I’ve always been a fan of games which choose to reduce visual imagery to it’s barest form. When I saw Playdead’s LIMBO I knew it’d be a game I’d want to checkout. It’s been popping up everywhere. But I have to admit after checking out the video on it’s site, and seeing many screenshots, I am [...]
I saw this group of tweets from @taleoftales stream on Twitter and I want to say I’m astounded at the absurdity of the installation process for Bioshock 2 on Steam. We speculate why people don’t play games on their PC as much anymore. This is why.
Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption looks great, as the video above shows. I like the trimmed down UI, and the quick shot of the “store” UI looked pretty slick as well. Interesting choice for that persistent mini map in that lower left. Looks like it with lifted right from Grand Theft Auto IV.
Avatar isn’t going to just be a new movie from Titanic director James Cameron; it’s also going to be a new video game developed by Ubisoft. It’s gotten a significant amount of press for a movie tie-in, even dominating a sizeable space at PAX for a booth featuring a replica of the cockpit of one [...]
Just picked up Brutal Legend, the latest game created by Tim Schafer and the crew at Double Fine (creators of 2005’s amazing Psychonauts.) After seeing this treatment of a main menu I had to share! Talk about a strong introduction to a games overall tone, even if the heavy metal styling doesn’t impress you you’ll [...]