Joel is one of the founding members of DualShockers. He's both a lover and a fighter, and if you ask around, an incredible dancer. When he's not at his day job, he's busy annoying PR folks through harassing phone calls and emails all in the name of "content."

How Long Will Titanfall Ignore the PlayStation 4?

How Long Will Titanfall Ignore the PlayStation 4?

I thought we were beyond this. I thought that as games became this bigger (and pricier) spectacle, console exclusives would become a thing of the past. I was ...Read More

E3 2013: Wii U Leads All Platforms in Number of Exclusives at the Show, Vita and PC Tied For Least

E3 2013: Wii U Leads All Platforms in Number of Exclusives at the Show, Vita and PC Tied For Least

It’s funny how these things work themselves out. Apparently when no one was looking, Nintendo’s Wii U, which has actually been somewhat of an anomaly at E3 this ...Read More

E3 2013: Xbox Boss Don Mattrick Recommends the Xbox 360 for Gamers Without an Internet Connection

E3 2013: Xbox Boss Don Mattrick Recommends the Xbox 360 for Gamers Without an Internet Connection

During a rehearsal for the Xbox press conference, Don Mattrick took the time to speak with Gametrailers to discuss the message that the Xbox One is ...Read More

E3 2013: Check Out 35 New Screenshots from BUNGiE’s Destiny

E3 2013: Check Out 35 New Screenshots from BUNGiE’s Destiny

If someone asked me what was one of the games that I was most interested from this year’s E3, Bungie’s new IP, Destiny would certainly be at the ...Read More

DualReaction: Xbox E3 2013 Press Conference Impressions

DualReaction: Xbox E3 2013 Press Conference Impressions

The E3 2013 Xbox press conference is now a thing of the past and the company thankfully provided us with plenty to talk about. Not only did we ...Read More

How GameStop and Other Re-sellers Can Survive a Post-DRM Console World

How GameStop and Other Re-sellers Can Survive a Post-DRM Console World

For better or for worse, come Monday night, after Sony has said its peace at their E3 press conference, the culture at GameStop and re-sellers like it will ...Read More

Amazon Germany Lists Placeholder Price of €599.99 for Xbox One

Amazon Germany Lists Placeholder Price of €599.99 for Xbox One

E3 kicks off in a little over 72 hours and as we get closer to the day of press conferences on Monday, more and more information about the ...Read More

PlayStation’s Outpouring of Love on Twitter Makes Me More Skeptical Than Ever

PlayStation’s Outpouring of Love on Twitter Makes Me More Skeptical Than Ever

In my life outside of games writing I am the epitome of an optimist. Always seeing the good instead of the bad. Believing that there are companies out ...Read More

ShockCast Episode 131 – E3 2013 is Just Around the Corner, Are You Excited Yet?

ShockCast Episode 131 – E3 2013 is Just Around the Corner, Are You Excited Yet?

This week’s episode also had another title, the “failcast.” Let me be the first to apologize for the wonky sound quality which your ears are about to absorb. ...Read More

ShockCast Episode 130 – Wii U Needs Help and Fast

ShockCast Episode 130 – Wii U Needs Help and Fast

It’s crazy to think that merely weeks ago some of us were singing praises for Nintendo’s Wii U. And in that short time, things have gone from bad ...Read More

Metro: Last Light Writer Sheds Light on the Game’s Narrative

Metro: Last Light Writer Sheds Light on the Game’s Narrative

At last year’s E3, Metro: Last Light was one of the games that most intrigued us, yet oddly enough it was no where near the show floor. Instead, ...Read More

Splinter Cell: Blacklist Art Director Scott Lee Talks Gameplay and Performance Capture

Splinter Cell: Blacklist Art Director Scott Lee Talks Gameplay and Performance Capture

Another game we were excited to check out at this year’s PAX East was Splinter Cell: Blacklist. On hand to discuses the ins and outs of Sam Fisher’s ...Read More

Naughty Dog’s Eric Monacelli Discusses Story, Influence, and Characters in The Last of Us

Naughty Dog’s Eric Monacelli Discusses Story, Influence, and Characters in The Last of Us

During our time at PAX East 2013 we had the chance to catch up with Naughty Dog creative strategist Eric Monacelli and talk about their upcoming survival story, ...Read More

Why Game Journalists are Spinning Durango’s “Always Online” Functionality and Why They’re Wrong

Why Game Journalists are Spinning Durango’s “Always Online” Functionality and Why They’re Wrong

It seems as though every gaming website has jumped all over the rumor of the next gen XBOX, codenamed: Durango, featuring an “always online, always connected” configuration. Coupling ...Read More

Another Day, Another Handful of Next Gen XBOX Rumors

Another Day, Another Handful of Next Gen XBOX Rumors

The latest set of rumors comes to us from VGLeaks, and it was part of an article about project Durango’s (code name for the next XBOX) XDK. While ...Read More

Four Features Microsoft Needs to Unveil Alongside the Next XBOX

Four Features Microsoft Needs to Unveil Alongside the Next XBOX

Last month, before attending the event where Sony showed us “the future of PlayStation,” I wrote an article outlining features that I believed the company would have to ...Read More

Nintendo Will Release a Yellow 3DS XL Pikachu Edition on March 24th

Nintendo Will Release a Yellow 3DS XL Pikachu Edition on March 24th

To coincide with the launch of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Nintendo will be releasing the recently teased “Pikachu Edition” of the 3DS XL in all of ...Read More

Microsoft Warns Against “Test the Next XBOX” Scam

Microsoft Warns Against “Test the Next XBOX” Scam

Following the announcement of the PlayStation 4 last month, an online hoaxer created a company page on Facebook which asked users to enroll to “test the PS4.” Within ...Read More

Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines

Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines

At this point, what can be said about Gearbox and Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines that hasn’t already been said. Since reviews have been pouring in, they’ve all haven ...Read More

ShockCast Episode 129 – “Sim City is Burning”

ShockCast Episode 129 – “Sim City is Burning”

Welcome to another rousing edition of the ShockCast. Among the topics discussed this week are the debacle that was the Sim City launch and the media reaction that ...Read More

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