Tag: Valve

  • Disappointment from Ice: TellTale’s Game of Thrones: Season 1 Review

    Disappointment from Ice: TellTale’s Game of Thrones: Season 1 Review

    Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Rated: M for Mature Release Date: December 2, 2014 – November 17, 2015 (US) Platform: Xbox One (Reviewed), Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, PC,  Mac, Android, iPhone, Steam (Reviewed)  MSRP: $4.99 per episode, $29.99 for full Season A while back, Terry and Jake started playing TellTale’s Game of Thrones Season 1: Iron…

  • 1998: The Greatest Year in Gaming History

    1998: The Greatest Year in Gaming History

    By Marshall Garvey Being an unabashed history geek, one of my most distinct (re: pathetic) habits is to chronicle the most superlative years of a given field. It’s a habit some might find downright anal and, perhaps, kind of pointless. After all, many believe history is better learned by de-emphasizing year and date memorization. But…

  • The Sound of Gaming

    By Terry Randolph Sound design is the most under-appreciated part of a gaming experience. Yet it’s also one of the most critical components that makes or breaks how good a game can be. How many times have you had a game that gets bogged down by lagging dialogue? Or thrown off by the lag between…