Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor DocSeuss talks up the bizarre but engaging new indie game Memory of a Broken Dimension. And fellow TAYperson TheUnfathomableTruth has a handy guide for anyone wanting to get their voice heard on the community blog. And you can always go join the voices talking…
Soul Sacrifice wants you to embrace the power of mortality. Because nothing says ‘I want to beat this goddamn boss’ like sucking the soul energy out of your girlfriend’s body so you can use it to trigger a massive magical attack. Yeah, it’s that kind of game. Out today, the new game from Mega Man…
Mike Bithell’s had a crazy year. He went from being one of a few dozen developers at U.K.-based Bossa Studios to becoming a solo indie creator supporting a game on multiple platformers. What prompted the drastic lifestyle change? The steady climb of acclaim around his minimalist platformer Thomas Was Alone. Thomas just came out this…
Ever since he left Epic Games, Cliff Bleszinski’s been letting his opinions fly fast and unfettered. At this week’s East Coast Game Conference, he talked about where the future of games might be heading. During the 25-minute talk—spotted on GamersNexus—he offers up opinions on the folks who pirate games and the heavy-handed top-down approach protecting…
It’s become the worst kind of video game cliché: Some horrible crime gets committed and a group of fools somewhere hacks out a playable turd designed to get people clutching their pearls or snickering at their juvenile lack of empathy. Most recently, there was a Doom-style knockoff after former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner went on…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor DamsonRhee talks about the inspiration behind her video game-inspired tattoo. It’s a great essay about how we relate to the games we love. Also, Dyram starts up a thread about video game music remixes. Go throw in your own favorites. And you can always…
The XCOM we got last year wasn’t supposed to be the one leading the rebirth of the beloved sci-fi strategy franchise. No, great as XCOM: Enemy Unknown was, it was a Johnny-come-lately. Back in 2010, there was another XCOM shown at E3, a game that re-imagined the humans-vs-aliens conflict as a first-person-shooter set in the…
You remember the Mole Man, the goofy-creepy Fantastic Four villain who lives underground? He runs with Moloids, the subterranean race that serves as his henchmen. Remember? Okay, so, some of those little yellow guys have been going to the Future Foundation, a fancy super-school that the Fantastic Four opened up in their skyscraper headquarters. And…
Yes, yes, Mass Effect fans: we know that you’ve got your Normandy t-shirts, your small replicas and big models of Commander Shepard’s spacecraft. But what about a collectible ship from the aliens who helped build the Normandy? Got your attention, huh? Dark Horse Comics is putting out a Turian Cruiser replica this November, based on…
Superheroes and their antagonists do a lot of talking. Lots of speeches about inner turmoil, taking over the world and the fate of the universe. But what about the smaller, more mundane conversations they might have off-screen? Well, they use SMS for that. Duh. The funny fake convos over at Text From Superheroes—the brainchild of…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor PocoGrandes offers up his own personal review of Thomas Was Alone, the charming minimalist indie platformer that wound up being one of my favorite games last year. It just came out for PS3 and Vita this week, so check it out if you’re curious.…
Mega Man 4 leads off a light week for the Nintendo Download. Time to catch up on that backlog, eh? Check out all the coming week’s digital Nintendo offerings right here
There are going to be new Grand Theft Auto V trailers—apparently, one for each of the three protagonists—next week on April 30th, according to Rockstar Games’ official site.
Two days ago, dev studio RubiqLab found themselves the subject of much scorn, thanks to the unseemly resemblance between their game SkyFar and Vlambeer’s long-ago-announced Luftrausers. They responded to their critics by saying that they’ve been working on SkyFar for a year and cited U.S. copyright law. Now, RubiqLab is accusing Vlambeer of copying. In…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor GiantBoyDetective wants you to discuss your Best Rhythm Game of All Time. Me? I agree with GBD and say Elite Beat Agents. Sorry, Parappa… And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in TAY Classic and in the…
I was there from the beginning of the TMNT phenomenon, back when Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were riffing off of Frank Miller’s Ronin and Dave Sim’s Cereberus comics. I don’t remember Mike, Don, Raph and Leo having junk punts as part of their martial arts repertoires. Granted, they very well could have. Like most…
The guy who voiced Adam Jensen hosted The Canadian Video Game Awards this past weekend. In its fourth year, the industry celebration inadvertently became a gathering of first-class voice actors. But, as you can see in the backstage video with Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Elias Toufexis and Far Cry 3’s Michael Mando, they don’t all…
CNET editor Dan Ackerman shared this picture of the Beyond: Two Souls script today. It’s 2,000 blank pages. The representation of the conglomeration of all the spoken dialogue for Quantic Dream’s upcoming playable drama looks bigger than a stack of PS3s. And not the new Super Slim PS3s. I’m talking the original husky models. Sony…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor Zarynx has an important realization about all those treasure chests that you get loot from in RPGs: the stuff in there probably belongs to someone already. Which means that you’re stealing. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and…
If you’ve played and loved the Ratchet & Clank games, then you’ve wondered why the series’ slapstick humor and crazy sci-fi action hasn’t been translated into a TV show or a movie yet. I know I have. Well, it’s finally happening A feature film based on Insomniac’s hit video game is scheduled to hit screens…
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