Gamer Culture, Gaming Videos, Offbeat Videos
Watching the trailer for Alan Wake, I nearly forgot the footage was for a game.
It’s certainly a far cry from earlier trailers, and this isn’t the only recent video game to take a more cinematic approach in its presentation. It’s good to see quality trailers for equally quality games.
Let’s just hope they’re marketed as seriously when they’re finally released, as this could bring a lot more hardcore gamers to the table.
Events, Gamer Culture, Nintendo Wii
Every E3 event has its amazing announcements for new IPs: many that have already leaked, plenty that nobody care about, and announcements that never happened.
Seeing as this year’s E3 is no different, let us weigh our opinions on the best announcement, worst announcement, and must disappointing unannouncement at E3 this year. Final Fantasy what? 14?
Breaking News, Events, Game Design, PSP, Playstation 3, Resident Evil, Sony
At 11 AM, I ventured to the Shrine Auditorium to attend Sony’s E3 Press Conference.
While a lot of the games shown were already known, or secrets leaked (PSP Go), it was an informative and interesting presentation. It’s safe to say that alternative controllers are the new fad among the big three.
Events, Game Design, Gamer Culture, Music
If you thought Penny Arcade was just a webcomic, then think again. It has become a symbol of gamer culture and the inspiration behind a nation-wide expo that drew a whopping 58,500 people to Seattle, Washington last week, where hardcore gamers dorked it up with each other and listened to some sage wisdom from industry pros—a nerdy pilgrimage of epic proportions jam-packed into 3 days, when it could’ve easily gone twice as long.
Events, GotGame TV, Technology
Even though that filet mignon looks delicious, the real focus is on the Logitech gear, like the specially designed, Wii-specific keyboard and two hot new racing wheels for the fast and moderately furious. Luckily, most of the products Steve gets the lowdown on have a release “in the August time frame,” so if you like what you see–get thee to a shoppery. Hit the jump for the full video, and sweet hardware.
One of the most unique games we saw at E3, Dark Void combines 3rd person action with horizontal and vertical cover, flight and dogfighting. Add some nice graphics and an intriguing storyline, and this looks like a true three-dimensional gaming experience.
Events, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii
After E3 last week, a collective swelling of Nintendo-ites—long-time fans who “made Nintendo what it is today”—pulled out their copies of Diary Girl and started blogging. They were mad. Their previous-franchise-fever has not been treated since Mario Kart Wii, back in April, and they’re jonesing for something new based on something old. E3 was supposed to be the expired medicine that would mildly ease their oozing sores, but it wasn’t. Not even close.
Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata, felt his gamers’ pain, and has issued an apology this week. Not an, “I’m sorry, it was a terrible…joke!” But a genuine, head-down, doghouse-bound “I’m sorry.”
You can’t say “ground-breaking first person shooter” without mentioning the Half-Life series in the same breath. Since its initial release on the PC in 1998, the series has garnered overwhelming critical acclaim as well as commercial success. Crowbar-wielding Gordon Freeman fanboys have been frothing for Valve’s next concoction – Half-Life 2: Episode 3 – for over a year. When E3 came and went with nary a whisper about the next installment, it stung like a headcrab bite. Good news is—Episode 3 is still in the works. The bad news: Half-Life 3 is a few years off.
