Call of Duty: Black Ops II Villain Trailer
Call of Duty: Black Ops II or CODBLOPSSQUARED (I just made that up) is approaching release soon, really soon, November even. Teaser trailers will be released to get everyone excited for the game and even though Call of Duty has it’s haters it’s always breaking sales records. I know I’m excited for the game and I really hope it has a better single player story than the first Black Ops. Read the rest of this article…
Penny Arcade Launches Epic Kickstarter Project: Itself. We Explain.
Penny Arcade takes to crowdfunding once more, confuses the masses.
Reading Mike Krahulik’s Twitter account over the past few hours, it would seem that their Kickstarter pitch is getting more people confused than excited. The artist half of the Penny Arcade duo (you may have seen them on the televisions) was sincerely apologetic as he clarified what their comic syndicate was trying to accomplish: returning to the site’s desperate good ol’ days when they relied on tips and donations to stay alive and went ad-free. Now a (relatively) big company with a dozen employees, a Kickstarter to keep the page ad-free seems a bit peculiar. Let me explain to you, as best I can, what the duo are trying to do.
Let’s Play Minecraft: Stonecraft Sky Edition
I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and show off my Minecraft playing skills by recording me playing maps that people have created. This is my very first one and I’m playing Stonecraft Sky Edition. The map is a survival map on a stone island. The end goal of the map is to cover the entire thing in dirt. The catch is there is very little dirt on the surface so I think I’m going underground to find the dirt. Read the rest of this article…
Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad Review: Solid Rally Racing In A Pinch
Unexpected rally action for Xbox Live Arcade? Sure, I’ll take it.
The bad news: having plowed through of all of the content in Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad, I still don’t know who Jeremy McGrath is. In fact, if I hadn’t been presented the opportunity to review the game, I would’ve glossed right over the whole thing. From the game alone, I can only guess he’s a popular rally racer sponsored by Monster who barks out obvious tool tips in real life like ‘stay on the road, it’s faster’ and ‘if you lose control, throttle down until you gain control again’, even after you’ve turned the tool tips off. Maybe he’s a draw in Europe I suppose, which reminds me of why Codemasters dropped the late Colin McRae’s name from their DIRT rally series to make the game palatable to Americans.
The good news? They made a pretty good rally game with Jeremy McGrath’s name on it.
The Father Of Geometry Wars Speaks: Stephen Cakebread On The Life And Death Of Bizarre Creations
The chaos of Geometry Wars!
Stephen Cakebread isn’t done with dual-stick shooters, but he’s definitely done with Geometry Wars, for now. Following the dissolution of Bizarre Creations last year, the Xbox 360’s iconic Arcade franchise seems to have been lost to the share drives of Activision’s corporate headquarters. But Cakebread doesn’t see Geometry Wars in the small scope of a mere Microsoft-exclusive shooter – after all, he created the bloody thing – he envisions art installations with projections, fog machines, and lasers. “It isn’t a game for consoles, it’s a game for gamepads,” he says, referring to how well the game would work on a variety of gaming hardware, even the PlayStation Vita. Given the time and resources, he’d develop a version in 3D, or one that takes advantage of displays with external lighting (think: Philips’ Ambilight televisions) and emphasize the series’ pyrotechnic beauty and rapid-fire calamity.
A high bar for twin-stick gaming action (in which you move your avatar with one analog controller stick and shoot with the other), Geometry Wars casts you as a claw-shaped ship out to enact rapid polygonal genocide for gobs of points. The games were a critical and commercial success for developer Bizarre Creations, known most famously for their Project Gotham Racing titles. I got to chat with Stephen about his time there, how Geometry Wars came to be, and how one of my favorite developers became another notch on the United Kingdom’s growing list of reorganized or shuttered game makers.
Still Need A Planetside 2 Beta Key? Here’s How To Get One! [UPDATE: We Are Out!]
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DIE TERRAN SCUM!!!
A couple of weeks ago we announced that we’d be doing a giveaway for Planetside 2 beta keys. We dropped several on our readers and fans and still have a couple left over for later but if you haven’t been lucky enough to get one, so far, read on for details on how to get SOE to hand you one with almost no effort.
What Are YOU Playing While Waiting For The Planetside 2 Beta To Start?
NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m going to admit it…It’s driving me absolutely insane. I’m waiting with bated breath, like a kid before Christmas. I’m antsy. I’m on the edge of my seat. I’m dying with anticipation. Every time I get an email I jam in to my email program as fast as I can get there, hoping it will be the notification that the Planetside 2 beta has begun and it’s time to get in there and split some wigs.
Just A Quick Word On Sex And Sexuality In Gaming
oooooh…Sexay!
Earlier today I read an article by a guy who sits as the editor in chief of a magazine which focuses on gaming and development, in which the author discussed, at length, the use of sex and sexual imagery in the design and marketing off games. I’m not going to name the author or the article, because I’m not here to pick an internet slap-fight with a guy whose magazine I neither read, nor care about.
Throughout the article, the author condemned the practice, though he doesn’t seem to have the man-parts to just come right out and say so, so his condemnation took the tone of a mild scolding and some ridicule of industry decision-making. Since I DO have the man parts to share my opinion, though, I’ll do just that.
Miss Master Of Orion? Endless Space Might Cure What Ails Ya
Does this shot get you as excited as I am right now? Yeeeeeessssssss…
Everyone knows I’m the biggest fan of Master of Orion in the entire galaxy (Hell, my official title here at FEZ is “Galactic Emperor”. Yes, it’s on my business cards!) so it pains me that no titles in the past twenty years have really come close to replicating the elegance of its ‘conquer the galaxy’ design.
UPDATE: Read the review here!
Future Consoles To Go Dedicated Digital Distribution? Some People Think So.
Which one will the next generation use?
So there’s a lot of speculation flying around in the industry as to the future of consoles and game distribution. Some people are saying the next generation of consoles will have gamers getting their software through conventional means – i.e. going to the store and picking it up – while others believe that the new generation will see games being distributed exclusively digitally.
I, for one, think this is a really silly debate.
