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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Single Player MMO – The Cursed Checkpoint #101

12/20/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Podcasts, The Cursed Checkpoint

Josh has traditionally been anti-MMO games but has fallen for Star Wars: The Old Republic, so Justin sits down with him to figure out what has happened and if he should join in. 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 staff and/or video game industry professionals. Episode [...]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Special Editions Limit Trolling

12/19/2011
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

When a new studio has been working on a new video game franchise and generally promotes the franchise by touting the names of the producers/directors behind the game for years before unveiling the name of the actual franchise, you can bet that they will try and tap into the fans of that big name team. Whew, did you follow that? Well if not just know that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the first game from Curt Schilling, Todd McFarlane, Ken [...]

The 2011 Grimmys: Category Nominations – The Horrible Show Live 121411

12/14/2011
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by Horrible JDevL in: Podcasts, The Horrible Show

You can’t pick Games of the Year if you can’t categorize them correctly. Justin, Cole, Ethan, and Josh went live to brainstorm category ideas with each other and the Horrible Night community. Who will win Best Obscure Category? Send in your questions to simon@horriblenight.com or @TheHorribleShow This show was recorded live on Twitch.tv. Live podcasts are featured on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. We apologize for any audio issues, but this will improve over future live episodes. You can [...]

Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Preview: I Found a Bioware RPG

12/12/2011
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by Josh Lee in: Previews, Testing

Now I know how Anakin felt, torn between love and duty. Will I follow in his footsteps down the dark path, or will I stand firm in my convictions? Surely I will not falter, as Natalie Portman is not carrying my babies or listening to me bitch about sand. You see, I swore to myself that I would absolutely not buy into another MMO, especially one that settled for the WoW formula just to appease the masses. However, my love [...]

Shiniest Objects: Not That Kind of T Club

The industry is spent, and we should all take time to recover before the ceremonial month of patting ourselves on the back for good gaming. EA did manage to confuse us, while Skyrim teased the beginning of its flood of awards, and Nintendo bounced back with tried and true franchises for the 3DS. Here at the Night we had a little bit of everything from dinosaur kings to handheld reviews to PC advice. Every day we are on the look [...]

Shiniest Objects: Seriously Stuffed

Let’s just catch our breath everyone. For all intents and purposes the madness is over and thankfully for us in America, that meant we had a shortened holiday week. Sales and review sstole most of the headlines, but there was a bit of a legal battle going on amongst all our gaming. While content was a bit light here at the Night, we did tackle a few large editorial issues from gods to new consoles to moving beyond Skyrim. Every [...]

Build Better Game Engines Not New Consoles

11/23/2011
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by JP LaFrance in: Editorials

It’s been a great-but-interesting year for video games. We have seen new intellectual properties in the form of Bulletstorm and LA Noire along with a boat load of sequels and three-quels. As the sun begins to set on 2011, it is obvious that new game engines were the real stars year. Some of the best titles this year featured some form of new software-based technology. As rumors of new consoles looms over 2012, I think we should just step back and [...]

Shiniest Objects: Let the Butts Go

Hopefully this was the last week for a while that the industry will be spending all of its industry discussing review scores. I did not expect that conversation to end with the Jurassic Park game though. At the Night, we relived our marathon highlights, announced our next event, offended everyone, and reviewed 2 more big 3′s. Every day we are on the look out for the most interesting news items in the gaming industry. Some make it on the site [...]

Battlefield 3 Review: Don’t Go to War Alone

11/18/2011
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by Brandon Coppernoll in: Rated, Reviews

Electronic Arts came out swinging with some great marketing to highlight the new Frostbite 2 engine behind Battlefield 3 as well as taking shots against that “other shooter.” For the most part, Battlefield 3 delivers on a frantic multiplayer experience complete with explosions, vehicles and intense graphics, but the single player campaign doesn’t quite feel put together and is full of questionable storytelling and pacing. The single player feels like fumbling around for your keys in the dark while the [...]

Speaking Code: HTML5 and Games of the Open Web

11/09/2011
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by Alex Porter in: Editorials

Games on the web are nothing new. About as long as the internet has existed, it seems like there have been games in the browser. In years past we’ve relied on browser plug-ins like Java, Shockwave, Flash, Silverlight, or Unity to play these games, but a new era is beginning as we speak. As browsers get faster and more powerful, they are able to handle the more complex capabilities required by games under their own power without the help of [...]