If developers haven’t realized the importance of the internet hype machine by now then then they may as well throw in the towel. I picked up Skyrim on Steam yesterday, not because of the excellent ads and that one badass live-action commercial where the dude faces a screaming dragon like a bawse! No I picked it up because literally everywhere I looked I was being bombarded with Skyrim screenshots, positive feedback and just,... 

As an old arcade hat and a relatively good fighting game player, I’ve noticed that there is no middle ground in competition. In fighting games, you are either extremely good or you are really bad. This may puzzle some of you who are probably saying “well —- isn’t that bad but he gives me a good fight once in awhile”, well there are some exceptions (as is the case with blanket statements) but it is...