Here in the United States we are obsessed with firsts. First train robber (1873 – Jesse James), first policewoman (1910 – Alice Wells), first man on the moon (1969 – Neil Armstrong) , first black president (2009 – Barack Obama). That’s all well and good and no doubt as it should be. After all there’s no record book for second place. The first computer game ever is commonly attributed to OXO or Naughts and Crosses, …
Several days ago, this game wasn’t even on my radar. Now, having played the absolutely delightful demo, I’m ready to predict this European adventure will be one of the best we’ll experience in 2009. Indeed, see Adventure-Archiv for very positive German reviews.
Scout, you’re our resident expert. Are our young people ready for what’s to come? I feel adequately prepared, but I’ve got Adult Experience. Sometimes I truly worry that our children aren’t getting the education they need.
Has it really been nine years? My, we’ve missed you, Alice. One of my favorite games after the turn of this new century was American McGee’s Alice. His bizzare interpretation of the classic tale was colorful, inventive and frightening! I still have a little Alice doll, with cat “friend,” sometimes used to scare the grandkids. One of the key lines from McGee’s Alice: “How do you know I’m mad?,” was felt by some to be …
So who here other than me played and enjoyed Bioware’s Mass Effect? Anyone? Well I liked it, though it seems like it’s been so long now that I barely remember the experience. What I chiefly remember is that I’m unhappy with the Big Decision I made at the end, I should have chosen differently, which means that the upcoming sequel, so coyly teased in the above clip, is going to be my shot at redemption. …
Animal Crossing with magicians?! *swoon* That’s the basic premise behind Konami’s upcoming Nintendo DS offering, Little Magician’s Magic Adventure or Magician’s Quest: Mysterious Times – not to be confused with the online Manga of the same name – or Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry (EU).
With all due credit to Penny Arcade for the image that defines not only Gabe, but Steerpike as well. This comes up because Dave Perry, formerly sort of still of Shiny Entertainment, opined at D.I.C.E. that “the days of single player gaming are numbered.” He goes on to say that “without question, our focus is entirely on multiplayer.” Dave, you’re a frickin’ genius… of course, everyone knew that, since you drove Shiny into the ground, …
Dorothy, you’re really not in Kansas now! Dave Gilbert is one of our most intelligent and creative independent game developers. His work includes Shivah, which brought him instant recognition, as well as Blackwell Legacy and Blackwell Unbound, both reviewed here. His themes are often dark, yet also include satisfying humor. Dave’s mysteries emphasize story, writing, and character development. Puzzles are logical and driven by the context. So, it’s with delight that we not only see the …
Ubisoft slurped up Massive Entertainment a while back, when that studio became a casualty of the Activision/Blizzard merger. World in Conflict, its critically-hailed and bongo-selling masterpiece of RTS design, was apparently not bongo-selling enough to fit in Activision CEO and super-genius Neanderthal retard Bobby Kotick’s new business model of annual franchise brutal rape exploitation. Thus World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, the upcoming standalone expansion, was in limbo for a while, until Ubi came to the …
Kotaku described it as “freakin’ amazing,” and that’s a sentiment I must echo regarding this first of (hopefully) many episodic indie movies from the Purchase Brothers, detailing the escape of a ragtag band of survivors from the ruins of City-17 immediately after the events of Half Life 2. Showing remarkable skill with greenscreening and use of Adobe After Effects, these guys managed to direct a really quite compelling action short with what was apparently “no …
These are tough times, friends. If it’s not hurricanes, it’s fire. If it’s not fire, it’s floods. If not floods, you can’t pay your electric bill. Whatever the reason, if you find yourself in the dark with a dead DS-Lite battery, you’re out of luck. What to do? Wait for morning, set your DS on the window sill, (assuming you still have one after Hurricane Smash-Everything-In-Sight just paid you a visit) and let it charge …
When last we left brilliant FBI agent, Victoria McPherson, she was attempting to soak away the bumps and bruises acquired while tracking down an elusive serial killer – a killer whose MO seemed to span several generations and cities. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll know that the original Still Life ended with a cliff-hanger due to its developer, Microïds, running out of time and money. Not too long after that, Microïds shut …
Dream Chronicles, Ghost In The Sheet, East Side Story and more for “free!” I was planning on trading for Ghost, when the prospective tradee indicated she had loaned out the game. Instead, she helpfully suggested, why don’t you check out MostFun.com, an interesting site with over 300 games in its catalogue. There you can download and play FULL versions of games for FREE. The catch – ads. During the brief download, preceeding each game and …
Word of a trailer floating around the interwebs piqued interest last week, and Capcom yesterday officially acknowledged that a sequel to its mega-hit Dead Rising is in fact in development. Looks like this one takes place in Las Vegas Fortune City, and it’s in development now for 360, PC and PS3. Most interesting to me is that it’s being developed largely by a western studio – Blue Castle Games. There was a distinct sense of …
How many times have you played a game where you needed a specific item in order to progress the story only to realize you needed to traipse half-way across the game world just to find the required object? Did you scream, “Why!?” Is your idea of how things should work in games better than what the developers have coded? Then, 5thCell – developers of Drawn to Life and Lock’s Quest – have got your back …