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MONG Podcast Episode 34 – When Should We Censor Developers?

Should Far Cry 4 change their box art? Should video game developers censor their games more?  Should video games be held to a higher standard than movies and television?

On this week’s episode the team discussed Far Cry 4 and the controversy surrounding it’s box art, whether or not delays are strategically planned, Halo 5: Guardians and the possibility of a Halo: Master Chief collection coming to Xbox One, April’s NPD numbers, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 system updates, PlayStation Now, Hyrule Warriors, and Batman Arkham Knight! Continue reading MONG Podcast Episode 34 – When Should We Censor Developers?

Question of the Week: 5/7/14

There are all kinds of controversial questions out there regarding the video game industry.  Each and every Wednesday we will ask each member to give their opinion on one of them.   Every once in a while we will have simpler questions that are more of a “Get to know your editor” type question. This will give you a chance to see that we are not all like minded and have a wide range of opinions.    Also: You the readers can submit questions for us to answer here.  So feel free to submit them to this story or emailing them to mong.podcast@gmail.com Continue reading Question of the Week: 5/7/14

The Wonderful Mess of Video Games

The pretentious academics worship the almighty MLA formatting, and I am no exception. It’s a useful system that dictates how one should format papers and arguments, and it’s something I still follow despite having waved goodbye to college English classes two years ago.

But as a worshipper of the almighty, secular MLA formatting, I often wonder how it applies to the video game medium, which is both new and extremely expansive. Continue reading The Wonderful Mess of Video Games

Hideo Kojima: Video Games Need to Push their Limits

In an interview with associate editor Mitch Dyer from IGN, Konami’s Hideo Kojima said video games need to “go beyond what the original media was supposed to be” if they are to be considered as cultural as other media such as novels or movies. Continue reading Hideo Kojima: Video Games Need to Push their Limits