Dead Island burst onto the scenes back in February with a truly amazing trailer. It took the game from being basically vaporware to being on the lips of gamers everywhere. Then E3 rolled around and journalist from everywhere got their hands on Techlands Zombie survival game. That part didn’t go so well. The game came [...]
Ninja Gaiden (the rebooted franchise which began in 2004, not the old NES series) has a reputation for fast-paced combat and ultra-violence. Tomonobu Itagaki is responsible for the first two entries in the series, and his name carries a lot of baggage. One of the more flamboyant and eccentric personalities in the Japanese gaming industry, [...]
Despite not being a huge fan of point-and-click games, I am a huge fan of AMC’s The Walking Dead, itself based on a graphic novel. So when a point-and-click adventure game was announced as an episodic, downloadable title based on the hit show, I felt it was a mixed bag. On the one hand, the [...]
It’s 2am. I’m in my room, attempting to read The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, but the text keeps on shifting before my eyes, doing little dances on the page. What’s my problem? I haven’t been drinking, I ate plenty of calories today, and I haven’t touched any mind-altering drugs since 2010. I attempt to [...]
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is an XBLA title created by Ska Studios, an indie game developer that consists of basically just one guy, James Silva. While he gets a bit of help in the audio and art departments, he is almost completely responsible for the games Ska puts out. Vampire Smile is the sequel to 2009′s [...]
Every once in a while a game comes along and blows the minds of gamers all around the world. Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat is not one of those games, hell it isn’t even a distant cousin. Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat is the combination of two digital titles that were developed by Pipeworks Software and [...]