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Games

Funny Stuff, Games, TV, Videos
Portal 2: Featuring the Voice of Stephen Merchant
08.30.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Weird. Valve recently announced that Stephen Merchant (yes, writing partner of Ricky Gervais and co-creator of The Office) will be voicing a character in Portal 2, and they’ve released a new gameplay video to prove it. He plays Wheatley, a floating eyeball droid type thing that acts as your companion through part of the game. [...]
Games, Videos
Metroid: Other M and Halo Reach Live Action Ads
08.26.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

There’s been a definite trend in commercials and trailers for blockbuster video game releases as of late. They all seem to favour quiet, sombre music in an attempt to appear artistic and thoughtful — something that probably stems from the Gears of War commercial that Microsoft put out a few years ago featuring Gary Jules’ [...]
Games
Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night
08.18.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Puzzle Quest meets Castlevania anyone? Although Konami claims that the main inspiration for Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night is an older Japanese game series called Puzzle-Dama, I can’t help but think that Puzzle Quest was also a big influence as it essentially takes the RPG and story elements of Castlevania and combines them with [...]
Games, Videos
Bioshock: Infinite Trailer
08.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Well, the next Bioshock game has been unveiled, and apparently it will be a prequel called Bioshock: Infinite. This time the folks at Irrational have shaken up the franchise a bit by setting the game in a giant air city suspended by blimps and balloons in 1912. The art design seems to draw from early [...]
Games, Retro Stuff
Halo 2600
08.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

I’ve been on a real retro 8-bit kick lately, so this recent trend of releasing video game “demakes” has definitely struck a chord with me. Whether we’re talking official releases like Mega Man 9 and 10 and Dark Void Zero, or fan-made projects like Portal: The Flash Version and the inexplicable new Goonies game for [...]
Books and Comics, Games, Videos
DC Universe Online Trailer
07.28.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Never mind that Marvel Super Hero Squad stuff… now this is a comic book-based MMO I want to play! Of course, there’s obviously no way that the gameplay for an online game will look anywhere near as good as this epic six-minute cinematic. But if they can at least capture the general feel of this, [...]
Games
Heavy Rain
07.23.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I finished playing through David Cage and Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain a few days ago, the latest interactive mystery thriller from the same folks who made Indigo Prophecy for the Xbox and PS2. While I did enjoy it and I certainly admire the attempt to raise the bar for storytelling in games, I find myself [...]
Games
Hector: Badge of Carnage
07.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

If you’ve been enjoying the resurgence of point-and-click adventures thanks to folks like Telltale Games, and you’re in the market for something a little bit edgier, you might want to check out an iPhone game called Hector: Badge of Carnage. Developed by Irish animation studio Straandlooper, it’s an adventure game about a drunk and depraved [...]