<![CDATA[Kotaku: Blacksite]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Blacksite]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/blacksite http://kotaku.com/tag/blacksite <![CDATA[How Can A Game Be Subversive?]]> What makes for a subversive game? Borut Pfeifer tackles the question with aplomb over at GameSetWatch, looking at games from Portal to Blacksite: Area 51 to establish the various ways in which games currently convey 'subversive' messages of many stripes: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386938&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blacksite's 'Hidden' Political Message]]> Michael Abbott's 'The Brainy Gamer' blog has been taking a cerebrally enhanced look at Harvey Smith and Midway's shooter Blacksite: Area 51, which just came out last week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=324202&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Midway Struggling With BlackSite PS3?]]> According to an Opposable Thumbs tipster, Midway's Blacksite: Area 51 for the PS3 is having development issues just as we'd seen on Stanglehold. The tipster said:
"The PS3 version is experiencing issues and missed deadlines...Midway isn't happy at all about the progress, and it's a story I've heard over and over this year across the industry when it comes to the PS3 and cross-platform titles.
Opposable Thumbs astutely points out that it could be the PS3 Unreal 3 engine serving as a common thread between these delays, so this is potentially just more bad news for Midway, Sony and Epic. But hey, who wants ice cream? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=314569&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[BlackSite: Area 51 Impressions]]> I can't tell you from a technical standpoint why Midway's BlackSite is so great. The graphics aren't stellar, the AI is lacking and your main weapon works like every other gun from every other FPS you've ever played. But it's fun as hell—not a cookie cutter FPS, but a dynamic new title that captures the heart of its arcade shooter roots. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293435&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blacksite E3 Trailer]]>
If the Blacksite: Area 51 E3 2007 trailer does one thing, it motivates me to finally go out and get that voiceover demo reel made up. This guy completely fails to proffer any feeling of foreboding whatsoever. Maybe they were going for a boy-next-door sort of quality, to give the trailer a more human feel to it, but the last thing a giant alien trying to eat a helicopter needs is a more human feel. More »
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