From what I played yesterday, ZombiU might just have the most unique boss battles of any game on Nintendo’s upcoming WiiU console. That’s because I essentially got to be the boss—sending out waves of the undead to kill human beings—in Ubisoft’s cleverly asymmetrical survival horror shooter. Saying that I was the boss was a bit…
To make a film about a character like Batman is to reckon with the notion that all of the good stories have been told. 70 years of publishing history—not to mention comics, novels, cartoons and video games—swirls through the Caped Crusader’s cloak. With all of that comes a fan base that can quote Bruce Wayne’s…
In 1999, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater showed millions of people the world over that their fingers could talk. There’s a language that comes built into certain video games. Buttons become verbs, launching virtual figures into new landscapes. Combinations of inputs string together whole sentences that make you fluent in physics, aesthetics and sometimes even ideas.…
It’s Thursday. You’ve made it this far. The weekend is within reach. Do not falter, heroes. Go on and talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating. Head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY…
What do you remember most about the original Tony Hawk skateboarding games? The rush of putting together an epic thread of tricks? The exhilaration of notching ever-higher scores? Yeah, those were all great. You’ll get those in the Tony Hawk HD remake that hits Xbox Live today. But the pain… the pain was always the…
Life. The universe. Everything. All of the above come from nothingness. You can add the shadowy, shape-changing hero of iOS adventure Nihilumbra to that list. He may come from the void, but the character that starts off a little glob stars in a very special mobile gaming experience. That aforementioned void isn’t just conceptual, either.…
It’s hot out. Stay inside. Drink lots of water. And, then, go on and talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating. Head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and…
The best music collection to come out all year may just be upcoming PS Vita game Sound Shapes. It’s already got tunes from Jim Guthrie and Deadmau5 and now adds new music from still-skinny-after-all-these-years superstar Beck. According to Pitchfork Media, the singer/songwriter best known “Loser” will be contributing new works “Touch the People”, and “Spiral…
I already wrote about the Speed Racer cosplay that I loved during Comic-Con last week, but there were others that caught my eye, too. Click through for a great Joker who could’ve been drawn by Brian Bolland, a dude done up as Portal protagonist Chell and a Nintendo Icon playing his own game. If you…
This year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego was my first dance at Nerd Prom. Even still, it’s impossible to miss how the event is just one big hype machine for a bunch of TV, game and film companies with a little bit of comics/geek/nerd seasoning sprinkled on for authenticity. But, there were some things that…
Evan’s Note: Zac Gorman returns with another awesome motion cartoon, this time pointing out a curious tonal shift that Theatrhythm brings to established Final Fantasy characters. When you think about it, the characters of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy games must be incredibly stressed. Their worlds get threatened by logic-defying threats and the games’ heroes have…
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
Some mysterious psychological force has been holding me back from playing Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer. Given how much I tend to enjoy Mass Effect experiences—especially when colleagues tell me they love the game’s multiplayer, too—that can be the only explanation. But that inexplicable barrier keeping me from jumping online and fighting Reapers met its match…
Today, you’re going to think about video games. Some you’ve left behind and others you’re going to get. Welcome, then, to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Head over to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve always…
Strong hints of a sequel to last year’s Battlefield 3 surfaced over the weekend when a mention of a Battlefield 4 beta that could be accessed by pre-ordering Medal of Honor: Warfighter popped up on EA’s Origin store. Those hints became fact with specific solicitation accompanying a new Warfighter developer video. An EA press release…
The 3DS XL is big. And bright. And round. I got my hands on Nintendo’s just-announced big-boy version of its 3D handheld at Comic-Con 2012 last week and it’s an impressive upscaling of the 3DS experience. I felt a bit less eyestrain looking at 3D images on the larger top screen of the XL, even…
There I was, bow drawn and breath held, ready to kill a beautiful deer I’d been tracking for about five minutes. Lara Croft muttered something like “I can do this,” just before I let the arrow fly. The deer ran and more scrabbling through a dense forest followed. Two more arrows felled the deer and…
Mondays are for thinking about the games you’ve left behind and the ones you’re going to get. Anything but work. Go on and talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating. Head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential.…
Key gameplay elements from EA’s next entry in the Medal Of Honor series will apparently let you fly a combat helicopter and see enemies throughout the environment, according to two YouTube videos that surfaced over the weekend. The clips are apparently drawn from alpha builds of the first-person shooter. You can see the Spec Ops…
My first Comic-Con has been a blur. Things to see, play and write about have dominated my time in San Diego but one moment yesterday brought back into sharp focus why I love the transformative power of pop culture. I was rushing from one crush of people towards another while I was on the way…
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