The Closed Reality of Open World Games

As I was playing Saints Row The Third earlier, I was roaming around, unarmed, looking for collectibles. I walked down a little alley, with no notoriety, towards some sort of factory, and suddenly was taking fire from police. I found it odd, because nothing had been mentioned about restricted areas in the game, and, though I've gotten used to taking fire from rival gang members unprovoked, this was the first time the police had taken the initiative on such an occasion.

Review: Borderlands 2

This weekend I finally completed the gunslinging grindfest Borderlands 2.  And no, it wasn't a mad dash straight through the story to the end boss.  Instead I spent over 30 hours ravaging the landscapes of Pandora on my quest for "epic loot".

Rant: Open-World "versus" Linear gameplay

An issue I find with most of us "gamers" is that we find the overwhelming need to contrast things.  Sony VERSUS Microsoft, First-person VERSUS third-person, Marvel VERSUS Capcom, Sonic VERSUS Mario.  It's apparently not enough to just enjoy two different things for what they are.  We have to enjoy one more than the other.  More so, we have to put the other down for not being "as good" as our preferred.