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Are you ready for your mind to be blown? Now that I’ve completely raised your expectations to a height of no return, it’s time to explore the world of art referencing. This world is full of many examples of modern pop culture, an art in it of itself,… Continue reading Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery…or is it just plain stealing?
Marvel (yes that Marvel) and Telltale games will be creating a project in 2017! Seems like a lot longer of a time frame for tell tale whose previous projects like The Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us and Jurassic park were all made within a year time frame with episodes usually coming out every two months. … Continue reading Tras-media media
This fall/summer I’ll be assembling a team to create the best game of the 21st century. Cult simulator 2000 will be traditional parody RTS is the same vein as the old World of Warcraft games or Command and Conquer. It will also include things that worked well from other games like Plague Inc. and Age of Empires. Were setting … Continue reading Cult Simulator 2000
It actually wasn’t that long ago that the original Metro 2033 had come out for the Xbox 360 and PC in 2010. But 4A games (the developer) made a really good engine and set pieces for its sequel Metro: Last Light. So naturally they applied these things to the first game and remade 2033 from the ground … Continue reading A Good Remake: Metro 2033 Redux
Recently there has been a lot of controversy between YouTube community and Nintendo. While some people may bash Nintendo right away for not understanding the market we live in, the other way to look at it is that Nintendo is just like Shepard from mass effect. Ultimately there have to pick the Youtubers in the community to … Continue reading What Nintendo can learn from Mass Effect
Good narrative is becoming more and more common these days. But back in the late ninety’s early two-thousands narrative was barely being utilized in mainstream gaming. Sometime after System Shock 2 but before Fable and Mass Effect a game came out called Deus Ex, That seemed to have everything: A risky story that tied the … Continue reading When Cyperpunk met Transformers
So recently I had an argument over who the best gamer of the past thirty years. Was it Billy Mitchell the man who is probably the best arcade cabinet player/ first person to ever score a perfect game of Pacman or Jiao Wang and Chen Zhihao the best Dota 2 players in the world. But then … Continue reading And the best gamer of all time is….
So the rumors were true after all, Screenshots and a leaked trailer point to a new Deus Ex game in the series named Mankind Dived coming out eventually. Normally I don’t bother bringing up leaks, but I did Enjoy the first Deus Ex and Human Revolution thoroughly. I really can’t recommend these games enough if … Continue reading Now might be a good time to catch up on Deus Ex
I recently picked up a copy of Metro 2033 Redux to playthru for this blog recently. While the game has an amazing atmosphere, great sound design and wonderful visuals the issues I’ve had to deal with to help promote the game, have been tedious to say the least. I’ll start with a visual for you. Here’s … Continue reading Can Wikipedia and video-game screenshots ever be friends?
With the recent date announcement of Halo 5 coming this winter, many are only left speculating on what the plot will be. Will it be the first game in the series to offer branching story lines that’s actually affect the story? Are the new characters there adding going to take over the franchise? Personally I’m looking … Continue reading Will you kill Master Chief?
Words As My Weapon 