The game industry’s Spring flavored double gut punch landed its second blow this week as GDC floated all kinds of interesting backstories that wanna-be flies on the wall like me can’t get enough of. I don’t know about you, but I could listen to the stories about alternative versions of Dante, how bunnies were almost in X-COM, and Unreal 3 coming to Firefox all day. At least as long as I never have to sit through an explanation of a Metal [...]
Q: What are your favorite intro scenes/first stages in video games? REPLY TO ALL – The Horrible Night contributors answer gaming questions and try to determine who has the right opinion. Submit your own question. Josh Lee – joshleedotcom The Secret World Blowjob Justin Gifford – GiffTor Even though I never overcame the mid-game slowdown, the opening scene/stage of Darksiders was awesome. Also, I’d have to throw out the riding-in-the-helicopter-and-taking-pictures opener for Dead Rising. Old school: Goldeneye. Although it’s aged [...]
Darksiders is going down as one of the most memorable games of this generation for the Horrible Night staff. Justin, Ethan, and Aaron discuss their initial expectations around the game and its growing legacy prior to the release of the sequel. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video game, genre, news headline, or industry story. It features a rotating cast of up to 3 members of the Horrible Night writing [...]
Maybe the cast has gotten too close recently because things really heat up for Josh, Justin, Ethan and JP this week as they discuss Steam boxes, SNES sports, lazy DLC, game difficulty and the start and end of Mass Effect to the point of making Ethan ill. Super Gaming Best Friends: the podcast where Horrible Night writers and friends get caught up on their latest video game adventures and then get to know each other better by discussing off-topic interests. Show [...]
Meanwhile… we’ve actually been playing games. Each week we recap our recent gaming experiences and tell you what we’re looking forward to, so you can use your time more wisely than we have. It suddenly looks like we don’t have so much in common these days, but that should give you a few new ideas if you are looking for something different to play these days. Ethan (Wizardtrain187) Twisted Metal arrived into my life yesterday and made an impact that I [...]
Coming off an incredible year in video games in 2009, I was just starting to get my bearings when Darksiders arrived in stores in early January of 2010. Darksiders ended up being my biggest surprise of the year and one of my favorite games of this generation. While it was a day-one purchase for me, just 4 months prior to its release I had completely written the game off as being generic, boring, and slow. I said some harsh things [...]
Are you looking for bonding situations involving video games? Well, Josh, Justin L, Ethan, Cole, and Justin G uncover the Swayze secrets of Terraria, find peace in Mass Effect 2, support Skyrim detractors, all while trying to save THQ. Super Gaming Best Friends: the podcast where Horrible Night writers and friends get caught up on their latest video game adventures and then get to know each other better by discussing off-topic interests. Show Notes Cast: Josh, Justin L, Ethan, Cole, Justin [...]
We can’t be informed on every video game purchase. Lucky for us our gaming friends are very opinionated. Unfortuantely, they aren’t all that reliable. What has been a game purchase that your friends have convinced you is awesome but either a: sucks or b: they stopped playing the second you bought it? Want in on the weekly conversation? Every Wednesday we pose a question on Twitter and Facebook. You can answer from Wednesdays through Mondays on Twitter with the hashtag = [...]
Our gaming backlogs continue to be a popular topic of discussion, and as we come close to the end of another year and with it hopes of better gaming habits next year, what happened to all of those 2010 games we said we’d finish this year? Want in on the weekly conversation? Every Wednesday we pose a question on Twitter and Facebook. You can answer from Wednesdays through Mondays on Twitter with the hashtag = #RE2ALL, and in our weekly [...]
Over the last year, some highly anticipated games have arrived into the hands of gamers with some bugs and glitches that made for a less than satisfying experience. What kind of bugs or glitches have driven you the craziest (examples) and what qualifies a game being made “unplayable’ by these bugs? Want in on the weekly conversation? Every Wednesday we pose a question on Twitter and Facebook. You can answer from Wednesdays through Mondays on Twitter with the hashtag = [...]
