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UncategorizedThe Joy And Wonder Of A 3-Year-Old Playing Journey
ThatGameCompany’s Journey is a wonderful game, a beautiful experience with universal wonder. The first time I played it, I felt a often felt a sense of childlike wonder. Logan also feels childlike wonder as he plays the game. In fact, every time he feels wonder, it’s childlike wonder, because he is 3 years old. Everyone…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Anti-Bigotry Gaming Site Defaced With Racial Slurs
It only took a week for Gamers Against Bigotry to be defaced by bigotry. The website, started by comedian Sam Killermann in late June as a way to fight against offensive slurs and hate speech in the video game community, was almost immediately attacked by bigots (or one single, dedicated bigot). They painted racial slurs…
By Jason Schreier Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Telltale’s Walking Dead Game Is Coming To Apple Devices This Thursday
Telltale’s masterful (so far) episodic Walking Dead game will be coming to Apple devices this Thursday, according to a post on the company’s blog The iOS version will be called Walking Dead: The Game, which should differentiate it from all the other Walking Dead stuff out there. The first episode of the planned 5-episode run…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 24, 2012 -
UncategorizedBarricade-Jumping Video Game Developer Runs The Olympic Torch Route With A Banana
Let it never be said that the folks who make LittleBigPlanet lack for chutzpah. Last week, the Olympic torch was set to go past the Media Molecule office in Guildford. Not one to let an opportunity like this pass by, Media Molecule’s Omar [last name redacted at Omar’s request] decided to jump the barrier and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Comics That Will Make You Nostalgic This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Comics That Helped The Dark Knight Rise
Spoiler Warning: Plot details from The Dark Knight Rises get discussed below. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and want to go in unspoiled, stop reading now. One of the things I liked most about The Dark Knight Rises is how it reconfigures elements from various Batman storylines into its own compelling experience. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Panel Discussion: The Programming Block Without Fear!
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
By Evan Narcisse Published July 24, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Action-RPG For Vita Is Looking Pretty Stellar
This is Ys Celceta: Sea Of Trees (also known as Ys Celceta: Foliage Ocean), the next game in Falcom’s Ys series of action-roleplaying games. No word on U.S. release yet, but it’ll be out this September in Japan for Vita. Boutique publisher XSEED Games has localized many of Falcom’s other games—including several in the Ys…
By Jason Schreier Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Athene, The ‘Best Gamer In The World,’ Is Taking Your Questions Right Now
Surely you’ve heard of Athene, right? He’s the best gamer in the world! He’s got all kinds of world records, in everything from World of Warcraft to online poker. He can beat Diablo III‘s first boss in less than a second. His online fans are legion, and with their help he’s farmed the most powerful…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s How Halo Will Look in Crysis 2. Wait, What?
You might not be sitting around thinking that Crysis 2 needs more Master Chief. Fair enough. But some intrepid modders are using the PC release of Crytek’s alien invasion war game to stage their own version of Spartan-vs-Covenant action. They’re calling it Venerance. Tributary Creations is a loose confederation of developers who are using the…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Cold is the Deadliest Weapon in Company of Heroes 2
The harsh Soviet winter of 1941 saw temperatures drop as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature at which human skin freezes in minutes. Axis and Allied forces alike suffered tremendous casualties due to the extreme cold. Relic Entertainment harnesses this deadly force of nature with Company of Heroes 2‘s ColdTech system. We’ve seen how…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2012 -
UncategorizedIf We Can’t Have Real Magical Books, At Least We’re Getting J.K. Rowling’s PlayStation-Powered Harry Potter “Wonderbook”
What if there was a book that had no words in it? What if this book that required a camera, a TV and a video game console in order for you to “read” it? Would you call this progress? Would you call it science fiction? Sony calls it the Wonderbook and has enlisted Harry Potter…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
Two New DLC Packs Add Puzzles To Quantum Conundrum
Delightful puzzler Quantum Conundrum will receive two new downloadable content packs this summer, publisher Square Enix said today. Pack one, The Desmond Debacle, sticks you in a new wing of the Quadwrangle Manor to solve puzzles that center around the drinking bird Desmond. Pack two, IKE-aramba!, tasks you with rescuing the adorable Interdimensional Kinetic Entity…
By Jason Schreier Published July 24, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlay Mario Anywhere, As Long As You Have Post-Its
It might not be as difficult a game as you remember, but the stop motion animation is just as amusing. It just takes a lot of set-up to get there. Kind of like trying to find the Princess. Mario – Post It Life [YouTube via Reddit]
By Tina Amini Published July 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Version of Final Fantasy is 200 Points Better Than the Rest
I’ve played the original Final Fantasy at least a dozen times over the past two decades. I’ve played the original NES game. I’ve played it on Game Boy Advance. I’ve emulated it. I’ve played it on my iPhone. Not once has anyone took me aside and said, “Hey man, good job crossing that bridge.” Until…
By Mike Fahey Published July 24, 2012
