Apr 30, 2013

Welcome back to No Tune Unturned, a feature in which some dude with no musical training beyond boring childhood piano lessons elaborates on why, precisely, he likes videogame music so much. The theme of fantasy has come and gone, but we don’t have to part ways with every dwarf and wolfman we’ve come to love; we merely need accept their screechy, low...

Apr 30, 2013

Writing about Spellirium seems a fitting act, as wordsmithery is the game’s unofficial middle name. This crowdfunded point-and-click PC adventure game from the fellows at Untold Entertainment Inc. is noteworthy not only for its intriguing ideas, but also its immediately available Alpha that we got to check out. We explored the Prologue and First Act, which...

Apr 9, 2013

Although it’s not the flawless masterpiece that PR lapdogs say it is, Bioshock Inifinite is a brilliant game that you should buy if you can. This piece was originally going to be a counterweight to the relentless gushing praise found in most reviews; but lately, the game has suffered something of a (largely undeserved) backlash from a vocal minority. That in...

Mar 28, 2013

After a long battle, GameTheNews finally pushed Endgame: Syria through Apple’s approval process; but it ended up coming out the other end as the watered-down Endgame: Eurasia. GameTheNews’ Tomas Rawlings agreed to talk to us about Endgame: Syria, its troubled journey to the app store, and developing newsgames. For those not in the know, what is...

Mar 25, 2013

I’ve been playing Far Cry 3, a heartwarming tale of a psychotic young American man with a rucksack that stinks of the bloodied animal skins within. Fun as it is to wonder why it takes two skinned tapirs to craft one medium sized wallet, and why it even occurred to Mr Brody to make a rudimentary handbag out of a pig’s head (or whatever it is he...

Mar 19, 2013

“That’s simply not true.” Says the lady across the table from me, throwing her hands in the air in exasperation. “How many times do we have to tell you? It requires an internet connection because there’s no other way to play it!” The lady in question is Jennifer Refinner, vice president of St. Dorito’s Home Video. As my dictaphone silently...