Oliver Emberton’s “Life is a Game” is amusing, but I haven’t decided if it’s anything more than that. Perhaps it’s profound in some way, like a Gen X/Y/Millennial take on Shakespeare’s life is a stage…. I don’t know, and as is the implication, don’t allocate resources on things that don’t demand it. In any case,… Read More »
Electronic Arts’s mobile game, Dungeon Keeper, has been criticized…well, its been beaten up and dragged behind a horse…since its release late last year. It’s not a great game – not in-line with the franchise – and the FTP is impossible to play for more than a minute or so without paying cash. I’ve had the… Read More »
The game about sneaking around and stealing things, called Thief, is out on February 25. Eidos Montreal developed it, Square Enix published it, and the 6-minute explain-all trailer is out. If the game sounds like a blended mess of movies and other games we know well, the trailer doesn’t do anything to dispel that. The… Read More »
In a mech world, pity the fool without a mech. That was my initial thought watching the reveal trailer for Matador, a new game by Gausswerks. What goes through the mind of the poor infantryman who charges the massive firepower of a mech head on? Are they courageous? Or drugged? In the trailer, they are… Read More »
An awesome game need not an awesome trailer. Well-made products don’t require a huge up-front marketing push in order to drive pre-orders. They’ll sell themselves. I get suspicious when a game has an amazing trailer. Does the game suck so bad they need players locked-in before the game releases because when it releases, no one… Read More »