Posts by Justin Lacey [ 495 ]

BlizzCon Recap: Diablo 3 for Free, Pandas, Blizzard Dota

10/24/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

While I have somehow remained Con free for my entire existence (since I count PAX as an “Expo” just so that my point remains valid), BlizzCon has tempted me the most over the years. Coming off of the biggest expansion for World of Warcraft and with Diablo III seemingly revealed most of its pre-launch secrets at this point, I expected the 2011 edition of BlizzCon to be rather tame. Blizzard had other ideas and decided to put on a show [...]

Worms Crazy Golf Trailer Opts for Fun Over Mayhem

10/18/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

While normally I’m not a huge fan of changing up the formula to Worms (looking at you recent 3d versions), there’s something intriguing about Worms Crazy Golf. It looks nice and safe in its familiar 2D art style, yet there’s seem to be big puzzle features at work here. Worms Crazy Golf looks to be part Worms, part Peggle and part, well, golf. “Will it be fun?” is the only question that I need answered this week when it is released [...]

Hey! Listen! OCRemix Remixes Super Dodgeball Soundtrack

The OverClocked ReMix community is at it again and this time it’s the Super Dodge Ball soundtrack that benefits from their incredible talent. With over 19 songs and 25 artists the Around the World album is about as diverse as the U.S. Team’s world championship run in the game. No seriously, they remixed each stage in the game which in turn featured local flavor based on the country the match took place in. Added to the awesome is the fact [...]

Introducing A Call to Gamers

10/12/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Horrible Updates, News

Aside from writing and producing partially entertaining editorial content about video games, there has always been another piece to the Horrible Night puzzle. Once we published Cole’s first Think of the Children article we realized that not only did our group share a passion for the video game industry but we also wanted to find ways where we could utilize that passion for our favorite hobby to affect some positive change around us. With that in mind, we began brainstorming for [...]

In Gaming We Trust Joins Horrible Night

10/11/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Horrible Updates, News

When Cole and I first started Horrible Night, the only plan we had was we that wanted to write about what had our attention in video games each week. From that, hopefully we’d find some like-minded readers that connected with our game experiences and wanted to share their own and potentially join our writing staff. At the time, our core writers were scattered across the country, so I never expected to find another website in Indiana approaching video game commentary [...]

IndieCade 2011 is a Wrap, Award Winners Announced

10/10/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

The IndieCade Festival concluded this weekend in Culver City, CA and the hands-on previews are already getting me itchy for the next great batch of independent games. Not surprisingly to those that have been following the game, but Fez took home the Best in Show award which leaves only a release date left on its to-do list. Shacknews in particular has put together a nice summary of the event along with the award winners list. It noted that cooperative gameplay [...]

Indievania Allows Game Developers to Sell Games Directly to Customers

10/05/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

We seem to be talking about indie games more and more these days. Thanks in no small part to their increased availability on a variety of marketplace platforms. However, one limitation of services like Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live Indie Games is that developers have to provide the companies behind these services a cut of the profits. Indievania was created to solve this issue and allow developers to sell directly to their customers. Created by indie developers Alientrap, Indievania is [...]

Remake It So: Def Jam: Fight for NY

10/04/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

One of my most underrated experiences on the PS2 was the month I spent living out my thug life dreams in Def Jam: Fight for NY. The presentation layer of the game made me strangely invested in my created character. For some reason I got a huge kick out of pimping out my wardrobe and found myself strangely invested in my little D Reign and his quest for revenge. Beyond the setting and the ridiculous line up of hip hop [...]

I Learned Something Today: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

09/30/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

I apologize if I’ve told this story before, but time travel does a number on your brain. I can’t necessarily keep my adventure straight in my head, but I can pass along the lessons of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Lessons of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Long term memory is useless Music classes are the key to time travel You cannot save the world during puberty Jars yes, pots no Indestructible chickens are needlessly angry [...]

Hey! Watch! Goomba Roombas

Looks like our favorite enemies from classic Nintendo titles are struggling to find work in this economy. Goombas, Red and Green shells, and Octoroks are all busy vacuuming the floors of the SUPER iam8bit art exhibition. Either that or they have been cruelly attached beyond their will to the robotic vacuums. Actually, if the video holds true I think they are better off because they look adorable. SUPER iam8bit is a group art exhibition in L.A. where artists turn their [...]