Pure developer showing off trailer of their next game
Blackrock the developer of Pure, an excellent ATV racing game, has a new title in the works. Joystiq has posted a trailer of their latest work—a Burnout-esque action racing game. Having played Pure myself (and loving it no less), I’m…
Gaming’s underground: an indie games primer
Like most commercial artforms, video games have a vibrant community that exists outside the commercial realm. People are making games that are less influenced by the marketability of the graphics, the concept, and the gameplay conventions—and in many cases they…
Three great gaming blogs (two new to me)
Awesome gaming blogs are coming out of the woodwork. I have found two excellent blogs in the past week that were not at all on my radar before. The first is Play This Thing! That’s their exclamation, not mine, but…
Best games of 2008 you’ve never played
It seems odd to me that an article about the best games of the past year that didn’t receive much attention found a home at PC World especially since the list is not exclusive to PC games. The title of…
D-Pad Hero rocks it old school
Have you ever stepped back and taken a look at the entire rhythm game genre (that’s Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DDR, Parappa, etcetera) and thought to yourself, “In terms of graphics, there was nothing preventing these game from existing 20…
LOTR: Online Free Trial
Turbine, developer of Lord of the Rings: Online, has opened up a 10-day free trial for their popular MMORPG. I have made it a habit to at least try many of the MMO‘s (RPG or not) that have been released…
Earthbound: A profession of love
Once upon a time, Nintendo released a game called Earthbound for the Super NES. Unless you were gaming back in the 16-bit era, you may never have heard of the game. It stars you as a young boy called Ness…