The w0rd Podcast Ep. 2: Comics and Collectables

In this episode, first aired mid November 2007, Garrett and Chris discuss comics and collectible crap, but of course, the conversation derails in to nonsensical lullery. Chris also plays an interview he conducted at E for All with Dan Ruby of Mimoco, a company that specializes in collectible flash drives called MimoBots.
I apologize for the [...]

New Retronauts on 1up

Retronauts Blog
I’m a big fan of this particular podcast. I’m glad it’s back on a fairly regular schedule, it went dormant there for a while. For those of you not in the know, Retronauts is the 1up Network’s retro gaming podcast hosted by Jeremy Parish and Scott Sharkey. The show has a sardonic, [...]

GDC attendance up from last year.

via GameSpot
It seems that in the aftermath of the downsizing and splintering of E3, that all of the other video game conferences are getting bigger. The Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco last week saw an increase of over two thousand attendees from last year. The Tokyo Game Show, Leipzig Game [...]

PC Version of Mass Effect to be Released May 6th

via Game|Life
Electronic Arts has given a more solid release date for the PC version of Mass Effect. Expect BioWare’s sci-fi action RPG to hit PCs May 6th. This isn’t going to be a quick and dirty port either. The developers are working on an improved inventory screen, an interface better suited for [...]

New PS3 Bundle on the way, MGS4 & DUAL SHOCK 3 INCLUDED

via Game|Life, original source Kotaku
It all started with Konami confirming a simultaneous worldwide release of the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots on June 12.
Then Sony made the head exploding announcement that they will be releasing an 80GB bundle with the game AND a Dual Shock 3 with the MSRP of [...]

Dark Sector MULTIPLAYER DETAILS

When I attended the D3Publisher event last week in San Fransisco, I was able to get a hands on with Dark Sector’s multiplayer modes, more after the break. It was being shown by Steve Sinclair, project lead on Dark Sector. You may remember some of his previous works, Unreal Championship for the original [...]

Yahtzee tackels Uncharted

In this weeks episode of Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee tears in to the PS3 exclusive, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.  Yahtzee also makes a rare guest appearance at about the 2:17 mark, showing us that is trademark speedspeek is a natural talent and not an editing one.
from www.escapistmagazine posted with [...]

Announcing Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Big news for fans of D3Publisher’s RPG-Puzzle game mash-up, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. A sequel is on the way! This time around the game is sporting a sci-fi theme. Check after the break for more pictures.
I was able to meet with Tim Ramage, Senior Producer on the project and he [...]

Behold the illness that is FEZ

This won the 2008 Independent Games Festival Award for Excellence in Visual Art at the Game Developers Conference last week. And rightfully so! You can’t go wrong with the pixel art style. The gameplay appears to be very similar to Super Paper Mario and Echochrome.
It’s being developed by [...]

Future Uncertain for AMD?

via Slashdot
According to a statement IBM made back in 2003, AMD is lucky to still be in business. Their luck is pretty thin though considering their showing in the stock market over the past few months. With the recent acquisition of Ageia by NVIDIA, it’s gonna be a rough road for AMD owned [...]