Star Trek Online Goes Free to Play with Announcement Trailer
Star Trek Online, the only MMO I’ve gotten a character past level 50 in, just went free to play this week. Sure, this is probably only exciting news to those of us who know what a warp nacelle is, but I’m ok with that. I’ve run into less douchebags in STO than any other online [...]
Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Game Type, The Most Sarcastic SHMUP 80 Points Can Buy
Media Ball was conceived as the perfect aggregate of all things entertainment. It’s creators (who are now dead) even went as far to coin the now infamous Media Ball catchphrase “It does it ALL”, ignorantly underestimating their cybernetic sphere’s capacity to truly do it all. What started out as a platform for games, music, social networking and popular shows like “Single [...]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Demo Impressions: A Familiar Challenger Appears
The role playing game genre has never been more popular than it is right now. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has sold 10 million copies. Mass Effect 3 is coming out in March. Those two series are arguably the two most popular RPG franchises ever made. It’s going to be hard to find a place [...]
Interview with Ian Stocker: Developer of Escape Goat – The Cursed Checkpoint #103
After developing a fondness for its puzzle-platformer Escape Goat (and a weird obsession with the game’s four legged protagonists), Ethan tracks down Magical Time Bean’s Ian Stocker and learns the ins and outs of indie game development. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video [...]
Hey! Watch! Link Visits the Pwn Stars
You know the economy is bad when Link has to sell his piece of the Triforce. Unfortunately, his haggling skills do not quite up to his adventuring skills and Rick, the owner of the Pwn Shop, knows it. Somebody get Link a business manager. Source: Joystiq The Game Station
Indie Game: The Movie to Appear at Sundance
At Horrible Night we spend a lot of time playing indie games. We love them because they can provide hours of entertainment at a price point unmatched by any other. We also love them because in most cases, indie games are made by some of the most passionate people in the gaming industry who deserve [...]
Pick More Flowers – Super Gaming Best Friends #101
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Super Gaming Best Friends. Josh, Justin and Ethan welcome Aaron to his first ever podcast and the best friends discuss what they do to pass time in Saints Row, rocket enemas, picking flowers, and playing MMO’s alone. Super Gaming Best Friends: the podcast where Horrible Night writers and friends get [...]
SOPA and PIPA Must Be Stopped
We here at Horrible Night stand against piracy but not through the dramatic means of censorship proposed by the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) currently snaking their way through the United States Congress. PIPA will be voted on in the Senate on January 24th and SOPA is currently being [...]
REPLY TO ALL: Step Up to 2012
No rest for the your game library this week: What games are you looking forward to in the first quarter of this year? Anything standing out or are the releases disappointing? Want in on the weekly conversation? Every Wednesday we pose a question on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. You can answer from Wednesdays through Mondays on [...]
Q.U.B.E Makes Return on Indie Fund Investment in 4 Days
It has been a week of milestones for Indie Fund as the arrival of Q.U.B.E marked the release of their first funded game and ultimately their first successful venture into publishing. Q.U.B.E, developed by Toxic Games, has sold 12,000 copies in the four days it has been on Steam, thus enabling Indie Fund to recoup their $90,000.00 investment. Indie Fund was [...]
NFL Blitz Reflex Review: A Safety is Not a Touchdown
Hey, NFL Blitz is back! That is a factual exclamation. Licensed arcade football is something I’ve been missing since my Nintendo 64 and arcade days (PS2 and “The League” versions be damned). Needless to say I was thrilled when the rumors started churning that EA was going to push out a new NFL Blitz on [...]
Noby Noby Boy Has Reached Uranus
I present to you the latest achievement of the Noby Noby Boy community. A community that at this point that has to be just about as unique as the game itself. 3 years after the release of this odd PSN exclusive title by Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi, people are still stretching and pulling on [...]
Speculate Iterate: Resident Evil 6 Will Be “Totally New”
With the release of Resident Evil: Revelations and the ever enticing prospects of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, there’s a lot for Resident Evil fans to be excited about in 2012. However, should you be a Resident Evil purist, there’s quite a bit to be concerned about as well, especially when looking at the direction [...]
Shiniest Objects: Somebody Clean This Up
News in January is just weird. It’s full of pats on the back, wild speculation, and release dates. I miss Epic Release Fall. We get back in the groove with our first full week of being Horrible of the new year which kicks off our first entry in January’s look at Gaming Regrets. Every day [...]
Catherine: A Game of the Year – The Cursed Checkpoint #102
Brandon recently selected Catherine as his personal game of the year for 2011 and Justin can’t resist picking his brain to find out just what was so special about this humorous and mature puzzle game. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video game, genre, [...]
