BioShock Infinite has been out since last Tuesday but this is, I guess, my BioShock Infinite week—My Dinner with Andre but with a lot more shooting. Like, waaay more shooting. It is, after all, a shooter. The question being raised on Twitter as of late by the likes of Braid creator Jonathan Blow and Fez [...]
Elizabeth, the girl trapped in the tower. In video games, it’s pretty to determine who the protagonist is: just look at who you’re controlling. Put in the shoes of the character, it’s easy to drive home story beats since most action and dialogue will center around you (not to mention unattached narration may seem odd [...]
Ken Levine, as it turns out, is fascinated by choices. The famed designer and current head of Irrational Games has an obsession with the idea of determining the outcome of anything and everything. Perhaps less the end product and more of the process, but the penchant is clear. Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, [...]
BioShock was about the twist. Every little thing was geared towards being some warped, twisted version of reality—or at least something close to it. You have the very literal twist that comes up in the story where what you assume to be some very large thing turns out to be a very small thing (are [...]
Dallas, Texas, will once again be host to Major League Gaming‘s Winter Championship. This weekend from March 15 to March 17 at the Dallas Convention Center, almost 1,000 competitors will vie for $170,000 in prizes. The headlining bits will be a Call of Duty: Black Ops II 200-team, open bracket tournament where the winner will [...]
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