E3 2012 – N’s Predictions
If for some reason you’re not aware, E3 is the world’s biggest gaming event. All the big companies bring out their wares, both soft and hard, in a (sometimes laborious) horse and pony show for the world to see. All the major outlets are there and every gaming eye and ear is paying attention to these industry-shaking announcements. So what will happen at this year’s show? We all have our thoughts on the matter, and being FleshEatingZipper, we know a few things about this industry, so just like Rob did the other day, it’s time to make a few predictions as to what gaming’s movers and shakers will unveil in just two and a half weeks.
E3 2012 – Rob’s Predictions
E3 2012 is a scant 3 weeks away and Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Activision, EA, and many other massive players in the entertainment and gaming worlds will be making tons of announcements regarding new and exciting things which are coming up for all of us in the near future.
When so many people are going to be making so many announcements about so many things, there’s bound to be tons of rumor and speculation about what’s to come. So now it’s my turn to speculate and share with all of you a few of my predictions as to what will happen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, 2012.
Games We’re NOT Going To Be Seeing At E3
No 20th Century, patriotic pants-wearing game characters for us this year!
With our inaugural trip to E3 mere weeks away, we at FleshEatingZipper are obviously excited about the scores of big titles that we’ll be able to get our hands on and report for you. Unfortunately, it’s just as big a disappointment to you as it us to us when companies announce that they’re not going to be bringing their games to the show. With that, let’s get all of our tears out of the way for those titles and move on. Be better together. Somehow…
Building Oceana: The Verge’s Minecraft Pyramid – Week Five
Oceana builder Salaman completing a diagonal
This is part of an ongoing series chronicling the construction of Oceana, an epic Survival-built megastructure on the Vergecraft server. Be sure to check them all out!
Week One – Week Two – Week Three – Week Four – Week Five – Final Week
This past week brought a ton of progress in the Oceana Mega-City Pyramid project. With the Vergecraft’s server white-list open once more, new players are now finally able to stream into our digital frontiers. The list, which had been instituted to limit griefing to existing structures (an issue that, unfortunately, still occurs), was shut off for several weeks. But things are different now. Before we dive into the cool individual accomplishments in the pyramid, let’s talk about the pyramid itself, which has seen a hefty upgrade as it reaches completion.
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Can We Bring Back The Racing Game?
A quickly vanishing sight in gaming, from Project Gotham Racing 4. PHOTO CREDIT: Garratose at GameTrailers forums
There it lies: a smoldering husk of a car spun off the tarmac into the weeds. Maybe the wheels can still spin, maybe the engine can still pump, but it seems like a lost cause at this point. Racing is a genre that you’d assume would have more heft than, say, snowboarding – which had a renaissance last generation and then quickly vanished with little trace – and yet here we are. Before I bought my first console, my experience with racing games was limited to Mario Kart and Papyrus’ relatively hardcore NASCAR Racing for the PC, but exchanging my keyboard and joystick for a controller was the best way to satiate my need for speed. But what happened? Why did these games disappear?
Ghost Recon Alpha Movie Trailer Released
Ubisoft is doing something a little different with the release of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. They made a 25 minute live action movie prequel to the game. The movie follows the Ghosts as they are dropped deep behind enemy lines in order to eliminate one of the world’s most sought-after war criminals. The location of the film is actually one of the multiplayer maps and there is an exclusive unlock code hidden in the film to unlock a special weapon. Read the rest of this article…
I Want Phantasy Star Online 2
Sega’s upcoming Phantasy Star Online sequel will be free to play. Not much has been said about the franchise as of late, however they are attempting to make a comeback.
Building Oceana: The Verge’s Minecraft Pyramid – Week Four
This is part of an ongoing series chronicling the construction of Oceana, an epic Survival-built megastructure on the Vergecraft server. Be sure to check them all out!
Week One – Week Two – Week Three – Week Four – Week Five – Final Week
And here we are, now a month into the Oceana project. This week the pyramid began to take on its final form and we had to say goodbye to a few elements dear to our massive pyramid. Still, progress has remained steady despite a smaller group of key personnel. The server’s white list has been missing for several weeks now, which has stopped any new gawkers or admirers from being able to view our mighty work. Let’s start off by saying goodbye to Oceana’s original benefactor.
‘Silent Hill: Downpour’ Review – Not Quite Left Out To Dry
This review was brought to you by FleshEatingZipper comic artist Cody!
Like a long awaited rain in the desert, another Silent Hill has come to pass, bringing a new story, a new character, and a few changes to the formula that so many people have lauded as a true horror-fest filled with deep dark secrets, cults, and psychological introspection. But does this installment do the trick? Or are we yet again met with disappointment? Well, let me say that, despite all I’ve heard about the game, having played it myself, I’m not entirely disappointed really, and in fact, knew from the get-go that it wouldn’t really be the same Silent Hill we all knew and loved back in the day. I like to think I can embrace change on this one, and I hope you can respect that, as I tell you what I think….
‘Jacked’ Review – Not The Book Grand Theft Auto Deserves
Despite becoming a major form of the entertainment industry with blockbusters like Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty, there haven’t been a whole lot of great books written about gaming’s ascent — unless you like retro gaming. Yeah, Nolan Bushnell founded Atari, which basically created the home console market. Yeah, Miyamoto was a small-time artist at Nintendo who went to become the company’s creative visionary. But when the world receives a book dedicated to one of gaming’s most influential franchises of the past decade, one hopes that it’s a stellar, out-of-the-park experience, especially when it comes from Masters of Doom author Dave Kushner. Unfortunately, this book hardly doesn’t do the controversial, landmark series any justice at all.
