Politicians Continue to Show How Out-of-touch They Are James Schumacher, January 30, 2013February 1, 2013 Politicians Continue to Show How Out-of-touch They Are #crosspost On MSNBC today, U.S. senator Lamar Alexander (a Tennessee Republican) set a new benchmark for insanity by claiming that games are worse than guns. “I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, b… from Public RSS-Feed of James Schumacher…. Continue Reading
Slender’s Woods Soundtrack Review James Schumacher, January 27, 2013 Slender’s Woods is a new take on the “Slender” mythos. From what I have gathered Slender is sort of a new cult, horror figure, dreamed up on a forum and first given his big break in the game of the same name. There have been variations on this game, but… Continue Reading
86-Year-Old Lady Plays GTAIV James Schumacher, January 22, 2013January 27, 2013 This short clip on BBC News introduces 86-year-old Hilda Knott, who’s been playing games for 40 years to keep her mentally active. The giant 65″ screen helps with her eyesight. This shouldn’t be so sh… from Public RSS-Feed of James Schumacher. Created with the PIXELMECHANICS ‘GPlusRSS-Webtool’ at http://gplusrss.com Continue Reading
Krillbite Teases “The Plan” James Schumacher, January 22, 2013January 27, 2013 “Krillbite are hard at work on their first-person toddler-horror Among The Sleep, but in order to keep their creative juices flowing, they’ve also found the…” – RPS The game gives off that Limbo feel to it, which is just fine by me. Here is the teaser trailer the released a… Continue Reading
Colonial Marines Trailer via EGM James Schumacher, January 15, 2013January 20, 2013 http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_360/aliens-colonial-marines-tv-commercial/ “Sega has released a new TV commercial for Aliens: Colonial Marines in the U.S. ahead of the game’s release next month.” Posted on EGM The first two Aliens vs Predator games are some of the best movie tie-in games ever made. Playing as the marine faction was a particularly… Continue Reading
Monkey Island Insult Swordfighting in HTML5 James Schumacher, January 15, 2013January 20, 2013 http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/play-monkey-islands-insult-sword-fighting-for-free/ The classic insult sword-fighting mini-game from The Secret of Monkey Island is now available to play for free through your Internet browser. This little project also combines the insults from Monkey Island I and III on the hardest difficulty setting to make the game more challenging, while keeping the… Continue Reading
Organ Trail – Examined by PCGamer James Schumacher, January 15, 2013January 20, 2013 http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/14/the-organ-trail-directors-cut-looking-to-be-greenlit-for-a-station-wagon-ride-across-zombie-infested-america/ In the olden days we played PC games about crossing the United States in a covered wagon. We faced down starvation, inclement weather, and watched digital simulacra of our friends and family drop dead… I found Organ trail to be an excellent adaptation/parody of the classic Oregon Trail game…. Continue Reading
The Evolving Medium of Game Music James Schumacher, January 14, 2013January 20, 2013 If you’re a regular reader or friend, you’ll know that game and film music are areas that I pay close attention to and collect. Game Music has long been an under-appreciated and sometimes looked down-upon form of media. As game music has evolved to become more and cinematic or exploratory… Continue Reading
A Look at how Health Created the Max Payne 3 Soundtrack James Schumacher, January 11, 2013October 14, 2013 http://kotaku.com/5974927/how-health-made-that-amazing-max-payne-3-soundtrack “The band HEALTH’s killer Max Payne 3 soundtrack was easily one of the best of last year, and a chunk of the reason Max Payne 3 was among my personal top games of 2012. This video from The Creators Pro…” Continued at Kotaku via above link Max Payne 3… Continue Reading
Valve on Big Picture and SteamBox James Schumacher, January 10, 2013January 10, 2013 Full article at PCGamer “Big Picture mode, a full-screen Steam interface suitable for TVs, released in December as part of Valve’s attention-grabbing campaign to plant PC gaming in the living room. In an interview with Polygo…” While I’m not sure I will buy a SteamBox, I do “buy” into the… Continue Reading
A Look at Omerta from RPS James Schumacher, January 10, 2013January 10, 2013 Original Article from Rock, Paper, Shotgun I’ve posted about Omerta : City of Gangsters several times. Like RPS I wish the graphics department and some of the play displayed her showed a bit more polish. But at an entry point of $39.99 and with various pre-order sales and coupons (like… Continue Reading
Remember Me Art Book Coming James Schumacher, December 11, 2012December 15, 2012 “It sort of seemed that Remember Me popped up out of nowhere (despite actually having been shown before) when Capcom screened it at GamesCom this year.“ With it’s futuristic style and interesting mechanics, Remember was another game that turned some heads. It appears that style will be getting the full… Continue Reading