‘Minecraft: The Story Of Mojang’ Review: A Half-Baked Tribute
Unlike the game it covers, you can’t simply mash blocks of footage together and make it work.
If you asked me today what the best game of the past decade was, it would be Minecraft. Easily. I’ve turned in hundreds of hours across a variety of servers mining, crafting, building, and destroying worlds populated with billions of blocks. Minecraft became a global phenomenon because it was the first MMO-style game that allowed for both the intimacy of your own projects and the ability to grow communities in a world that can be edited as much as you’d like. 2 Player Productions (Penny Arcade TV’s first season, the new Double Fine Adventure documentary) has been working on The Story of Mojang for years, having launched a Kickstarter to document the development of the game and its influence on the world and gaming culture. Unfortunately, its haphazard construction left me wanting.
Gifting A Wii U This Holiday? Nintendo Says Rip Open That Box And Update It First
Imagine enjoying your Wii U on Christmas Day, but only after an hour of updates. Would you enjoy that? Would you?
In a message sure to never be received by your loving grandparents, Nintendo took to its Twitter account to recommend that anyone giving their beloved family or friends a new Wii U console should update their console first. It seems a little weird that the console manufacturer least associated with seamless online experiences would recommend that customers… wait a minute, this makes complete sense.
Developer Gauntlet Thrown Down. Make 12 Games In 12 Months!
One game, one month. 12 games, 12 months. Start coding!
A group of independent game designers has issued a challenge to the indy developer world out there. Make 12 games in 12 months! Is this even possible? SURE IT IS, according to indy developer “Breakdance McFunkypants” who set out to create 12 indy titles in 2012 and made it happen.
FEZ/PLAY: Max Payne 3 (Xbox 360)
Grgggrggg I’m Max Payne ggrrgrgrr
I decided to dig out my copy of Max Payne 3 that I keep on tap just so I can… I don’t know, start playing again? MP3 was a pretty epic game, but unfortunately, it just wasn’t Max Payne enough. Well, I’m granting you a one-off opportunity to see me play Max Payne 3 again before it’s inevitably buried at the bottom of my pile of junk. No spoilers, this is just the first level. It’s all I can take, really.
Triple Station Cash Tomorrow And Double XP This Weekend
Double XP Weekend and Triple Station Cash? OK!
That’s right, folks, Sony Online Entertainment has announced and confirmed that tomorrow, Friday the 21st 2012 will kick off a double XP weekend for Planetside 2 and will also be giving users triple Station Cash.
YAY, TRIPLE STATION CASH!!
Fuel Overdose (PSN) Review: Combat Racing With A Really Bad Anime Fever
It’s a post-apocalyptic combat racer, guys. Really!
After the apocalypse, combat racing will become the sport of choice. I can tell because no other machine gun-spewing, rocket-launching racing game feels right unless it’s set in some tragic version of paradise. Fuel Overdose is a pretty solid car combat game that has the unfortunate attribute of being poorly presented in nearly every facet.
Turtle Beach – Ear Force Tango Wireless Headset Review
Ear Force Tango, powering on!
Last week Rob wrote a review on the Turtle Beach – Ear Force Sierra. Well that wasn’t the only headset Turtle Beach sent us. Being a console gamer I jumped on and went full out and grabbed the Ear Force Tango, the wireless headset for Xbox 360 and PS3. I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, I’ve tried wireless headsets that were $100+ for audio and they were complete junk. Hopefully this $299 Call of Duty: Black Ops II headset won’t let me down. Read the rest of this article…
THQ Files For Bankruptcy, Is Not Dead
Still no Red Faction, though.
Well, we guess it was coming. THQ’s been on some shaky ground for a few years now and as many speculated, they were on the fast track to bankruptcy protection, or worse, dissolution. Today was that day, but thankfully it’s not all bad. With the acquisition of Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin as President and director of THQ’s games going forward, things were starting to look up, but he had little chance to save the company from its inevitable bankruptcy filing. So what’s changing? Not much, apparently.
Forza Horizon Rally Pack DLC Review: Such A Tease
Get your mid-European racing action here!
I love Forza Horizon. Love the daylights out of it. Despite its variety of events, including mixed-terrain shindigs and Need for Speed-style street races, it didn’t feature any traditional rally races. I’m not sure where the demand came from, but the brilliant team at Playground Games has issued a new Rally Pack for the game that may satiate your lust for stripped down cars sloshing through rough point to point courses. It’s an interesting experiment, but is it worth the $20 fee?
Why Do Some New Games Require Internet Connections? BECAUSE! Less QQ, Moar PEWPEW!
lol, internet
I’m not sure where this whole thing started but I do know that the big stink started up with the announcement that Diablo 3 was going to require an internet connection in order to play. Now we have been informed that the new Sim City title is also going to require an internet connection to play and people are throwing a huge fit about it already.
First world problem?
