News Byte: Zynga Brings on New COO, is Still Facing Losses

In a perfect world, I would be a brilliant sound engineer with the best, state-of-the-art equipment at my disposal, as well as all the time in the world. Sadly, I have none of that. This week’s recording is, well, a little screwy, and I have to apologize. I lost the first minute of audio and…

Monsters Are Better Left to the Imagination

  Monsters are a classic horror staple, both onscreen and off. They’re everything horrible that one can imagine, a dark and twisted force of nature, bent on nothing less than the grisly murder humankind, of the innocent and of guilty. Monsters are the embodiment of fear itself, absolutely terrifying yet indescribable.

Today in Gaming History: 10/29/2013

October 29, 2003: Call of Duty released Care to wish Call of Duty a happy 10th birthday? Or maybe you think it’s 9 years too old? Either way, as the world gets ready to say hello to the series 10th entry, Call of Duty: Ghosts, we’re here to mark the release of the very first…

Should You Get: LIMBO

We have a new contributor here at UWG! Everyone please give a warm and enthusiastic welcome to Shotgun Butterfly! Shotgun Butterfly maintains a great youtube channel, and we has chosen to share their latest video with you here at United We Game! It’s even fits into our Halloween theme this week! How about that, eh?…

Today in Gaming History: 10/28/2013

October 28, 1967: Happy Birthday John Romero!  Earlier this month, we profiled Brenda Romero; and now we’re more than happy to do the same for her husband, John Romero! Mr. Romero’s name has been a staple in the video game industry since the 1980s when he first got his start with Origin Systems. He worked…

News Byte: The Ouya Slated to be in Target Stores Nationwide

News Byte: The Ouya Slated to be in Target Stores Nationwide The little game system that could, the Ouya, will soon be available in Target stores nationwide. Having been only available in select stores, this move gives the game system a national identity. Is this what the Ouya needs to succeed? Or is it doomed…

Today in Gaming History: 10/27/2013

1988: Phantasy Star celebrates 25th anniversary As far as RPGs go, Phantasy Star was among those that set the stage for future games of the genre.  It’s also fondly rememeber by some as being among the best games for the Sega Master System. In the game, players traversed a planetary system called Algol that was…

Wolf Among Us Coming to PS Vita

The Wolf Among Us, TellTale Games’s already acclaimed episodic games based on the Fables comic series. Is due to release on PS Vita and iOS this fall. The game follows “Bigby Wolf”, also known as the Big Bad Wolf as he struggles to keep the residents of Fabletown living in peace with one another and…

Today in Gaming History: 10/26/2013

October 26, 2000: PlayStation 2 released in the U. S. As we get ready to ring in the joys and triumphs of the PlayStation 4, let’s not forget that 13 years ago this week, the PlayStation 2 descended upon the gaming world. When asked about the console, Kazuo Hirai, president and COO of Sony Compute…