American Invaders

From We Make Money Not Art

Gears addendum

That final, ridiculous Cole sampling theme tune that plays over the credits?

AWESOME
11/10

Gears: it’s pretty good

For the first hour, I actually despised Gears of War. It was too hard, the controls were stiff and demanded too many button presses, it was obnoxiously loud (still is, in fact) and the shoulder pads are /ridiculous/.
But I’ve been playing practically all weekend. And now I think it’s terrific. Here are some random thoughts [...]

So you want to be a games journalist?

The sensible part.
Friends and I are to be posting a series of essays on how to be a games journalist. Our field requires a constant input of new talent – talent that’s currently being sucked up by the web, but drowned out in the general noise of dumb blog churn. If you want [...]

Revenge of the brick!

Mini-fig review: Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy? Two sore thumbs up! (I’m playing on the PSP).
It led me to this. Win.

Wii don’t know

Last night, Nintendo held a press conference in Japan to announce pricing and launch details for their new console. This is a big deal for both gamers, and the industry. So it’s only natural that the press cover this in detail.
Bloggers, of course, fall over themselves to be the first with the announcements - you [...]

Alyx, my dear

In a fit of interview pique, I once asked Gabe Newell if it was permitted to fancy Alyx, the computer generated star of Half-Life 2. His answer was simple: “get in line buddy. We all love her.”
But that doesn’t excuse this.

  I guess this was kind of inevitable.

But this is all kinds of [...]

Overlord

Overlord. It’s a kind of third person RTS where you pick up goblin helpers along the way, and they terrorise everything. Hence the sheep. Too funny to ignore.

Just. Stop. Talking.

To get a flavor for the problem, consider the following: Imagine a New Yorker-style cartoon. In the foreground is a glum girl in Victorian dress standing on the cheese wheel space in a life-size game of Mousetrap. The girl is imprisoned in the cage that drops down after the Rube Goldbergian contraption has been tripped. [...]

Blue Lotus: Total War

 

You should probably pay more attention to the mod community, you know. Especially when they’re putting out games of this quality. Blue Lotus is a mod for Rome: Total War - you take charge of the Chinese empire, looking to repel an invasion of demons, imps, and all things wicked. It’s based on authentic [...]