A study conducted in 2012 by the ESA concludes that 47% of gamers ages 18+ are female, and that there are more female gamers over the age of 18 than there are boy gamers ages 17 and under. The average age of all gamers, male and female, is 30 years, according to the same ESA [...]
Before we start this article, I need to stress to everyone reading this that I am, in fact, very, very liberal. I voted for Obama both times, and openly support his administration. I’m pro-choice, pro-education, pro-marriage equality… I’m very much a progressive, liberal Democrat, and proud of it. But that doesn’t mean I blindly subscribe [...]
Quite a few people are talking about how the PlayStation 4 is going to use GDDR5 RAM, rather than the more standard DDR3 RAM found pretty much everywhere else in the world of computing. GDDR5 RAM is almost exclusively used in high-end video cards, and that’s about it. So how is Sony going to get [...]
Sony’s PlayStation 3 was the first of their consoles to be panned and considered lackluster. It did eventually outsell the Microsoft 360, of course, but it took a very long time for the console to build up solid momentum, and for all of the launch-era negativity stirred up by fans of the 360 and Nintendo’s [...]
Google has been ramping up their advertising recently for Google Glass, the company’s new augmented reality headpiece, which is due to reach consumers sometime this year. But the new glasses are probably going to be really expensive, and when you couple that with presumptive low stocks of the product at launch, your chances of owning [...]
The big popular word in contemporary American politics is “reform.” Everyone wants some form of reform or another; there’s tax reform, and immigration reform, and campaign finance reform, and lobbying reform. And while all of those are well and good, and necessary in their own ways, we tend to forget about the one type of [...]
If you follow U.S. politics even remotely, it’d be hard for you to have missed all of the bat-s#!% crazy things one-hit-wonder musician and conservative psychopath Ted Nugent has said about President Barack Obama and others over the years. To label him as “not a fan” would be a pretty epic understatement. Why, then, is [...]
It was recently reported that Yoda is headed back to the silver screen, starring in his very own stand-alone Star Wars film. No one is sure if the film will tell the story of a young Yoda’s quest to become a Jedi, or an older Yoda, perhaps (and I’m just guessing here) telling the story [...]
The internet is buzzing right now with rumors that pop singer Beyonce is a member of the Illuminati, a secret society that controls all the world’s governments and corporations and pushes to create a “new world order.” Of course, Beyonce isn’t really a member of the Illuminati, because the Illuminati doesn’t actually exist. then again, [...]
If you’re a big fan of the Civilization franchise of games, you’ve probably seen the news that a new expansion pack for Civilization V, tentatively titled One World, is possibly on the way. If this turns out to be true, fans will soon be treated to a whole new batch of fresh content for the award-winning strategy [...]
President Barack Obama just doesn’t get it, apparently. Somehow, after four years and two weeks in the White House, and all the time before that he spent on the campaign trail, putting up with everything Republicans have hurled at him, he still hasn’t learned his lesson. What is it going to take, Mr. President, for [...]
How I yearn for the golden days of multiplayer gaming. You and a couple of friends, sitting on the edge of someone’s bed or on the floor, staring into some tiny television set while you waited patiently for your turn to come up, joking and laughing and eating pizza together. Sure, there were the occasional [...]
It’s no big secret that the 112th Congress had, historically, the lowest approval ratings of any Congress in U.S. history. The new 113th Congress has pretty terrible approval ratings, too, and are well on their way to competing for the “worst” reputation. And today, Obscure Republic worked out that those record lows have seemed to [...]
In the past thirty years, a wide array of individuals and organizations have tried pinning all of the world’s violence on video games, claiming that by simply playing violent games, a person is somehow more likely to turn into a heartless psychopath hellbent on killing everyone and everything they see. Of course, we all know [...]
I remember it like it was yesterday. The year was 1993 — I was thirteen years old — and I was celebrating either my birthday or Christmas (they’re pretty close together). My parents gave me a Super Nintendo game that at the time was shocking and exciting, but I mainly remember it because each time [...]
We’ve all been there. You’re having a problem with your computer or some other electronic device. You call the company best suited to fix your issue, expecting to speak with a knowledgeable technical support expert, with an engineering degree hanging on their wall alongside bunches of certificates flaunting how utterly brilliant they are. But that’s [...]
1988. That’s the last time the “holy trinity” of action stars — Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone — all released action films that were in theaters at the same time. There were other years since then when all three made movies, but never as closely together as they did in 1988. Until now. [...]
Was it all just a dream? Were the past four years of unmitigated, unhinged hatred, negative posturing, and nonsensical obsession all just some lurid fantasy playing out in the back of our minds? Did President Barack Obama actually win a second term? It just can’t be! He’s the Antichrist, after all. Sent here by Satan, [...]
There’s a serious health epidemic gripping the world of contemporary American politics, focusing almost exclusively on certain female politicians and political pundits. And from what I can tell, no one is taking the issue seriously. It’s such an ignored ailment that science hasn’t even recognized it as a problem yet; medical professionals are so [...]
You might have looked at the title of this article, and thought to yourself “why would they review a game that’s been out for a year already?” The answer is pretty simple: a year later, I’m still playing Battlefield 3, and I consider it to be one of the greatest FPS titles I’ve ever had [...]
If you pay any attention to game industry media, chances are you’ve heard of The War Z already, and your impression of the game is probably pretty terrible. As the most controversial game release of 2012, The War Z picked up a pretty nasty reputation right out of the gate, and yes, we’re going to [...]
I’m usually a big fan of games that break through the boundaries of convention and attempt to deliver something new. To this end, Anno 2070 looked to be quite the promising title, with its fresh, sci-fi vibe and setting, and what appeared to be some unique gameplay dynamics, from the outside looking in, anyway. The [...]
(From Sunday, January 20th 2013) President-elect Mitt Romney was inaugurated as President Romney on the steps of Capitol Hill today in the nation’s capital of Washington DC, ending the administration of President Barack Obama and ushering in a new era of American history… a Romney era. Romney managed to narrowly defeat the incumbent President Obama [...]
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