French film director Francois Truffaut argued there was no such thing as an anti-war movie, because the violence was invariably exciting on screen. A game’s narrative is more constrained still by the demands of its genre; an anti-violence message and an exciting combat system are uneasy bedfellows. No matter how taxing and traumatic the message
Alien Breed: Assault seems like an anachronism in today’s market, even by the standards of Live games. Its top-down camera, run-and-gun controls, minimal dialogue, and essentially four-direction movement all mark it as a throwback to simpler times. The trouble is, Assault makes little-to-no effort to draw in anyone other than current fans of the series.
If you have never heard of Egoraptor or the Metal Gear Awesome series on Newgrounds, I pity you. Actually, I don’t pity you. I DO, however, force you to go watch it right now. Whether you’ve seen the series or not, you will thank me after you watch Egoraptor’s latest animated cartoon. Halo: Reach has
We first caught a glimpse of Jessica Nigri at the 2009 Comic Con posing as one hot Pikachu. Then, we saw her again at the 2010 Comic Con. Now, she has sent us new pictures of her latest cosplay creation of what seems to be a cross between a playboy bunny and Zero Suit Samus.
This week on the Podcast we are having a Heat Wave. With CA getting extremely hot we brave the warm weather for a very hot podcast. We start the night with large amounts of Contest Announcements. Talk about the 2 new Weekly events. Have an High Definition discussion. WOW about our past MMO experiences. Then
Maybe I got a little carried away this past month. I shook my fists and my voice bellowed as I angrily stroked the keyboard into a fury of console bashing. But the sun has come out and my outlook has changed. Perhaps the state of this console generation is not lost. Perhaps everything will be
Those of you may remember the short lived “Hole in the Wall” on FOX and the “Brain Wall” Japanese game show video that helped spawned its popularity in the US: Check out the review after the jump.
Jaime Margary, the artist who created a very detailed and frightening Super Mario Piranha Plant, has gone after another famous video game character: Pac-Man. Margary says, “Each piece is based on a classic videogame character as seen through the prism of real-life anatomy. They are rendered in clay, painted with acrylics and sealed in resin
I was talking with another mind this week about virtual reality. We got into an exchange. I wouldn’t say heated, but friendly composition of intellectual measure. Which is philosopher talk for we talked for a while. We don’t make a lot of money, we have to get our victories in bloated speech. He was under