Because Payday TOTALLY didn’t do cops n’ robbers good enough… Over the last few years, the FPS hype train has trudged back and forth between the two biggest (and blandest) games for top spot of the FPS genre; Call of Duty and Battlefield. The pattern is easy to predict: Call of Duty would announce the […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Question: What video games should be made into movies/TV shows?
By Marshall Garvey Mere weeks after we geeked/stressed out over the news that Netflix was developing an original TV series based on the Zelda franchise, the anxiousness (in both sense of the word) was quickly halted when Nintendo’s CEO, Satoru Iwata, officially denied any rumors that such a project was being developed. Many breathed a […]
My experiences from GDC 2015
By Jake Rushing Hello all! It’s been 3 weeks since Game Developers Conference (GDC for short) came to San Francisco. I took some time off work to attend the latter 3 out of the 5 days of the event. I always try attending the conference every year because it’s the closest conference to home. […]
Kickstarter Profile: Super Slam Dunk Touchdown!
By Jake Rushing While I was at GDC, I decided to take a stroll to GDC Play, where many Game Developers are looking to showcase their games in hopes of gaining more attention. I came across quite a bit of games, but there are few that I remembered from GDC Play. One of them was […]
“Pixels” Trailer Response: A potentially bad comedy, and potentially bad for gamers and gaming
By Isaac Smith I’m going to start of by saying that I don’t really like Adam Sandler or Kevin James. There, it’s off my chest. Now I’m going to objectively (hah, yeah right) tell you why Pixels is going to be a terrible movie even without the dynamic duo dragging it down to the circle […]
Work it harder, do it better, makes us faster? Or: A guide to speedruns.
By Isaac Smith Gaming is a mainstream form of entertainment, like sports, or film, or even reading. It can build skills, tell stories, or just be fun, addictive, relaxing or exhilarating. It’s got its own history, its own culture, its own celebrities, its own EVERYTHING. I love telling people that, by the way. It’s the […]
Retro Review: “FINAL FIGHT: STREETWISE” (2006, CAPCOM, PS2)
By Michael Mygind Released in 2006 by Capcom for the Xbox and PS2, Final Fight: Streetwise aimed to bank off the trend of 3D sandbox games such as Grand Theft Auto and its many copycats while trying to strike a nostalgic chord with fans of its definitive beat-em-up series, Final Fight. The story centers around […]
Alien: Isolation DLC Review #2 – Last Survivor
By Marshall Garvey Hello all, and welcome to my second installation of my Alien: Isolation DLC reviews! With the game’s last package having come out this month, it’s high time I resumed this feature to provide recommendations to anyone interested in getting the complete experience of Creative Assembly and Sega’s 2014 survival horror triumph. Especially […]
Backlog Review: The Walking Dead: Season 2 Review
By Terry Randolph and Jake Rushing TellTale has set the tone in interactive storytelling games; their games buckle players in tightly and promise to deliver a gripping, deep and personal story that not only serves as a game, but as an introspective reflection. Most of the choices made, without fail, often demand deeper thought […]
Review – The Order: 1886
I won’t waste time; The Order: 1886 by Ready at Dawn Studios is my definition of a mediocre game. Visually, it’s stunning, but tells an all-too familiar premise with some minor interesting tweaks. Each character falls spell to overly used archetype tropes and appear lifeless, but do just enough to keep players interested in the […]