The wonderful zombie film Shaun of the Dead starts out with a running gag where it’s clear that a zombie apocalypse is going on, but the heroes don’t notice. As they walk down the street, we can see obscured scenes of undead carnage in the background, but Shaun is too wrapped up in his girlfriend-troubles…
Mark Morgan’s soundtrack was among the more distinctive aspects of the classic PC role-playing game Planescape: Torment. An odd, dirge-like collection of tones that was as much about atmosphere as it was about melody, it captured the game’s dark vibe perfectly. The Kickstarter campaign for the game’s “spiritual successor,” Torment: Tides of Numenera, has been…
The official Game of Thrones app, “A World of Ice and Fire,” is now available on Android for free. (It’s also on iOS.)
BattleBlock Theater, the new game from the makers of Castle Crashers, comes to XBLA April 3. Here’s a cheeky trailer.
The latest trailer for Metro: Last Light is grim, even for a grim video game trailer. It’s a grimsplosion.
Sociopaths and electronic-music fans rejoice: Hotline Miami is now available for Mac
Valve has announced that they are adding an “experimental virtual reality mode” to their multiplayer first-person shooter Team Fortress 2. It will be playable by anyone with an Oculus Rift developer kit. The mode will be released in the coming days. The full release from Valve: Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike,…
This short-film from Ilya Naishuller starts out pretty cool then goes flat-out bonkers. I can’t really think of a better way to describe it than what’s in the headline, but basically—if you’re into first-person running and combat, this is right up your alley. Everyone good? How was your weekend? Playing anything cool? Feel free to…
If you’ve been playing big-budget action video games over the last couple of years, you’ve probably noticed a few trends. The graphics have gotten better. The animations have become more lifelike. The explosions have gotten more explosive. And more recently, amid all those improvements, has come a trend that’s even more earth-shattering and important: Video…
Skyrim‘s 1.9 patch, which adds a “Legendary” difficulty and adjusts the level-cap, is now live on Steam. Details here
EA’s CEO John Riccitiello has stepped down. And so of course, the fact that he’s got a difficult-to-spell name, combined with the general level of dislike EA has earned in the wake of SimCity‘s disastrous launch, means that jokers the world over have been quick to hop on the joke train and joke it up…
Remember Me‘s creative director talks about the game’s female protagonist, who caused some publishers to lose interest
EA reports that SimCity has sold more than 1.1 million copies since its launch two weeks ago.
Tomb Raider‘s PC version is generally strong, offering a better-looking, higher resolution, smoother tomb-raiding experience than its console counterpart. That said, if you’re using an Nvidia graphics card, the game could be pretty unstable, though that instability is usually fixed by turning tessellation off. Good news: A beta driver released by Nvidia on Friday clears…
Editor’s Note: I’m on vacation today, but since I know you’re all craving your regular dose of JRPG goodness, I’ve enlisted the wonderful Kirk Hamilton to jazz up Random Encounters this week. Be nice! —Jason Schreier Oh boy, here we go. If I’m gonna take over Jason’s column for a week, that means I’m gonna…
The first time I saw Kick Ass, I liked it. The second time I watched it, I actually really liked it. And while I’ll almost definitely see the sequel, I’m not entirely sold on this new “red band” trailer. It just seems like the movie might fall into the same trap as so many other…
This video from Maxis’ Guillaume Pierre demonstrates the in-progress fixes for the game’s traffic congestion problems
It can be a bit difficult to talk about the new Tomb Raider without also talking about Uncharted. Naughty Dog’s PS3 series has always had a lot of Tomb Raider in its DNA, and Crystal Dynamics’ new Lara Croft adventure has clearly been taking notes from Uncharted The two games are as interesting in their…
The final beta for the upcoming online shooter Defiance begins next week on consoles and PC. You can sign up here
The game isn’t called Ordinary Fishing, after all. It isn’t called By-The-Books Fishing, either. No, it’s called Ridiculous Fishing. So it stands to reason that if you download this game, you will be expecting to do some fishing, and for it to be ridiculous. Good news: That’s exactly what you’ll get. Ridiculous Fishing: A Tale…
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