When the time came to review Braid, I had heard only the briefest, vaguest descriptions of what to expect. At an unusual price of 1200 Microsoft Points (US$15), Braid was released yesterday on Xbox Live Arcade by developers Number None -- and that's about what I knew, going in. My knowledge of Braid was merely that it [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
Ten days ago, after an incredibly successful viral marketing ploy ensured truckloads of eyeballs were at the ready, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled the long-awaited Diablo III at their Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Many were pleased. But in the days since, a single online petition has revealed that at least 40,000 individuals were not. They took issue with [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The call has gone out to interactive entertainment artists worldwide: Into The Pixel is now accepting submissions for its 2008 exhibition. The ESA, AIAS, and LACMA have all combined the power of their acronyms to once again host ITP, which will collect the very finest in game-inspired art, create expert prints, and display them in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 24, 2008
Considering the incredible artistic creativity that went into its production, it was no small irony when Ōkami showed up on store shelves with plagiarism written on its cover -- and after recommending the game to you so wholeheartedly, we felt like unwitting accomplices to the crime. But yesterday evening, in a exemplary display of public [...]
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