Tag Archives: videogames

Shoot’em Up Sunday: Satazius

January 25, 2014 · by · in Videogames · Leave a comment

Developer: Astro Port Publisher: Nyu Media and Capcom Release Date: December 18th 2011 Platform: PC Bonus: Winner of the August 2008 Jikkyo Play Contents Award                 Crafted from the minds of just three developers, Astro Port’s Satazius (SA- taze-ee-us) encapsulates my boyhood dream of building the most “awesomest” game ever. But what was once the […]

How To Survive a Hardware Launch

July 5, 2013 · by · in Videogames · Leave a comment

Now that the big three game companies have revealed their visions for the future, it’s time to make future plans of your own.  You weren’t planning on buying EVERY new console in one sweeping credit card swipe, right? It’s easy to get excited about new hardware. Hell, even an Ouya pre-order was tantalizing a few […]

REVIEW: The Last of Us

June 29, 2013 · by · in Videogames · Leave a comment

There’s a longstanding joke that videogame heroes are mass murderers, laying waste to hundreds of enemies in a matter of hours. The Last of Us, from developer Naughty Dog, provides a context for its serial homicide. As lead characters Joel and Ellie become proficient murderers, killing becomes as natural and as necessary as breathing, but […]

A Snake and an Ocelet Walk into the Desert…

June 22, 2013 · by · in Videogames · Leave a comment

  Metal Gear Solid V: the Phantom Pain continued Konami’s E3 tradition of bizarre trailers that straddle the line between brilliance and absurdity. The Microsoft press conference opened with Snake hanging off the side of a horse and it closed with him firing an AK47 into a prison cell full of children. We were also […]

I Don’t Like This One Bit: Microsoft’s Gaming Future In Jeopardy

May 23, 2013 · by · in Videogames · Leave a comment

Microsoft officially announced its latest console for the next generation. Never has so little been said by so many at the Microsoft Campus in Seattle. At a brisk 60 minutes, the announcement of the Xbox One came peppered with superlatives and “game-changing” features that had nothing to do with playing games. Let me be clear, […]

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