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My Neighbor Backed a Game on Kickstarter, and He Loves It.
Scott lives two floors above me. He says he doesn’t really identify as a gamer. But, there he was, throwing cash at an indie game studio on Kickstarter a few months ago. Sure, he could’ve saved his money but this project… this one was special. It was White Whale Games that managed to pry Scott’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2012 -
The Void Between Worlds Still Looks Like a Scary Place in Dead Space 3
Isaac Clarke’s return to consoles may have co-op missions waiting for players when Dead Space 3 comes out next year. But EA still wants us to think that the third entry in their sci-fi horror franchise is going to be a frightening experience. Hence, these screens. I don’t know if shivers are running down your…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2012 -
You Loved Wing Commander. Now Meet Wing Commander‘s 21st-Century Successor
Somebody needs to get the President, Mitt Romney and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a room and show them the next game from the creator of Wing Commander. Because the awesomeness on display in Star Citizen is a brilliant argument for why mankind needs to be in space. Star Citizen isn’t anywhere near done…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2012 -
Four Comics That Mix Things Up This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
One Creeper, Several Aquamen and, Well, Just About Everybody Shows Up in This DC Comics Cosplay Video
I should know better than to ever be surprised by any cosplay creativity. The people dedicated to dressing up as their favorite fictional characters keep on raising the bar for ingenuity. Still: there are people dressed as MiniMates. MiniMates! Spotted on the Distractotron YouTube Channel, this video parades hundreds of DC Comics characters in front…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
No More Crossovers: Five Thoughts on the End of Marvel’s Avengers vs. X-Men
This is the way things work in superhero comics: trauma explodes and its aftermath is only good for shuffling the status quo. Grief gets its 15 minutes, sure, but cataclysmic happenings are really just about getting readers interested in coming back for new chunks of story. That’s not always a bad thing, but it’s annoying…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
Dishonored‘s Writer Thinks That Gordon Freeman Is Creepy As Hell
Lots of reviews have compared Dishonored to Valve’s classic Half-Life 2. Both titles enjoy richly-drawn gameworlds with play mechanics that let you get creative. And they’ve both got lead characters who don’t talk. So, you’d figure that Gordon Freeman served as a model for Dishonored‘s Corvo, right? Not exactly. “I hate what Valve does with…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
Hey, Crysis 3’s Multiplayer Lets You Hijack Another Player’s Mech
There’s been glimpses of Crysis 3‘s competitive online modes out there already, but this latest video gives a bit more detail on what’s in store for the sc-fi threequel. The invisible predator aspect of Hunter Mode looks fun but it looks like the mech-jacking in the Crash Site Mode might be one of the more…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 9, 2012 -
One of the Hardest, Meanest Indie Games Ever Gets a More Physical Edition
There’s a reason most indie games come out digitally. All that printing and packing and shipping costs a whole lot of money. And while the convenience of downloadable titles is nice, sometimes you want a physical memento of a game you really love. Edmund McMillen knows how you feel. The game-maker’s The Binding of Isaac…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 8, 2012 -
President Obama’s Birth Certificate Super-Move Totally Whups Donald Trump’s ‘Comb Over Here’ Attack
It’s been a long road to the presidential election, which is less than a month away at this point. In case you’ve forgotten how tense and occasionally absurd the talking points and the personas of this political cycle have been, news website Slate has been recapping 2012’s highs and lows with a series of fighting-game-inspired…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 8, 2012 -
Director Says Halo Webseries Isn’t “the Definitive Master Chief Story”
What would a Halo movie look like? For years, that’s been a question that Hollywood and Microsoft have been trying to answer to no avail. The long and winding road of making a live-action Master Chief adaption is full of stumbles but, today, Microsoft’s 343 Industries begins the rollout of a new webseries set in…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 8, 2012 -
Super Mario and Angry Birds Make A Pretty Good Team
When you combine the incendiary oomph of the Mushroom Kingdom’s fireflowers and the myriad talents of the various Angry Birds, green pig flesh explodes all over the screen. The video above—made by amateur filmmakers CC Megaproductions—isn’t quite as gory as all that. But it does imagine what might happen if Nintendo’s mascot found himself in…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 8, 2012 -
Tomb Raider‘s Publisher Wants You to Shoot Arrows At New York Comic-Con. What Could Go Wrong?
Square Enix, along with many other game publishers, will be descending on the Big Apple next week for New York Comic-Con. And when NYCC starts next Thursday, the company will be letting folks shoot arrows at a target in imitation of the newly-rebooted Lara Croft. If the following is to be believed, these will be…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 5, 2012 -
This Comic Book Artist’s Skyrim-Themed Basement Is Straight Out of Tamriel
Tyler Kirkham already spends lots of time in giant fantasy worlds. The comics illustrator has worked on Green Lantern, Transformers and The Darkness series in recent years, with contributions to game-centric adaptations like Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain But all that drawing was apparently not enough to satiate Kirkham’s geeky desires. So he built…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 5, 2012 -
The Opening Cinematic for the New James Bond Game Has the Golden Touch
This year marks 50 years of James Bond movies. Activision’s upcoming 007 Legends game will be weaving together several of the iconic super-spy’s cinematic adventures into one playable experience. The video above is 007 Legends’s opening credit sequence, which channels the vibe—and gold-dipped love interest—of Goldfinger. There’s some modern electro touches to the classic Goldfinger…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 5, 2012 -
You Can Fight with Cakes in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
When I see a video like this focusing on the special moves made possible by Tekken Tag Tournament 2‘s customization items, it just makes me want to grind even harder to earn more points. That Lei baseball pitch is awesome.
By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2012 -
Yup, the Flood Will Look Really Gross in Halo 4
We’ve already seen how the creepy cosmic symbiotes from the Halo games will come back in 343 Industries’ upcoming release. These new screenshots offer added detail as to how they engage with Spartan soldiers in Halo 4‘s multiplayer Flood mode. Previous visual interpretations of the Flood never really gave me the shivers but this new…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2012 -
Here’s the Stuff from the New Assassin’s Creed III Trailer That Ubisoft Doesn’t Want Americans to See
Ubisoft released a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed III today. In the American version that you’ll see below, it looks like Connor killed one American soldier. But in the UK version of the trailer above, it’s clear that he’s ending the lives of many American revolutionary rebels. There’s a 30-second difference in the runtime of…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2012
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