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Polish Developer Demonstrates Exemplary Videogame Design, Distribution, and Support.
Online multiplayer games like Diablo 2 and Team Fortress 2 get all the press. Years after release, their developers, Blizzard and Valve, still support the titles – adding patch after patch of ooey gooey delicious fixes and new content. The … Continue reading
Games of the Year: A Review of Left 4 Dead 2
We didn’t ask for this, but developer, publisher, and multi-faceted industry pioneer Valve software delivered Left 4 Dead 2 barely one year after the first anyway. And company chose to do so despite the passionate and sometimes ludicrous objections from … Continue reading
Forza 3′s Community Defies Online Gamer Stereotypes
I typically don’t spend any measurable time inhabiting online game communities and conversing with the residents , especially those with console houses. They’re often a mean sort, drunk off the anonymity afforded by the internet. Pitchforks, or rather, controllers in … Continue reading
PC Version of Batman: Arkham Asylum Offers Significantly Greater Immersion Than Console Counterparts.
“This isn’t one of those in-game pre-rendered movies, is it?” As Batman: Arkham Asylum played on the screen, a Game Night attendee demanded answers. I couldn’t fault him for questioning the graphics’ validity. Videogame companies notoriously employ smoke, mirrors, and … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Multimedia
Tagged Batman: Arkham Asylum, Game Night, Joker, Killzone 2, pc, Physix, playstation 3, videogames, Xbox Live, xbox-360
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Five Delicate and Mood-Melting Videogames. Maybe Relaxing, Too.
To anyone not residing within the videogame industry bubble, the interactivity comprising this medium might appear violent, immature, and singly playful. In truth, most of it is. The industry’s own roots lie buried deep under miles of competitive high score … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Multimedia
Tagged call of duty, Elektroplankton, Eufloria, Flower, Graveyard, Jenova Chen, Osmos, pc, playstation 3, Plinko, relaxing, ThatGameCompany, videogames, World of Warcraft, xbox-360
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Smell the Cheese? Brogamers Hail New Call of Dooooooooodie Modern Warfare 2 Trailer
“‘Sup brogamers! The new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 trailer aired last night during the Sunday night FOOOOOOTBALLLL(!!) match between the Steelers and the Chargers. It was AWESOME! There were explosions, and people running around in military stuff, and … Continue reading
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Tagged brogamers, call of duty, fallout 3, halo, infamy, kombo.com, kotaku, modern warfare, modern warfare 2, pc, playstation 3, trailer, videogames, xbox-360
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Five additional enlightening videos on videogame audio design and one text-based interview.
As I’ve very strongly implied in Five Enlightening Videogame Sound Design Videos, and Five More Enlightening Videos on Videogame Music and Sound Design, not only is the audio in this industry wildly varied, so is the way it’s implemented. But … Continue reading
Forget Facebook and the iPhone, the future of apps lies in…World of Warcraft?
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell once told his new bosses at Warner Communications that the company’s newest console, the VCS, is “over” immediately following its release. Understanding nothing of the videogame industry, the suits yelled “What?!” and demanded an answer. “You … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Multimedia
Tagged Activision, apps, Atari, Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, Facebook, MySpace, Nolan Bushnell, Peggle, PopCap, twitter, videogames, World of Warcraft
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E3, Back, Front and Sideways, for Starters
Journalists, developers, publishers, celebrities, and individuals with job titles too long for most 3.5″ x 2″ business cards (and some with none), descend upon the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this week to slather one another with the frothiest … Continue reading
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Tagged E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gaming, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, twitter, videogames
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A Velvet Assassin interview with Aubrey Norris from SouthPeak Games
Long before Ian Fleming’s launched James Bond‘s espionage career in the pages of 1953′s very slightly semi-autobiographical Casino Royale, another British secret agent crept across Europe, sabotaging the roads and communications of the Third Reich and sending crucial wireless reports … Continue reading
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Tagged espionage, execution, melinda-cohen, sabotage, spy, stealth, velvet-assassin, videogames, violette-szab?, world-war-ii, xbox-360
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