Beware the cellist. Beware. CELLOS ARE DANGEROUS. If you’re playing Cello Fortress, don’t say I didn’t warn you. The new game pits one controller-holding player against a cellist. It’s something of a tower defense game, with the player controlling the attacking tanks, and the cellist controlling the base defenses. Fast notes activate flame throwers. High…
Flowcharts sure can be helpful. They allow us to break down life’s challenges in a logical way. They can help us decide what to eat, or whether or not to ask our friends to give us a loan. And, if we’re a wizard in Middle Earth, they can help decide whether to call in the…
I’ve been enjoying DmC: Devil May Cry, Ninja Theory’s reboot of Capcom’s violent, venerable dude-juggling series. Evan likes it, too I even like protagonist Dante’s total makeover as a brown-haired, sexy as eff guy, all swagger and sword-swinging. But could it be… (HARD-HITTING INDUSTRY NEWS ALERT)… that the dude has no penis? This video, posted…
Over the last couple of weeks, Jurassic Park has been just about everywhere. On websites. On social media. Beneath the earth, frozen in amber. We’ve all got Jurassic fever, and it’s been wonderful I blame Far Cry 3 for my own Jurassic fixation. That game’s lush island setting is just begging for some dinosaurs. And…
Check out a very cool chronicle of personal messages from developers, hidden in the code of classic games.
Not everyone is a fan of Ninja Theory’s new take on Devil May Cry‘s cocksure antihero Dante. In fact, many longtime fans of the series are downright apoplectic. Ninja Theory doesn’t appear to have let that get to them, though. In fact, they use this early-game easter egg to thumb their nose at critics. Spoilers!…
Zack Snyder, the director of blockbusters like Watchmen and 300, is currently working on a new Star Wars film set outside of the upcoming trilogy, Vulture reports Update: Hollywood Reporter says Snyder’s agent has denied the Vulture report. Original story follows: Back in November, the Los Angeles Times reported that Man of Steel and 300…
“My name is Guybrush Treepwood. Prepare to die!” Long have those words been immortalized in the minds of those who love video games. Anyone who played The Secret of Monkey Island heard them time and again as hapless wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood fought his way through the Melee Island nights. Fought, and lost, because he…
The White House has turned down a popular petition to begin construction on a Death Star in fairly hilarious fashion. “The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn’t on the horizon,” writes Paul Shawcross, chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House…
After I posted about how much I love the music for Time Surfer, game developer Steve Gaynor tweeted this music at me. I have never played Bad Cat (it looks, well, like a Commodore 64 game), but if this incredible music is anything to go by… maybe I should?
For years now, there have been rumors and reports of a now-cancelled Half-Life 2 episode called Half-Life 2: Return to Ravenholm. The project, an overview of which can be found at the Combine Overwiki, was to be a collaboration between Valve and Dishonored-makers Arkane, and would, presumably, take players back to the creepy, zombie-infested village…
This video brought to you by Camille and Kennerly, the marvelous musicians behind such classics as Blonde Twins Playing The Elder Scrolls Theme On Harps While Standing In A Forest, Blonde Twins Playing A Metallica Cover On Harps While Standing In The Desert, and most recently, Blonde Twins Playing Final Fantasy Music On Harps While…
You guys. Time Surfer. It’s this game? It’s a lot of fun. Part of what makes it fun is how well it controls, how colorful it is, and the general feeling of momentum it imparts. And the time-travel part; that’s cool too. Those are all reasons to like the game, but the music is the…
You know what would make an art-heist flick even cooler? If you combined it with some extreme memory-wiping shenanigans. 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle seems to agree, going by this trailer for his upcoming movie Trance This looks quite… chaotic. The story of an art heist gone wrong, ending in amnesia,…
Few video game series have music as iconic as The Legend of Zelda. Over sixteen years and more than a dozen games, Koji Kondo’s memorable themes have been transposed, re-arranged, and re-imagined countless times. Each game in the series has its own musical identity, and each player has his or her own favorite song. What’s…
Ever wonder what it’d be like to be a trombone slide? This video gives some idea.
If you’re just casually interested in chip music, it can be tough to track the work of groups like 8 Bit Weapon. First a solo project by Seth Sternberger that added Michelle Sternberger (a.k.a. “ComputeHer“) to the mix, 8-Bit Weapon and ComputeHer have been making chip music for more than ten years. Now, the duo…
The band HEALTH’s killer Max Payne 3 soundtrack was easily one of the best of last year, and a chunk of the reason Max Payne 3 was among my personal top games of 2012. This video from The Creators Project shows the band talking about the process of scoring the game, focusing on the stadium…
Looks like we’re not the only ones hoping that Far Cry 3 gets some dinosaurs sometime soon (Though it’s not like we ever really thought we were alone. I mean, come on: EVERYONE WANTS THIS, UBISOFT.) This video from ExplosiveAlan imagines what Ubisoft’s first downloadable content pack might look like if it was called The…
“Gangster.” The word has so many connotations in today’s media-saturated, Hollywood-influenced world. It’s hard to believe there ever was such a thing as a non-archetypal gangster. This great new video essay from Press Play by Nelson Carvajal and Matt Zoller Seitz explores the various identities of the Hollywood gangster over the years. What’s your favorite…
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