Bastion was a landmark achievement in the transition of indie games into the mainstream and one of our favorite games of 2011. Developer Supergiant Games has certainly been busy in converting Bastion to platforms we never expected for an action-RPG of this caliber (like Chrome and iOS), but that’s not all they have been up [...]
Zen Studios is on a tear as of late. The reigning kings of virtual pinball are following up their run of quality Marvel tables with a planned 10 tables of Star Wars Pinball themed goodness. Josh and Justin, resident Horrible Night pinball apprentices, take the first three tables for a spin in this episode of Game [...]
Bring out the trucks. Horrible Night invites you to play PlanetSide 2 with us tonight starting at 8pm EDT. We’ll also be livestreaming the return of Horrible Game Night on http://twitch.tv/HorribleNight. Join Justin, Josh, and Coop along with Horrible Night community members in this free-to-play MMO shooter or just hang out in chat to interact [...]
If you’re like me, you’re a dude or dudette that happens to live thousands of miles away from a majority of your bros. What would have been a bromance killer in less technologically advanced ages is now but an inconvenience that can easily be dealt with by internet savvy purveyors of all things bromanity. That [...]
The Synthetic Orchestra is known for creating orchestral compositions of select video game music. It is a project by Blake Robinson that has tackled a variety of classic games. Now he has turned his attention to one of the most atmospheric video game soundtracks of all time, Super Metroid. Super Metroid Symphony is an hour-long [...]
Video game public relations has to either be a thankless job or they just have the wrong people in place. When we aren’t cleaning up from the previous debacle, we have new name-calling, copyright arguments, and all around cannibalistic behavior. Which is why when I see any company tell it like it is and offer [...]
Justin recaps the 2013 Louisville Arcade Expo complete with tales of Joust pinball, Josh wants to build an arcade machine but can’t decide on a name, and Ethan reveals a secret about his podcast preparation habits. Aftermath Episodes – The mics stay on after the show ends as the conversation continues and live chat interacts [...]
It’s not that we are bad at games, it’s that we get distracted and try to play them our own way. This often results in our favorite kind of entertaining ineptitude. Of course, playing games the wrong way often enough eventually the odds catch up and every once in a while it looks like we knew [...]
Deep Silver just took August from a crappy and hot stank factory to my most anticipated month of the year; Saints Row 4 has officially been announced! Fans of the original will be happy to find that all the insanity from Saints Row: The Third is back and then multiplied by a million. Those that didn’t [...]
Somehow the Penny Arcade Expo’s Indie Megabooth has gotten even bigger for this year’s PAX East on March 22-24. This year’s booth features 62 games by 50 developers from everything from Don’t Starve and Guacamelee! to Monster Loves You! and Drunken Robot Pornography. Even if you aren’t attending PAX East (we can’t make it either) [...]
