and Possibly Triggering Images)
As many of my friends, and some of the people who’ve visited my site know, I am an avid wrestling fan. While I primarily watch WWE, AEW, and NJPW products, a piece of news out of Stardom Wrestling from this past week really got me thinking about cyber bullying online, and the toxicity people face…
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Industry Recon: Path of Exile 2 is Finally Happening
After almost six years of content and nine free expansions, Grinding Gear Games is finally putting together a proper sequel. If you’ve never played Path of Exile, take a moment to think back to Diablo 2 and all the things that made that game great, then add some new game mechanics to spice things up.…
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Extra Life Charity Passes $13,000,000 Milestone for 2019
While gamers and video games love to get a bad rap from politicians in the press, if there’s one thing we’re good at, it’s raising money for good causes. Whether it’s something like “Games Done Quick“, (The largest fundraising event globally for Doctors Without Borders, and the Prevent Cancer foundation.) “Gamers for Giving“, (They help…
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Mental Reset
…since I could say that I actually posted content. I had the idea for this site back in 2017, I was excited, I was motivated, but as I was nearing the end of 2018, I was watching it go nowhere. Truth be told, when you have an idea, or feel passion about something, and you…
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Industry Recon: Say Hello to “xCloud” the Microsoft Game Streaming Service of the Future.
You’d think I could only make the “X gonna give it to ya” joke so many times, but boy, you’d be wrong. Microsoft is back at it, trying to make gaming as convenient as possible. That’s not to say this is the first time anyone has thought of a streaming service, but Microsoft has had…
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Battle Report: Mega Man 11 (Xbox One X)
Preface Before I get into the review, I have to say, as someone who grew up with games like mega man, ninja gaiden, and castlevania on the NES, capcom did a great job of catering to different levels of skill in Mega Man 11. There are several difficulty options for newer or limited experience players,…
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Blind Fire: Reveal Trailers & Gameplay Videos are”Graphical Catfishing” by Developers & Publishers
As I sat through the gameplay reveal for Cyberpunk 2077, I couldn’t help but think how gorgeous some of the visual aspects of the game were. The city feels alive, the combat looks fun as hell, the lighting, textures, and so forth look solid. But, one thing I really appreciated was that the Studio Head…
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Industry Recon: Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Reveal
Yesterday CD Projekt Red, the creators of the one of the most highly rated games of all time, The Witcher 3, released gameplay footage of their next title, Cyberpunk 2077. In a press conference after the trailer, the Game Director and Studio head for CD Projekt Red followed up the trailer by seemingly tampering expectations.…
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