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Kill zombies. Do it with a guitar controller. The concept behind Rock of the Dead sure sounds like a brilliant idea, but the horrible reality of this tedious "strum or die" game quickly sets in. More »
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Epicenter Studios (Critter Round-Up, Real Heroes: Firefighter) cofounder Bryan Jury sent us a heads up about an interview he did with GameCritics.com's Brad Gallaway. While I found his email references to himself in third person a little odd, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since the interview was pretty good. He described it as "a former Call of Duty producer-type from Activision, talks about starting up an independent studio, kind of trashes Gears of War in an answer about games being art, and explains how they got their first game deal," which more or less hits the nail on the head. On 'games as art,' he's got this to say: More »
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Firefighting video games haven't seen much in the way of blockbuster success. Sega's attempts, Burning Rangers for the Sega Saturn and Brave Firefighters for arcades were moderate hits, but failed to spawn sequels and only a few obscure titles for the PlayStation family were released (Firefighter F.D. 18 and Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme). My memories of Imagic's Fire Fighter for the Atari 2600 are still quite positive. More »
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