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A week ago a friend of mine reached out to me. Visceral Games was no more. The people behind the Dead Space series were shutdown. Something that was done by EA, which again made it look like the villain boss. Only looking at the numbers, never at the passion. With the closing of Visceral, an […]
When I first discovered Vaporwave, it struck a cord with me. The use of colours and images that referred to a bygone era of 90’s that never was. A hyper reality of history if you will. Years on, the genre is still alive. though many have declared it dead multiple times. But beyond just the […]
The games of Mario & Luigi always lacked a certain motivation. Most of the times it based itself in a fairly standard plot of run and save things. Never to stop and think about the surroundings and the weird juxtaposition of a plumber in a mushroom kingdom. Ennuigi, does just that. Take on Luigi as […]
About seven or eight years ago, I finished the Blade Runner game for the first time. A Westwood Studios production stuffed with voxels and multiple endings. A truly great point & click that brought you back to the world of Blade Runner. One of the few movie tie in games that succeeded. With the release […]
If you really want to know more about the Zapper, then check out this video by The 8-Bit Guy. He goes in deep about the workings of the light gun. And he even opens it up to see what is inside. I myself was always under the impression that the Zapper worked on the curvature […]
CD’s will die. DVD’s will die. Cartridge will become unreadable. All the video games we have nowadays are in danger of vanishing. The reason is quite simple. Currently there is no medium that will last forever. But on top of that, there is no standard for archiving & preserving. Nor is the industry spearheading this. […]
When the news broke of Petere Moore leaving EA, the structure of it was kind of weird. For one, it started with a joint statement from Moore & Liverpool. Nowhere was a direct statement from EA to be found. Apparently that was not without reason, since the British tabloids were about to break the news […]
Any kid that grew up gaming in the 90’s is familiar with 3D platformers. From the best like Super Mario 64, to the bad & horrible you can’t name. Eurogamer put up a fine piece about the appeal of these games during their time. An appeal that can be traced to technological advancements & average […]
These days, surprises are nothing new. Another long awaited sequel to a beautifull game may finally come to life with the help of Nintendo. According to a rumor received by Destructoid this week, the game may actually come to fruition in the not-too-distant future. If the information is to be believed, Nintendo has pulled a […]
I’m talking about Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It’s the rarest kind of Mario Kart imitator: one that many fans and players of both games insist improves upon its source material. And since the game preceded Mario Kart 8 by such a large margin, one could even argue that it ended up serving as an […]
Next time you design a female character, think about this video. Or just think about how you do not want to make a Ms. Male or Smurfette character. ▶ Ms. Male Character – Tropes vs Women in Video Games – YouTube.