Category Archives: Games

Find closure in the retcon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPquCnlHScc I haven’t yet allowed myself to get excited about Alien Isolation, simply because it’s been ages since I’ve played an Alien game that was actually good. The Alien vs. Predator multiplayer game from a few years back was okay, … Continue reading

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Tonight’s ingredient is…

Kotaku describes Battle Chef Brigade, a new game that hit Kickstarter recent, as Iron Chef as made into a video game by Studio Ghibli, and man, I think that description is spot-on. This looks like a hell of a lot … Continue reading

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The 8-bit Matrix

CineFix’s 8-bit Cinema series has entered The Matrix into its collection of movies reinterpreted as classic NES games. As you might expect, this one works really well. I would absolutely play this game, and I wish that I could.

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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel has sold me on its awesomeness

I’m a die-hard fan of the Borderlands game series, but even in spite of that, I wasn’t overly enthused about Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, a new third game in the franchise that, initially anyway, just came off as some overgrown DLC … Continue reading

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How will you survive?

This post will say a lot about the last Alien-themed game that came out. I didn’t play Aliens: Colonial Marines because the reviews were universally atrocious. It was a disappointment on a massive scale, and even though I didn’t touch … Continue reading

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Skyrim of Thrones

https://vimeo.com/90589442 Somebody really needs to make an official Game of Thrones video game that’s worth a damn – hopefully the TellTalle series in the works will fill that void. But until then, and while I drum my fingers waiting for … Continue reading

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Team Fortress 2: It’s Pixar with Violence

Smosh Games just doesn’t do the Honest Trailer schtick anywhere near as well as Screen Junkies does with their Honest Movie Trailers, but there are still little gems here and there. Like this trailer for Team Fortress 2, which basically … Continue reading

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Firewatch

It’s been quite some time since the artwork for a game has gotten me excited before any other aspect of it, but such is the case with Firewatch. The game, created by Campo Santo, has had a barebones website up … Continue reading

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Gridland

Doublespeak Games, creators of the hit web game A Dark Room and overseen by none other than our very own Webmaster Mike, have a new game coming out tomorrow! Gridland is a match-3 survival game, and as someone who has … Continue reading

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Wrong Number

I ain’t watching it, but far be it for me to stand in the way of viewing over an hour of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number gameplay footage! Apparently this lengthy playthrough even contains a look at the level editor … Continue reading

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