Deciding on a video game console to purchase can be a difficult decision. In the current video game generation, there are five systems on the market vying for your attention, not to mention numerous older generation systems that still have a lot to offer gamers. More

Buying the correct game system for you and your family has never been more important. With the cost of modern systems, and the prevalence of mature content in games today, choosing the wrong system could be a costly mistake. Thankfully, most game systems have a distinct target audience, making it easy to choose the system appropriate for you or your children. More

The popularity of pinball machines and early arcade games in the 1950’s and 1960’s led to interest in creating a system that could be used to play video games connected to a T.V set. More

Computer gaming has long been a popular alternative to T.V based home video game systems. With the rapid advancement of computer technology, computers have always been ahead of home console systems in terms of specifications. Also, where home systems were routinely considered for children in the early eras of gaming due to simplified gameplay and cute, colourful graphics, PC gaming has long had an image of being for older, more mature gamers. More

As in the last video game console generation, there are three major players in the current console wars. These companies are the long standing games company Nintendo, the powerful electronics manufacturer Sony, and the legendary computer company Microsoft. All three have taken very different roads to get to where they are today, but all stand poised and in position to win the current console war in a battle that has turned out far differently and more dramatic to date than many expected. More

Starting primarily in the Super Nintendo-Sega Genesis era, gamers have developed a reputation of being fiercely loyal to one brand, and this has continued through each subsequent console generation. Why this is can be difficult to pinpoint, but may rest on the generally high cost of systems, making it so that most gamers can only afford one, and thus defend that purchase with fevered abandon. More

Handheld games have been around since the dawn of gaming in the early 1970’s. Early handheld games were mostly standalone devices, offering one or a few built in games only. A few handheld game systems featuring interchangeable cartridges were released before 1990, but these fared poorly due to the limited LCD and battery technology of the time. More

Violence in video games, and it’s potential effect on children has been an ongoing debate for over a decade, ever since the release of Mortal Kombat with it’s depictions of blood and fatalities for the Sega Genesis in the early 1990’s. More