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CultureTotal RecallWhen Disgustingly Sexual Art & Adventure Games Came Together
Despite having worked on everything from furniture design to rock concert props (and even directing his own films), Swiss artist H.R. Giger is best known for two things: his concept work for Ridley Scott’s Alien, and his overtly sexual paintings. But today, we don’t care about those. Today, we care about the only two video…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
Culture
Insanely Tepid Shipment Plans
It is a thin week for new releases, especially at retail. On shelves, there’s Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension for Wii, 3DS and PS3. On Xbox Live Arcade, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet arrives Wednesday. Tuesday • Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (PS3, Wii, DS) — Sure, it’s a kid’s game, and…
By Owen Good Published July 31, 2011 -
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Sunday Comics
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page. Awkward…
By Owen Good Published July 31, 2011 -
CultureShop Contest
Photobombed Cosplay Winners
Last week we served up 13 of the most exploitable cosplay pics from at Comic-Con 2011 for you to corrupt even further. Many entered, only one will win! Who is it? OK, yeah, it’s that guy above. But see inside for the other 19 finalists! Gofunaki22 (5) kicks things off with a very topical entry.…
By Owen Good Published July 30, 2011 -
Culture
This Week in the Business: “Social games are killer”
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “It comes down to Wii U.” – Panoptic Management Consultants Asif Khan describes Nintendo’s precipitous fall and how the future could hinge on Wii U QUOTE | “Really feel the heat from Vita.” – Nintendo’s sudden price reduction on 3DS may be…
James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published July 29, 2011 -
CultureSettle In With the Multi-Talented Art of Quentin Marmier
A lot of the time here on Fine Art, we feature the work of an artist who does one thing. They might do character art, or level design, that sort of thing. So it’s great today to showcase the work of Quentin Marmier. His work for Ubisoft includes all kinds of stuff, from colouring to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Culture
Red Faction’s Art Is Now Buried Beneath the Dust
Despite the guilty pleasures of Red Faction: Guerilla, all it took was one sub-par game in the series (Red Faction: Armageddon) for publisher THQ to, at least temporarily, pull the plug on the series. Which is a damn shame. In memory of a franchise (or at least its contemporary revival) that lived too fast and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallRemembering the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of MS-DOS
If you think messing around with the user-interface of a modern console, or even a modern iteration of Windows is hard, spare a thought for anyone involved in PC gaming during the 1980s and early 90s. Those hardy pioneers didn’t need icons, or dashboards. They used letters, and arcane commands, which were the bread and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
Culture
There’s a Half-Life On Viktor Antonov’s Video Game Art
Artist Viktor Antonov has worked on a number of high-profile projects over the years. He’s recently published his own book, The Colony. He’s helping on a live-action adaptation of classic manga (and anime film) Cobra. He also did some nice art for shelved (yet promising) multiplayer shooter The Crossing Oh yeah. And he was also…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Game That Really Was Out of This World
It was 1992. I was at my friend Paul’s house, playing games on his mighty 486 PC, and we’d just finished a complete playthrough of Monkey Island for probably the 100th time. Bored, he turns to me and says “Oh yeah, my brother got this new game. Let’s play that.” He fires it up, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2011 -
Culture
This Concept Art Flies Right Into the Danger Zone
In 2008, publisher THQ shitcanned a project called Stormbirds, an aerial combat game that was looking to take on the likes of Ace Combat and HAWX While the game died, its surprisingly colourful art lives on, and today we’re looking at concept artist Stuart Jennett’s wonderful contributions. Jennett, formerly a comics artist with Marvel, is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2011 -
Culture
More Amazing Guild Wars 2 Art to Kickstart Your Working Week
As we’ve seen previously, with Levi Hopkins’ art, there’s some outstanding work being done at ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2. An impression that’s only reinforced looking at the contributions of Kekai Kotaki. Serving as Art Lead on the project, Kotaki – who not only has a fine last name but also worked on the first…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Great Half-Life 2 Robbery
Hacking attacks and digital theft have been in the headlines a lot lately, whether it be the loss of user details on the PlayStation Network or a preview build of an upcoming game. So let’s look back today on a crime both more brazen and impressive than any we’ve seen in the past few years:…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2011 -
Culture
Catherine the Great?
Journey into the twisted dream world of a man smitten with a beautiful girl named Catherine in the eponymous game arriving this Tuesday. Dragon Age II also gets an expansion, From Dust arrives in Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade, and PC and PS3 players get Black Ops‘ Annihilation map pack. Tuesday Catherine (PS3, 360) —…
By Owen Good Published July 24, 2011 -
CultureShop Contest
Photobombed Cosplay
OK, team, if you’ve been paying attention, we’ve been hinting at this week’s ‘Shop Contest subject for the past four days. We’ve rounded up a dirty dozen of the most exploitable cosplay pics so far from Comic-Con 2011. It’s up to you to bring the more-funny! Your mission awaits inside! Our theme begins with an…
By Owen Good Published July 24, 2011 -
Culture
Sunday Comics
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published July 18. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published July 18. – Read more of Nerf…
By Owen Good Published July 24, 2011 -
CultureShop Contest
Chillin’ with Chell Winners
Last week’s ‘Shop Contest served as a warmup for the cosplay explosion of San Diego Comic-Con 2011. We’ve got several entries that will be hard to follow. This week’s top 20 awaits you inside! Off the bat, Koda89 (12) came up with another animated entry that we have to present as a YouTube video. Go…
By Owen Good Published July 23, 2011 -
Culture
This Week in the Business: ‘Relic of the 20th Century’
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “Superior.” – Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin contends that Microsoft’s first-party games this console cycle have been better in quality and sales than the first-party efforts of Nintendo and Sony. STAT | 40% – The percentage of the games industry that consoles now…
James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published July 22, 2011
