Tag archive: mac [ 33 ]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Ultratron and Sweet, Sweet, Retro Revenge

05/16/2013
1 Comment
by Justin Lacey in: Editorials

While the cheapest and dirtiest of us gamers left all of you hanging by going on vacation, I have come to your rescue. Unfortunately, I come to you with bad news. The robots are going to win. We should accept it now and probably just get as much pleasure out of them as we can before they become self-aware and fulfill the prophecy foretold in Puppy Games latest retro arcade shooter, Ultratron. Do not get too sad though as there [...]

Broken Age is the Name for the Double Fine Adventure Game Funded by Kickstarter

03/26/2013
No Comments
by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

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 [...]

The Cave Review: Deeper Darkness

01/28/2013
No Comments
by Aaron McNeal in: Rated, Reviews

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 [...]

Towns and Brothers Who Tell Their Stories – The Cursed Checkpoint #130s

12/14/2012
4 Comments
by Ethan Moses in: Podcasts, The Cursed Checkpoint

Ethan and Matthew continue to tell their own tragic tales of Towns. Naturally this leads to getting distracted by Rocky, learning foreign languages, and shining a light on their limited understanding of farming. 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 [...]

Towns and Brothers Who Build Them – The Cursed Checkpoint #130

12/13/2012
1 Comment
by Ethan Moses in: Podcasts, The Cursed Checkpoint

Ethan brings his brother Matthew into the virtual Horrible Night studios to talk about the game, Towns, their experiences with it, and what they hope from the simulation game in the future. 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 Background [...]

SimCity Finally Gets an Official Release Date

10/24/2012
No Comments
by Brandon Coppernoll in: Headlines, News

EA has officially announced SimCity will release on March 8, 2013 for PC and Mac. Though originally thought to be released in February, I’m quite happy with this news as I look forward to becoming overlord mayor of many “denisims of Atchville (trademark pending)”. EA hasn’t officially given a reason for releasing the game in March instead of February, but if I could make an educated guess I would likely say development. Since I’m not making an educated guess I am simply going [...]

SimCity Only Looks Better During a Disaster

10/16/2012
1 Comment
by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

There’s just something about this new version of SimCity that has just about as excited as I was the first time I discovered the joys of SimAnything-ing. And now Maxis gives us a trailer featuring the random moments we all love to hate the most, disasters: Now, that we will be able to build the best looking versions of our cities yet, it’s good to know that they can still be destroyed beyond recognition at any given moment. Of course, [...]

Steam Greenlight Initiates $100 Submittal Donation

09/06/2012
No Comments
by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Steam Greenlight launched last week to combat Valve’s growing problem of getting games approved games for Steam. Steam Greenlight is a crowdsourcing solution that allows Steam members to vote up/down game submissions to the service. Upon logging into the service for the first day, we noticed a few issues. My first scan of the submissions immediately brought me nightmares of the current Xbox Indie Games Library and Josh Lee had his own issues with the approval system; it requires too [...]

Castle Story to Kickstart Your Castle Building and Defending

08/02/2012
5 Comments
by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

I still get a thrill out of watching a great gameplay trailer for a new game that I had never heard of before. Castle Story found me, enamored me, and created a fan all with one video. That may be why it had already lept to being a Kickstarter success even before I knew about it. Minecraft and strategy fans pay attention: Castle Story has about 3 weeks (ends Aug 26th) to go in its Kickstarter funding and things are [...]

A Mother’s Inferno Game Curious Video: Something Heavy Approaches

07/02/2012
No Comments
by Justin Lacey in: Game Curious, Reviews

Craving a genuine horror experience, the trailer for A Mother’s Inferno sold Josh and I on the game immediately. The fact that this indie title is free makes it a must-play. Created by a 17 student team from the Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment (DADIU), A Mother’s Inferno is a trippy train ride to hell through the eyes of a mother that has recently lost her son. Of course nothing is as it seems on this demon train, which is a bit of [...]