Once upon a time, it felt like Nintendo was giving independent game developers a bit of a cold shoulder. But times have changed and the folks at the House of Mario have been bringing more and more indie games to their platforms. The latest one? A gorgeous touchscreen fable set in feudal Japan that looks…
“Let Mega Man be Mega Man, and let Beck be Beck.” Over at The Gameological Society, John Teti talks about why he’s excited but also saddened about Mighty No. 9 and how it invokes the Mega Man legacy
“Meet my friend,” [newscaster points at Kratos’ thigh] “‘God of War!’” Wait, don’t close the player! If you gird your loins, you’ll see gameplay footage of Infamous: Second Son. And, thank God, the game looks great. Yes, even when you allow for the fact that this segment is aimed at people who don’t live and…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: What do you do when you’re excited about an upcoming video game? If you’re Stormborn, you draw an awesome picture of Mighty No. 9 protagonist Beck. Pink_Zapper_Helmet unspools a longread about The Golden Game, a mythical creation that would change how people think about the…
Baseball starts in the spring. Just when that sport’s season is wrapping up, football kicks off and goes into the winter. When it comes to comics crossovers, though, it seems like big universe changing-events are always in season. Right now, DC and Marvel have major happenings threading across big chunks of their superhero universes, promising…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss elaborates on why he can’t love Payday 2, with a Part 2 that includes Twitter responses from the game’s director. Joshua Rivera continues looking at how his life intersects with the lowdown slo-mo sad-sack saga of Max Payne 3. And General McFist wonders—rightly so—how…
Mandatory Kinect. Unpopular game-sharing rules. An online connection requirement for starting games. The summer has seen Microsoft back away from all of those things as it prepares to deliver the Xbox One to a next-gen-hungry world. The company’s gotten a lot of flack for their reversals on the strategies once attached to their upcoming console…
Gravity Ghost looks like a children’s book come to life. There’s no shooting or killing. But jumping from planet to planet is a lot trickier than it looks in this pastel-colored journey through the cosmos. It’s been fascinating to watch Erin Robinson’s indie space fantasy evolve over the last year or so. Gravity Ghost’s looks…
Last year at E3, I took a look at the trippiest first-person shooter I’d ever seen. This year, the game that lets you change the size of anything in the gameworld looks even better. Shinier. Stranger. And more inviting than ever before. I caught up with designer Steve Swink at PAX Prime this year to…
No one likes to think about it but there will be a day when Stan Lee’s cameos will end. He may be an indefatigable 90-year-old but the co-creator of The Fantastic Four, Hulk and Spider-Man is still only human. But, in the upcoming Lego Marvel Super-Heroes video game, Stan Lee is pretty much omnipotent. Over…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective takes a look at the November release schedule and highlights Gamermageddon, the week that makes wallets tremble in fear. DocSeuss explains why he can’t give his love to Payday 2, even though he wants to. Last but not least, Zarnyx’s latest SnackTAYku review takes…
Uh-Oh! It’s a Big Science Threat! Better get the Oddly-Mannered-Yet-Brilliant-Scientist from the Shiny Research Place on the phone. What’s that? His budget’s been cut? Who’s the guy with the baseball cap and jeans? We need a lab coat, dammit! In the world of FBP, lab coats are in short supply. The new series from DC…
Let’s make things clear here: this is a hate-like. I don’t actually like the comic where a malevolent, alternate reality version of Superman snorts remnants of a dead planet. But that scene is a tidy capsule of what’s ailing DC Comics nowadays. Warning: Spoilers for Forever Evil #1 follow. The scene above takes place in…
Yeah, the DualShock 4’s got that fancy Share button. And the Xbox One controller sounds like it’s doing cool stuff with feedback. But, know this: if people all over the world start powering up Dance Dance Revolution dancepads again, it’s because Crypt of the Necrodancer looks like it’s going to be freaking awesome. Brace Yourself…
Hey, that Aiden Pearce guy. The jerk who keeps pulling his turtleneck over his mouth, breaking into systems and generally wreaking havoc all over Chicago. Somebody should try to stop him, no? Well, when you fire up Watch Dogs’ companion app on your phone, that somebody is you. In Aiden Pearce’s hands, the smartphone in…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: PocoGrandes gives a guided tour of his history with Japanese comics, including classics like Lone Wolf and Cub. DocSeuss offers up an intriguing premise about generating fear during gameplay, beginning by saying that “Weapons make horror games worth playing.” Last but not least, the uber-manly…
Super Time Force already had a lot going for it. Crazy, run-and-gun side-scrolling action. A cleverly implemented time-manipulation mechanic. And one of the greatest promo trailers ever made. But the appeal doesn’t stop there. You can literally control a piece of crap in Super Time Force. And then fart. And then shoot that fart to…
Keiji Inafune still loves Mega Man. But, to him, there’s no question who’d win if Capcom’s robot mascot and Beck—the hero of Inafune’s new Mega Man-alike Mighty No. 9—got into a fight. “Unfortunately, Mega Man is an older robot and uses the older parts. A little bit too old school,” Inafune said. “I don’t know…
I couldn’t help myself from blurting out “Nice shoes!” when Hideki Kamiya stood up to shake my hand. Look at them. Is it any wonder why I had to give them props? The chief visionary behind The Wonderful 101 had just finished answering my questions during an interview at PAX last week when his footwear…
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Stormborn isn’t just doing great Pokemon drawings. You should check out the Smash Bros. wish list artwork he’s been doing, too. Nach shares some great photos of Paris in a new PhoTAYgraphy Club post. And Aestevalis runs down some of the new anime series that…
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