Flying used to involve a travel agent. Back in the days of dot matrix printers and IRC chat, to get the best fare one had to rely upon an agent. Over the phone they'd work their magic upon the mysterious systems before them. Wanted to know if travelling later or earlier would reduce the fare? Would another airline be cheaper? It was a time ( Read more... )

Following the Doctor Who episode "Love and Monsters" with a friend, I finished the game last night after a particularly harrowing series of jumps, swings, and dodges in the Meat Circus. That's right, it's a twisted Circus of meat. How I love this game. I didn't max out my Psi Level, but I believe I was around 95/100, so I've got a bit of an urge to ( Read more... )

Between the hum drum necessity of car maintenance, I spent a good chunk of my weekend playing Psychonauts, a platform action adventure game released in 2005 by former members of LucasArts. Though it has it's gameplay flaws, including a sometimes wanky camera that loved to swing around just as I'm trying to target a giant three piece suited ( Read more... )

Considering how the entertainment industry is tripping over themselves to stop piracy and protect their property, I'm disappointed that none of the gaming companies have torn into Majestic Studios yet. Majestic, for its part, has finally released a statement.

"In response to the shocking notification that some alleged unauthorized copyrighted ( Read more... )

Earlier I discussed Limbo of the Lost a game that stupidly took from several well known games and tried to sell it as their own. Since then I've been keeping an eye on a couple forums and checking the news now and then. I loves me a good scandal, especially when it doesn't directly concern me. Aside from a few new theft discoveries, including ( Read more... )

There’s a game that was released in the UK for 30 GBP (60 USD) last summer that stole their entire environments from Oblivion. This isn’t just an issue that ought to interest gamers though. If you draw or write and are concerned about plagiarism, you really should take a look.

[…] some of the environments in Limbo of the Lost bear a striking ( Read more... )

I got into the politics of gaming and the related gossip only a few years back when I started MMOs. Perhaps it was because MMOs forced me to interact with strangers which prompted curious ventures onto the forums where I was consequently exposed to gaming news. Maybe also it was because, being an MMO, there were often updates, and in seeking ( Read more... )

It didn't?

Cut and paste from Tension Braker:

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Earlier in the month a few blogs, or maybe more than a few, brought up The Ten-Cent Plague, just-released by David Hadju. In it the author "explores the decades of struggles faced by comic book authors and publishers as a variety of politicians and culture cops sought to rein in the medium. Comparisons to today’s situation with video games are all ( Read more... )

While looking for any good movies to see this weekend, I cam across a couple trailers of interest. First is a quirky sci-fi comedy by the makers of Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, CJ7. In the same tradition as the others, the film makes no attempt to seamlessly blend the special effects, instead just having fun with it ( Read more... )