BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $19.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 111 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature Commentary w/ Neil Jordan• Deleted scenes• Trailer The Pitch "It’s Stand by Me meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as filtered through James Joyce’s fecking imagination!" The Humans Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Alan Boyle. The Nutshell Meet … Continue reading
There are a couple schools of thought when it comes to the purpose and potential of videogames. Some developers see the format as an abstract sort of canvas, an opportunity for interactivty, in which the player’s imagination is lord. The other faction (we’ll call them the "skins") views gaming as a fledgling narrative method, in … Continue reading
Back in the day when print media ruled the industry (a decade ago, or so), there was a games publisher that gave itself the humble name of GOD, which they claim stood for Gathering of Developers, but we know better. Well, Nietzsche won out over GOD and the publisher folded; but now it’s back, with … Continue reading
Happy Wii owners haven’t exactly been swept away by a deluge of quality titles for Nintendo’s eccentric console. It’s to be expected, this close to a launch, but what every Nintendo fanboy wants to know is: When do we get Mario? The plumber that built the House of N has been set to go for … Continue reading
In the latest issue of EGM, Sony executive Jack Tretton tried to dispel the rumors that the PS3 wasn’t in as high demand as its competitors by offering $1,200 for any of the units that had been on store shelves longer than five minutes. On January 24, I wrote in this very column about my … Continue reading
In true rock ‘n roll fashion, the breakup of Guitar Hero developer Red Octane with their franchise and publisher Activision is creating some fallout. Three former Red Octane employees, who have gone on to found their own development house, are being named in a suit filed by Activision alleging "copyright infringement, trademark infringement, misappropriating trade … Continue reading
Russ posted some great news yesterday that’s worth a look if you missed it. EA and Valve get dressed for halloween. I’m fascinated by the business decisions surrounding the release of this episodic content. As the episodes become further and further separated (this Episode 2 pack will be hitting roughly three years after Half-Life 2 … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Nintendo DSESRB RATING: Everyone 10+PUBLISHER: Square Co., Ltd.DEVELOPER: Square Co., Ltd. I guess its necessary to point out that the Final Fantasy series is by far my favorite franchise. Once introduced to the Light Warriors, I was hooked. I remember the hours spent saving for the Silver Sword, … Continue reading
Decibel comparisons between the three successor consoles have given gamers all-powerful science to justify what they already know, namely that the Wii and PS3 are as quiet as little Johnny under a bed when he’s due for a whuppin’, and the 360 is constantly on the verge of taking off. Engadget reports that Microsoft has … Continue reading
Microsoft sure knows what subscribers to its Live service are thirsty for. Root beer, apparently. Out of all the promising titles announced last week for the Xbox Live Arcade, the first to hit release is Root Beer Tapper. The slightly-remixed arcade classic (the first release of the game in 1983 featured beer that was not … Continue reading