Greg Micek
Greg has been writing on and off about games since the late nineties, always with a focus on indie games. He started DIYGames.com in 2000, which was the first gaming site to focus exclusively on indie games. These days he runs Cliqist, and New normative.
The Best Female Movie Characters in Video Games
There have been numerous movie characters who have starred in video games over the years and vice versa. However, there has often been a...
The Highly Anticipated Games Coming Out in the Second Half of...
Video games have become one of the top hobbies for many people. Every year new video game titles are released with most of them...
How To Keep Your Service Provider From Throttling Your Bandwidth
People from all walks of life have access to the internet these days. More than ever before - and that number keeps growing by...
How Game Developers Use Underdogs to Make Us Love Their Characters
Look into any storyline in life, be it in politics, sports, the movies, or in video games, there is a trend of people loving...
The Future of Gaming is Female
Gender equality in the gaming community has come a long way over the past decades. It’s no longer unheard of to encounter a female...
Where’s Gaming’s Direct Action Movement?
There's no question that Bully Hunters was a shitshow through and through. Sold as a gang of skilled vigilantes that would enter online games...
Save Up To 70% on the Week’s Greatest Gaming Deals
Ebay is running some huge gaming deals right now, and there's never been a better time to pick up that Nintendo Switch or Razer...
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New Normative is one of the few gaming outlets that's unapologetically left leaning. We're not coy about our agenda. We pay our writers to...
8 Dating Mistakes You Will Probably Make in College
Being in college is a great accomplishment for most of us. It is a ticket to freedom. The moment to do all the crazy...
From the Editor: Our Comment Policy
Ever notice how sometimes you'll post comment on New Normative and it just seems to disappear? Let me clarify a few things via our...
What is Being Done About the Lack of Females Playing Competitive...
Over a year ago, Celia Lewis discussed in a previous post the lack of female players in eSports and described the “near-complete absence of...
Giving Thanks to What’s Great in Gaming
As I’m sure you know today is Thanksgiving is the US. It’s a day of for spending time with loved ones, and giving thanks...