The high-ranking members who left Bulletstorm studio People Can Fly last August
What Are Splatterhouse, Kindergarten Killer and the Other Games the…
Names such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto are longtime punching bags in an often-clueless discussion of violent video games in the mainstream. So it was no surprise to hear Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, invoke them in a rambling attempt to deflect blame
The NRA's Absolutely Unhinged Response to Newtown Condemns Video Games…
Reports suggested that the National Rifle Association, backed into a corner since a gun massacre last week killed 20 six- and seven-year-olds, would come out swinging at video games
I Hate That I'm Addicted To Boring Video Game Challenges
I'm having the same, recurring nightmare of late. It's one of those stupid ones where something that's normally inane and innocuous becomes unreasonably horrible. Here's what happens: I'm on Pandora, out on a mission—to kill someone, probably—when I notice something. Maybe it's a a box or a locker. And the second that…
Do Modern Shooters Take Themselves Too Seriously?
Despite my aversion to shooters—god, there's too many of them—Overstrike, with its playful, comical tone and its cartoon aesthetic caught my eye. The approach felt like something fresh. But we don't have Overstrike anymore, no, instead we have Fuse. Compare the two
Epic Confirms Three More People Fly from Gears of War: Judgment
People Can Fly, the Poland-based studio behind 2011's Bulletstorm and the upcoming Gears of War: Judgment, said goodbye to creative director Adrian Chmielarz (pictured) and two top artists today, according to Gears developer Epic Games and Chmielarz himself.
Bulletstorm Probably Won't Get a Sequel, PC Pirates Blamed for Poor…
Bulletstorm, one of 2011's more surprising critical successes, wasn't as big a hit at the register
The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots
A couple weeks back I ran an enjoyable feature
The Man Behind The World's Best Video Game Screenshots
Most photographers ply their trade by capturing snapshots of reality and preserving them on film. Through careful framing, posing, and a bit of luck, they seek to distill the essence of foreign lands, exotic vistas, war zones, and even distant planets.
