Htiman: Absolution attracted a lot of negative attention for its depiction of the sexy nun Saints being violently murdered in a trailer. Did the game itself actually treat them any better? Continue reading
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The Unplayed Gaming List – February 2013
The more games you finish, the more games you want. Continue reading
Dear Valve: I Didn’t Know You Were In The Movie Biz
Valve and Apple appear to be converging on the same target – your living room. They both want to control it, which means controlling the television set. And Valve has to know that games alone aren’t going to be enough to control the TV. Continue reading
The Witcher 2: No Sex Please, We’re Elvish
Just in case: ***PLOT SPOILERS*** for The Witcher 2 follow. If you haven’t played this title and like action RPGs, you really should. Continue reading
Ruminations: The Assassin’s Creed Code
In order to develop the background story for Assassin’s Creed, someone bought a dozen conspiracy magazines, put them in a blender, added a bottle of absinthe, hit frappe and then made the AC writing team do shots of the result. Continue reading
I’ve Got No Interest In Steam Big Picture, But…
… that virtual keyboard for controllers is genius.
Truth or Lies: I Dare You…
The other day I was fishing through the second hand bin at my local EB and came across Truth or Lies for the princely sum of $4. At that price, it was worth a shot.
I think I want my $4 back now though. Continue reading
How Many Games?
“For the entire life of the NES there were only 785 Carts in TOTAL shipped for the USA and Europe.” Continue reading
Ouya: Outcast
Oh, a ‘new’ kind of console that is being made by a start-up and is aiming to tie mobile Android gaming to a television? And you want a lot of people to gift you money to make it happen? Why? Continue reading
Duke Nukem Forever: Taking Tits To Task
Or in this case, one tit in particular: President and CEO of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford. Eurogamer conducted an interview with Pitchford a few weeks ago covering Gearbox’s generally poorly received 2011 title Duke Nukem Forever. In the interview he made a few comments worth evaluating: On why Duke Nukem Forever was a polarising title: … Continue reading
World Class Villains 