In the forgotten past (which is to say, February), my esteemed colleague Bob wrote an impassioned piece in support of Chaotic Good. He hailed Chaotic Good as the least selfish and most human of the altruistic alignments, contrasted against its imperious and robotic Lawful counterpart. Now, Lawful Good has something of a reputation. The alignment
Expecting any new Valve titles at E3 2011? Hoping for new levels for Portal 2, even a reveal trailer for Defense of the Ancients 2? Sorry, not gonna happen, according to an e-mail received by Dave Oshry. Valve has no plans to present any new titles for this year’s show.
Two days after the Playstation Network’s restoration, a URL exploit temporarily compromised users’ password security, allowing hackers to reset users’ passwords with their e-mail address and date of birth. And guess what had been made available to hackers over the month-long initial PSN attack?
The role-playing genre has begun to stagnate. It’s hardly crippled. Some giants still garner worldwide attention, such as the Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Fallout franchises. Even after the massive spectacle of genre excess that was Final Fantasy XIII, people still anticipate the next title. But these and lesser-known RPGs are islands in a teeming
Six days into the ongoing outages on the Playstation Network, the exact cause of the outage remains in dispute, and no one knows precisely when PSN will get back online. Sony spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka has blamed an “external intrusion” into its system and announced that a “thorough investigation” was ongoing. While Sony pins the blame
Apologies for my recent silences, ladies and gentlemen. But have no fear, because it’s Pontification Hat time again! This time, rather than attacking a tired-out trope, the topic is instead the defense of a device that’s become an industry standard, even in the face of severe criticism. I speak, of course, of the dreaded quick-time
Keyshot Productions has released the first behind-the-scenes video for their upcoming Halo fan film, Operation Chastity. The video exhibits the array of props being constructed for the film, alongside the professional makeup and film crews being used by the project. These include mockup Marine armor and weapons and an (apparently functional) Warthog. It’s clear that
Bioware FUNimation, and Tokyo-based T.O Entertainment are working in concert to produce an animated Mass Effect feature film due for release next summer. “Over the last few years, we have revealed different pieces of the Mass Effect world through different media,” said Bioware executive producer Casey Hudson. “Extending the story through an anime medium is
With the iPhone 5 expected sometime in Summer or Fall of this year, rumors are flying thick about possible changes from its predecessors.Will it have a new chassis? Will it feature HDMI output? Will it blend? An enterprising fellow from nowhereelse.fr decided to compile all these rumors into a single lengthy infographic. Not content with