This Is The Only Minesweeper Article You Will Ever Need To Read
Oh, sure, everyone knows about Halo, Fable, Gears of War, and Project Gotham Racing (well, not quite enough did), but few realize that the best game Microsoft ever published was Minesweeper. Included with Windows 3.1 and up, Minesweeper is the reigning champ of office un-productivity and it’s so deviously clever that few realize its absolute genius.
Do People Really Examine Game Graphics This Much? Digital Foundry and Head2Head Do!
Y’know, I did my bit of a graphics whorin’ back in 2001, when the comparison was a lot more exciting. I was an Xbox guy, so anyone who argued their console hardware or game had better graphics than Halo or Dead Or Alive 3 was high as a kite. Nowadays, we have not one, but two sites dedicated to these tight comparisons, which . . . it’s just not human.
Jurassic Park: The Game (Debut Trailer)
Telltale, who recently created and released a new Back to the Future episodic game, is now bringing Jurassic Park back to life in the same manner. This spring, you’ll be able to prance around Isla Sorna while the first movie takes its course. Rather than accompanying Dr. Alan Grant or Ian Malcolm, Telltale is giving us a new story and characters to follow.
Trailer’s after the break.
NPD Presents: The Top 10 Selling Games of January 2011!
For the first post-holiday month, we’re not seeing a whole lot of change in the rankings. Black Ops is going to hover at the top for a while longer (or until the next Call of Duty game comes out, which ever comes first). The obvious shocker here is Just Dance 2 outselling Dead Space 2, which is a little scary, ifyaknowwhatImean!
Why Penny Arcade Needs To Move On
It seems like it’s been a billion years since I started reading Penny Arcade (well, closer to eleven, but whatever) and back in those days, it wasn’t Krahulik’s art that sold me, but Holkins’ writing. The way that they cleverly positioned Gabe (Krahulik’s alter-ego) and Tycho (Holkins’) on contemporary gaming issues – whether it was games that didn’t work out of the box or their crusades against IGN – always connected with me. In those eleven years since then, they acquired a business manager and turned their web comic about vidya gamin’ into a multi-media empire with books, web shows, and two massive gaming conventions each year. So my question is: why do Holkins and Krahulik stick to hunting such small game when they’re fully capable of tackling bigger beasts?
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Atari recently unveiled the cover art, fact sheet and several new screen shots for the upcoming paranormal thriller “Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime”. The direct sequel to 2009’s “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” will let players take control of 4 new Ghostbusters to help save present day NYC from paranormal disruption once again.
Game features include: 12 arcade-like levels, 3 unique ghost busting weapons, and (finally) 4 player co-op.
You’ll be able to bust some heads (in a spiritual sense of course) on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and via PC download on March 23rd.
For more information and screen shots, visit Proton Charging
The Heat Death Of The CityVille Universe – Strategies and Secrets!
You may be enjoying it now (or it may be sucking the life clean out of you), but eventually, like the universe itself, it has to run out of fuel. This is how it’s going to happen…
Sony Officially Frowns Upon Jailbreaking
Who didn’t see this coming? Sony has made an official statement regarding the jailbreaking of the PS3, they don’t want you doing it or you’re banned, so don’t be jailbreaking your shit. Read the rest of this article…
Zynga Valued Higher Than Electronic Arts. Yes, You Just Read That.
Per the Wall Street Journal, social games maker Zynga (Cityville, Farmville, Frontierville) has just scored an evaluation of $7-10 billion based on new investments, which trumps the current $6 billion market cap of publicly-traded gaming titan Electronic Arts. Yeah.
Goodbye, Bizarre Creations (1994-2011)
On Friday, February 18th, Activision will close Bizarre Creations – creators of the world-famous Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars franchises – and I will be sad. Oh, so sad.
