We are standing on a bridge. This bridge connects two things that are both familiar to us and altogether alien, simultaneously in the way you’d expect and not expect. The first is the seventh generation of video game consoles: the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, and the Wii. It has changed so much since the [...]
Video games are moving towards their natural habitat. That is, they are becoming increasingly digital. They are, of course, already digital in the sense that all they really are is compiled code, bits of zeros and ones stamped onto a disc that exist to be read out and interpreted by a machine for your pleasure. [...]
Not much to this one, but it does inch us closer and closer to that oft-talked about, never seen Steam Box. According to German site Golem.de, Ben Krasnow, an electronics engineer at Valve (and amateur rocket scientist), let slip in Berlin at last month’s EHSM 2012 conference that 1) the Steam Box exists, 2) it [...]
Along with Journey from thatgamecompany, The Unfinished Swan is probably the most affecting game I’ve played this year. Hell, maybe ever. It joins a very small group of games that I could just write about forever and ever (the others include—among others you can probably guess—Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, Deus Ex, and the aforementioned [...]
Worms: Revolution will be receiving its first piece of downloadable content tomorrow on Xbox 360, PSN and Steam. The content, titled the “Funfair Pack” will add some new content to the game. The “Funfair Pack” will feature five new puzzle mission, a new funfair themed backdrop and some new customization options for your worms. Even [...]
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