In the end, both The Last of Us and its (fantastic) new downloadable expansion Left Behind had a lot to say about life, loss, and why we fight to survive. But they said those things in slightly different ways. Spoilers follow for both The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Left Behind. The…
If the best video-game screenshot artist around wants to spend a bunch of weeks cataloguing Dark Souls, that’s just fine with me. Dead End Thrills is still at it, and has posted some more beautiful shots from the game over at his site. Some real doozies up this week. Check out some highlights below, and…
I haven’t seen many performances like this in service of anything, let alone dedicated to the soundtrack for a handheld video game. And yet here we are, watching a gigantic ensemble that mixes electric guitars, multi-part vocal ensembles and a philharmonic orchestra with pyrotechnics, shred guitarmonies and stage-leaps. And the show is almost entirely dedicated…
Not everything is worth the price we pay for it. In fact, some games aren’t worth the disc they’re printed on. Today I thought I’d ask you guys about the worst games you’ve ever bought, the ones you really regretted purchasing. You could’ve put that money toward a new blender, or a cool pair of…
Do you watch True Detective? You should be watching True Detective. It’s really, really good. It’s on Sundays on HBO, and they’re just over halfway through the first season. I thought I’d see if anyone out there is watching it, and if so, what you think.
Play a couple hours of the terrific new JRPG Bravely Default and a number of its influences will become apparent. There’s Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, and so on. But one influence may be less evident…. the early 90s high school TV drama Beverly Hills 90210 And yet that show,…
The latest update for the Xbox One may add a few useful new features, but it sounds like it adds a new bug, as well. Fortunately, Microsoft has an easy workaround. Some users are reporting that the update gives them a black screen after the system turns on. Users on Reddit report that the result…
Curious how they made The Last of Us? The documentary Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us is now free on Amazon. Apparently it’s pretty good, too!
If you were reading the video-game internet this weekend, your various feeds probably looked something like this: Titanfall Titanfall Titans Titanfall Titans Fall Titanfall Titanfall Titans Titanic Falling Titans Titanfall Titanfall! Blah blah, everyone is super psyched about Titanfall. The previously closed beta is now open to everyone on Xbox One and likely opening up…
There are topics that mainstream video games rarely tackle, but lately, the list is getting shorter. It got shorter yet again last week. It happened in a PS3 game, or rather, in an expansion to a PS3 game from last year. It’s something I can’t not talk about. Spoilers for The Last of Us: Left…
I’ve never played anything quite like The Last of Us: Left Behind Oh, something like it might exist, out there in the hidden corners of videogame-land. I’ve just never seen it. Let’s cut to the chase. My recommendation: Go play it. We can talk spoilers next week. But okay, okay. If you really want a…
Good News, Danganronpa Fans: NIS America just announced that Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is coming to Vitas in North America and Europe this fall. Unlike the (very cool) first game, the sequel takes place on a sun-drenched island. Word is it’s good, too. Read/download the full announcement here
If you like Threes! as much as the rest of us do, you probably also like the music. It was written by Mass Effect 2 and Black Ops 2 composer Jimmy Hinson, and you can download it (and an unreleased alternate cut) for whatever price you’d like right here You can also listen here:
I grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, and Bobby Knight has been a small part of my life for as long as I can remember. I don’t think about the guy much any more, but every now and then, the red-sweatered shouter turns up in an unexpected place. That said, he has perhaps never turned up…
Sometimes the best way to recommend a game is to break it down to its component parts. Take Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, out today for the PlayStation Vita. I started playing late last week with no real plans to review it, and wound up sinking 20 hours into it, finishing up yesterday afternoon. That doesn’t…
In a lot of mainstream multiplayer video games, we dress up as a soldier and take on opposing teams of other, similar soldiers. What if there were a game about a team of soldiers taking on one GIANT opponent? Maybe a massive beast that breathes fire? That’d be cool. That’d also be an actual thing:…
So many colors, so many bullets. Here’s a new trailer for Velocity 2X, a promising-looking arcade shooter planned for PS4 and Vita. For more on the progress Futurlab is making on the game, check out this postat the PlayStation Blog.
Ah, February: The shortest month. We may have a couple fewer days to play games this month, but given that there aren’t a ton of new things coming out, it’s still a good time to catch up on stuff we missed over the last few months. Like last month, I thought it might be fun…
At this point, we all spend most of our time bracing for a zombie attack anyway… might as well see what happens when people actually experience one. The latest NYC-based “adverprank” (term per Chris Person) is in service of AMC’s The Walking Dead, which returns to finish out its latest season this weekend. Important question…
Why do Mega Man characters pose with four fingers held up? I didn’t know either, but now I do, thanks to the latest “Fast Facts” video from Lore
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