It’s certainly no secret that I have a soft spot in my heart (or the gaping maw of death where my heart used to reside) for adventure games, particularly those adventure games made by LucasArts. So, waking up to the brilliant news that ScummVM has been released for the Wii with Wiimote compatibility is like [...]
Continue reading...30. April 2008
Croatian gaming mag PC Play has a revealing interview with Crytek president Cevat Yerli, in which we find that piracy is forcing the German studio to develop multi-platform titles.
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Have you always wanted to pretend to be Richard Dean Anderson pretending to be Kurt Russell? Haven’t we all? Firesky is taking sign-ups to participate in the closed beta test of Stargate Worlds, an in-production MMORPG centered around jumping through watery holes, threatening primitive screwheads with your boomstick, and wondering why there hasn’t been anymore [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2008
With the debate on video game violence having come to a head once again with the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, I knew it was only a matter of time before resurfaced claims of “game addiction” got bandied around as well. But before today, I never expected to read a balanced piece on the subject [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2008
This week, the gaming community is all abuzz over the Scottish automobile larceny simulator, and no wonder, considering the reviews it’s getting. The only problem with this is that a number of other gems are liable to fly under the radar, and in the case of games that may or may not come to our [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2008
We all know the types of criticisms that have been leveled at the GTA series, and on this most auspicious of days, it seems appropriate to examine the media frenzy surrounding violence in the game. Certainly, there have been a few hiccups during the launch of GTA IV, but over at Game Politics, they have [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2008
Allow me to make this as clear as possible: I have never been, nor will I ever likely be, a Duke Nukem fan. That particular brand of misogyny and first-person mayhem was never up my alley. Still, Duke Nukem Forever will always have a place in my heart as the most laughably delayed game in [...]
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While IGN’s infamous review seemed to suggest Grand Theft Auto IV would be best played on PS3 (due to faster loadtimes, sharper graphics, and greater draw distances) the internet community is reporting that the PS3 version may have some serious flaws.
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Just one day after Ubisoft confirmed the Prince of Persia series would continue on consoles, PC and DS, we have our first glimpse of that “brand-new illustrative art style” their Montreal studio has been working on, thanks to a cover story in French game magazine Joypad. Sure enough, the game is cel-shaded, and takes visual [...]
Continue reading...29. April 2008
Good old Jack. Being up for review by the Florida Bar hasn’t slowed him down a bit. Jack, in a letter copied to Ars Technica, has demanded that Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, Sony, Microsoft, GameStop, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart all be indicted for foisting the pornographic and vile Grand Theft Auto IV upon our nation’s youth.
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