Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Review: The Game Awards celebrate growth in video games, but the ceremony still needs to evolve

    LOS ANGELES — The Game Awards are a course study in giving an audience what it thinks it wants. And if you're a consumer of interactive entertainment, the Game Awards believe you want teasers, previews and a whole lot of marketing. "Elden Ring," a complex and, for many, a captivatingly convoluted fantasy role-playing game, won big at the show, but it was, as is typical for the Game Awards, ...
    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times Dec 09, 2022 4 minutes
    “Elden Ring” won game of the year at the Game Awards on Thursday.

    LOS ANGELES — The Game Awards are a course study in giving an audience what it thinks it wants.

    And if you're a consumer of interactive entertainment, the Game Awards believe you want teasers, previews and a whole lot of marketing. "Elden Ring," a complex and, for many, a captivatingly convoluted fantasy role-playing game, won big at the show, but it was, as is typical for the Game Awards, overshadowed by looks ahead at new games and prods from host Geoff Keighley to take advantage of demos and sales, sometimes for games and sometimes for food delivery services.

    No surprise that the Game Awards are a palace for cheerleading — Keighley is an adamant advocate in believing games should be taken as seriously

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times7 min read
    An Ambulance, An Empty Lot And A Loophole: One Man's Fight For A Place To Live
    After a hard day's work, Cameron Gordon sometimes finds a bit of solace as he lounges on the gurney in his yard, surveying a patchwork of weeds, potted plants, garden beds and a hose that meanders across the dirt. This is where his struggle to naviga
    Los Angeles Times4 min readCrime & Violence
    Editorial: Indiana’s Private-for-profit Asset Forfeiture Scheme Undermines Justice
    Policing and prosecuting for profit contradicts reasonable notions of justice and fairness, yet it’s allowed in most U.S. states. Using a process known as civil asset forfeiture, law enforcement agencies seize private property that they claim was som
    Los Angeles Times3 min readAmerican Government
    LZ Granderson: The Chaos In Congress Is More Dangerous Than The Protests On Campuses
    Last week Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) ignored Donald Trump's endorsement of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as House speaker and announced plans to try to force him out. One can only assume she is making that attempt for attention, because it seems

    Related Books & Audiobooks