Archive for April, 2010

Diamonds in the Rough: Plok (SNES)

Diamonds in the Rough: Plok (SNES)

0 / April 23, 2010 3:28 am

Welcome to “Diamonds in the Rough,” a feature in which I will be looking at a few lesser-known and under-appreciated titles of the past.  These are games that were fun and original, many of which I fettered away hours of [...]

Doctor Who To Take Over PCs And Macs This Summer

Doctor Who To Take Over PCs And Macs This Summer

0 / April 22, 2010 1:00 pm

Details for the first of four Doctor Who Adventure Games were revealed today by the BBC.  ’City of the Dalecks’ will be released for PC and Mac on June 5, 2010.  The free episodic games will tie into the plot [...]

Check Your Validations At The Door

Check Your Validations At The Door

1 / April 22, 2010 12:57 pm

Because it’s topical once again: are games art? Who cares? We won! The knee-jerk reaction to get up in arms whenever someone- let alone a famed and respected voice like Roger Ebert- takes a shot at this form of entertainment [...]

FOX To Run 30-Minute Red Dead Redemption Short

FOX To Run 30-Minute Red Dead Redemption Short

2 / April 22, 2010 12:53 pm

I don’t understand FOX. It treats shows and their creators poorly (see Joss Whedon and Seth McFarlane—you know, before they took him back when they realized he and Family Guy was a cash cow that would never dry), it has [...]

MechWarrior 4 Cleared For Launch

MechWarrior 4 Cleared For Launch

0 / April 22, 2010 12:52 pm

They say nothing is free, but last summer Smith and Tinker announced that MechWarrior 4 would be released for free on the PC. MekTek Inc would handle the release, along with all the expansions. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s legal department decided that [...]