Abstracting hardware: obsolescence obsolete (with OnLive)
Most everyone has heard the news of OnLive, the new cloud-based computer gaming platform. I’m not here to regurgitate that for you. Instead, I intend to give it some context. Cloud computing is all the rage right now. With netbooks…
Frequency/Amplitude reborn!
Frequency and its sequel Amplitude for the PS2 were Harmonix‘s, Guitar Hero creators and current developers of Rock Band, first foray into console gaming. The games pioneered the modern rhythm gaming craze. In fact, the biggest difference between Rock Band…
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…
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…
Doom 4 tidbits
In spite of the fact that I am now a huge Valve/Half-life fan, I still remember the time when id Software was a completely dominant force in the space of first-person shooters. Rock, Paper, Shotgun reports on a small info-leak…
This is the joystick dreams are made of
I have owned a couple of Hori joysticks in the past (back in the PSOne days). They are beasts. You won’t break them; they break you. They are the most fantastic console joysticks I have ever used. They laugh at…
Jonathan Blow working on a 2D RPG
I was happily cruising through my feed reader at typical breakneck speeds when a Kotaku post latched onto my eyeballs and forcibly sent them to a Gamasutra interview (That’s right. If you’re reading it on my blog, you’re now three…
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix playable demo
The original Puzzle Quest pioneered the puzzle/RPG hybrid bastard child genre. The game quickly became available on a multitude of platforms and was critically praised. A couple of days back, a Flash-based demo of the next game in the PQ…