I don’t want it to seem like I was cheering against Blizzard’s auction house, but anyone who had as many connectivity issues as I did with the game has to laugh at the situation now. I’m also fascinated by the fact that I cannot bring myself to help fund a sequel to one of my favorite games of all time, even if it is made by essentially the same people. Silicon Knights, I mean, Precursor Games, needs to raise money [...]
A little over a year ago, Double Fine changed the way the video game industry looked at Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general. The result of this experiment was the dramatically successful $3 million+ funding of the creation of a new adventure game by Double Fine and a documentary of the process behind the scenes. Backers have had access to intimate 8 episodes of footage since the project started, but formal announcements about the game had been minimal. During the Double [...]
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 a plan or honest hope for its game, it is almost refreshing. Sadly, that refreshment tends to be crushed by the new/old trend of video [...]
It felt like the game industry collectively caught its breath last week. It’s a good thing, too, as February through March is looking like a spring to the end of this console generation. It’s going to be a fun spring and all kinds of crazy rumors are about to start flying. But not yet. There are still some odds and ends to wrap up and new foundations to set, but I was happy to see some of the core of [...]
People seem to have the strangest fascination with non-human things having the ability to talk: cars, smartphones, Tom and Jerry. (Looking back, Tom and Jerry talking might have been one of the worst events in my childhood history and I didn’t even know it.) In the case of The Cave, seven unique archetypes approach a talking cave (only three enter) in the hopes of finding what they most desire. An adventurer seeks treasure, a hillbilly seeks love, a time-traveler seeks [...]
2012 is coming to a close and so is Nintendo Power. It’s also never too early to talk holiday sales figures or find new ways of making money. We of course continue to be engrossed in the Wii U while we turn our attention to wrapping up as many games as possible (with reviews) before the world year ends. Last Week’s Headlines Double Fine chooses its Amnesia Fortnight games How do the Wii U first week sales stack up? Wii [...]
Player choice evolved in 2012, but is it headed in the right direction? Justin, Josh, Ethan, and Cole discuss the lessons learned from Mass Effect 3, Black Ops 2, The Walking Dead as well as their favorite choices they have made in games. The Horrible Show – Join the editorial staff of HorribleNight.com as they discuss a variety of entertainment-focused video game topics. This show was recorded live on Twitch.tv/HorribleNight. Live podcasts are featured monthly. Due to some streaming issues, [...]
Double Fine has been making a name for itself for its creative approach to game development and promotion. After setting a new bar on Kickstarter, Double Fine is moving back to the creative pool that brought forth games like Costume Quest, Stacking, Iron Brigade, and Once Upon a Monster – the Amnesia Fortnight. Which essentially give the Double Fine team a break from active projects and splits them up to work on 4 brand new projects over the course of [...]
It is my favorite time of the year. The leaves are changing color. The air has a cool, crisp feel to it. Halloween’s coming so I get to dress up as a hairless stripper with a peg leg and no one will judge me, and Double Fine is launching a sale across many platforms to just give us more games to play. All in all – fall rocks. Here’s what the self-proclaimed “most talented and bearded video game team” has to [...]
Double Fine must get worried about its downloadable titles getting lonely if they are exclusive for too long. It looks as though Iron Brigade has been called up to join its cousins on the PC. Costume Quest and Stacking made the leap last year after being XBLA exclusives, so its nice to see our favorite downloadable game from Double Fine’s foursome get the chance to find some new players on a different platform. Iron Brigade will be available on Steam [...]
