Or, they do in this clip for Valve’s upcoming first-person puzzler, anyway.
For the next week, the CRG Gallery in Chelsea, New York, will play host to an artist who slips video games like Civilization and Street Fighter into his work. By “employing the visual language of engravings writ in the modern medium of ballpoint pen”, as the exhibition’s press release tells us, artist Butt Johnson “generates…
For this controller, the war is over. By Lee Bevan, as seen on svalts
Say what you will about their relevance for popular music these days, but the fact remains the Grammys are still the world’s biggest music awards. So why can’t video games get their own nomination? Currently, the only way an original composition for a video game can win a Grammy is if its nominated alongside other…
In 2008, GRIN released Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of the original 1988 NES version of Capcom’s platformer. It was homage, and it was good. Why, exactly, did we need a sequel? I mean, Bionic Commando Rearmed was a remake of the first game. There was a point to that. A second “Rearmed” game, though,…
Chell, the player’s character in Portal, was never really the star of the game. You barely even saw what she looked like. Seems that approach is out the window for Portal 2. French PC mag Canard features Chell on the cover of its latest issue, and the dorky, jumpsuit-clad lass with the funny robot chicken…
Poor David Morrill. All he ever wanted to do was sell an Xbox 360 that had, inexplicably, Sarah Palin’s autograph scrawled on the side of it. Instead, all he’s getting is trouble. First, unable to sell the console for one million dollars on auction site eBay, he had to drop the asking rate to a…
Probably my favourite artist in the world right now — Dan Hipp — gives us his take on Pikachu.
Valentine’s Day may mean chocolates and flowers for most, but for Valve — and fans of its spatial puzzler Portal — it means falling through orange and blue holes and tender moments with maniacal AI overlords. In honour of Portal 2, the developer has released this range of Valentine’s Day cards for you to customise,…
The fan-made Starcraft MMO, which was recently forced to change its name in order to avoid being struck with a large hammer, is now back. And its new name is just fine. The mod, which was previously known as “World Of Starcraft”, is now branded “StarCraft Universe”. Having been flown out to Blizzard HQ to…
Cave Story, an indie PC game released over six years ago, is still winning new fans today following subsequent releases on the Wii and DS. Now it’s being remade, in 3D, for Nintendo’s newest handheld. Cave Story 3D is a complete remake of the original platformer, with every character and every level transformed from its…
A teenager from Maryland thought it would be a good idea to get hold of somebody else’s Xbox Live login details then send over 100 messages threatening to turn up to school with a gun and start shooting. It wasn’t. Instead, the boy has been arrested, after police (with help from Microsoft) were able to…
The 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards aren’t there for comedy. They’re there for the giving out of awards to 2010’s finest games. Let’s see who won big at this year’s event. As you’re about to see, Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain and Limbo (!) have been the big winners on the night,…
Earlier this week, the new Battlestar Galactica game went into open beta. Being a massive BSG fan, I figured I’d jump right in and see how it was shaping up. In these two clips, I’ll walk you through the two main parts of the game — on-foot and space combat — and show you what…
In 2009, the EU let Nintendo (slightly) off the hook when it reduced the company’s fine for engaging in price-fixing during the 1990’s. Well, Activision asked for a similar reduction in its fine (same case), and has been denied
Indie studio Brain Candy is working on a game called Fray, which it describes as a “turn-based, multiplayer, real-time strategy game”. Hrm. Let’s see how they explain that little contradiction. Fray sounds a lot like Bullfrog’s classic Syndicate, at least in terms of general setting: the world is a dark place, corporations are running the…
From left to right: Peach, Samus and Zelda. By Megan Lara. Also available as t-shirts!
The first bunch of games for Microsoft’s Kinect were…crude. Resulting in a fear from many gamers that the peripheral may not be cut out for more complex titles. Well, this Dead Space 2 footage might convince you otherwise. In it, you can see the guy – if this is legit – is almost literally playing…
Nintendo may have been around for over 100 years, but the Nintendo we know today does video games. And it first hit the handheld gaming big time with its line of Game & Watch units. Here’s how they got their start! A new “Iwata Asks” Q&A on Nintendo’s website goes into great detail on the…
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