Bastion Makers Tell Fans To Go Ahead And Stream Their Games
Supergiant Games, makers of Bastion and the upcoming Transistor, would like you to know that they're totally cool with you streaming "Let's Play" videos of their games.
If you liked 2010’s excellent, emotional action RPG Bastion, then listen to Amir Rao—co-founder of dev studio Supergiant Games—talk about the art of level design on the Critical Path Project.
Transistor
The Video Games That Showed Up When I Least Expected Them
A controller gets put down. A disc gets shelved next to dozens of others just like it. But, sometimes, the game lingers. It creeps into your sleep and live on in the backs of your eyelids, demanding ever more from you.
Now The Bastion Narrator Can Announce Your Dota 2 Game
One of the neat things about Dota 2 is that you can download "Announcer Packs" that change the voice of the in-game announcer to any of a number of other characters.
Someone Made All Of Bastion's Home Base In Minecraft
Maybe I'm just a sucker for pretty things, but Minecraft re-creations never cease to amaze me.
This Video Shows Off The Best of What Indie Games Can Be
The Off-Book series of mini-documentaries, from PBS, has brought us insights on video games many times before. They've taken on the perennial argument of whether (and how) games are art
This is Who We Thank For Bastion's Gorgeous Art
Jen Zee works at Supergiant Games. A small indie team, Jen is art director (and part-time badass cosplayer), meaning she's the main one to thank for the amazing colours and vibrant world of Bastion, one of the best-looking video games in recent memory.
Don't Ruin Bastion by Letting it Play Through the iPad's Crappy Speaker
Supergiant Games' award winning action role-playing game Bastion is now available on the iPad, and it's one of the best experiences you can have with the Apple tablet. Just don't ruin it by playing without headphones.
The Kid was happy to hear that the lovely Bastion is coming to iPad on August 30.
2012 Has Been a Great Year For a Little to Mean a Lot in Video Games
There isn't much to Sound Shapes. That's what makes it great.
The Best Humble Bundle Just Got Better
Today, Super Meat Boy, Braid and Lone Survivor were added to the fifth installment
Video Games Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Mean Something
You know why everyone's up in arms about Mass Effect 3's ending? Because it doesn't mean what they want it to. But, whether you liked the ending, hated it or lobbied to have it changed, BioWare's sci-fi franchise does means something because it aims to be a metaphor. And I wish more games would do that.
Now You Can Get Free Sheet Music for Bastion's Best Tunes
Bastion Was Originally All About... Gardening
In a sense, Bastion was a game about growth—over the course of the game, The Kid would bring back items and characters to the Bastion, which allowed it to grow and flourish. In a metaphorical sense, the Bastion was a sort of garden, growing over time.
Live From New York, It's Bastion's Ending Theme
If you missed the New York Video Game Critics Circle Awards, here's your chance to see a whole bunch of videos from last Thursday's event, including a live rendition of Bastion's "Setting Sail, Coming Home" performed by songwriter Darren Korb and singer Ashley Barrett.
Supergiant Supports the Troops, puts Bastion on a Disc for Soldier
Bastion, the critically acclaimed action-RPG that's claimed or been nominated for a bathtub full of awards, isn't available on physical media. Not unless you are serving your country in Afghanistan, and your base's Internet service is terribly slow.
Bastion, Skyrim, Portal 2 Lead Nominations for the 2012 Game…
The nominees for the 2012 Game Developers Choice awards have been announced. The awards, which will be held at March's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, are one (if not the) most prestigious awards ceremonies in gaming. They occur the same night and location as the Independent Games Festival (IGF) awards.
The Voices of Bastion Perform "Build That Wall"
As a nice little treat, the folks at SuperGiant Games have posted a video of audio director Darren Korb and vocalist Ashley Barrett doing an impromptu performance of "Build that Wall," the track that won so many hearts (including mine
These Are the Best Indie Games of 2011
Just as its sister site ModDB picks the top PC gaming mods of the year, IndieDB rounds out the year with a countdown of the top independently developed games of the year. Think of it as a shopping list to help establish your indie gaming cred. How many of the top ten have you played?
The Best Game Music of 2011: Bastion
Bastion snuck up on me—I had heard a lot of friends and fellow critics hyping it after seeing it at PAX East and GDC, but I didn't actually play it until it was released. For the first hour or so, I wasn't sold, but as the story snowballed and the levels stretched out, I fell increasingly under its spell.
The Stranger’s Dream $1 DLC for Bastion Sheds Light on the Narrator’s…
It's been a day of surprises for fans of Bastion. First, they announce that you can play the gravel-voiced adventure in the Chrome browser
I've Played Bastion in Google's Chrome Web Browser and It's Amazing
First, Supergiant Games' acclaimed action RPG came out for the Xbox 360 as one of the games in Microsoft's annual Summer of Arcade promotion. Then, shortly after that, the narrator-centric release landed on Steam, which let PC owners tour the game's shattered world of Caelondia. Now the hit indie's been made to play…
The Kid Who Just Went to College
College is a special time in the life of any young man or woman. You're finally free from your parents, ready to meet new people, attend interesting classes, and probably drink with those people and during those classes. While the first year of college can be a very busy time, there's always space for some gaming. A…
This Lucky Couple Had the Voice of Bastion Narrate Their Wedding
There were plenty of lovely things about Bastion, but one of its best features was its soundtrack. The combination of composer Darren Korb's groovy tabla-fueled psychedelia and narrator Logan Cunningham's throaty growl gave the game much of its unique, desolate charm.