The Metal Gear series has always had three things to its credit: wonderful storytelling, amazing art design, and great creators. Recently there’s been a lot of buzz over weather they are going to be disbanded after The Phantom Pain this fall. Hopefully they work everything out peacefully and keep the studio intact. Its one of … Continue reading Why Kojima Productions closing down is bad for everyone.
While there were a lot of great announcements at D.I.C.E. 2015 this year my second favorite (Next to the HTC/Steam VIVE announcement) was the public conference between Gabe Newell (CEO of Steam) and J.J. Abrams (The director of the Star Trek reboots and The Force Awakens). Its exciting to hear that people are trying to both … Continue reading Linear and Non-linear experiences in video games (feat. Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams)
Recently I had the pleasure of watching the much scorned Batman & Robin with the directors commentary on, and it turned out to be awesome. The director Joel Schumacher is apologizing the entire length of the movie and actually does a fair bit of nitpicking. Also it’s so odd to see George Clooney give such a wooden performance. … Continue reading Batman Arkham City is the best trans-media version of Batman
Words As My Weapon 