Free from the MIT Game Lab, the PC game A Slower Speed of Light explores relativistic physics through a smaller and more localized (and familiar) medium: the fetch quest. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7jA8EHi_0′] Using a “[c]ustom-built, open-source relativistic graphics code [that] allows the speed of light in the game to approach the player’s own maximum walking speed,” players […]
The National Rifle Association lay silent shortly after the horrific Newtown shooting in which twenty children and six adults were indiscriminately killed with a military-style Bushmaster rifle. It’s a tragedy that has seized America in grief. Using this moment of silence to assess their options, the NRA tactfully asserts their 141 years of wisdom to shovel the […]
As Street Fighter’s 25th anniversery comes to a close, Mega Man’s 25th is about to kick off with a huge bang. Who would win in a fight: a super robot soldier who steals secret abilities via murder or martial arts masters that shoot fireballs? Mega Man is a great series, one of the many I cut […]
An orc that can’t control his violent fits of rage and a sneaky goblin, the only of his kind capable of speech, must kill the emperor of mankind to stop the annihilation and subsequent enslavement of the green-skinned race. Arkail and Styx, a bickering orc and goblin bromance made real, drive the story atop a […]
When I first started playing MMORPGs, I was blown away. Blown away by the fact that I could be part of something epic and magical and huge. I played Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, The Secret World, and just about every MMO that came out. But I always wanted something more from each […]
Framed for a crime that he didn’t commit, Corvo Attano seeks vengeance against a usurper Lord Reagant that removed his Empress from life and power. The day before his execution, an unexpected resistance aids in Corvo’s escape, offering him a chance to strike back at his betrayer and claim vengeance. Developed by Bethesda and Arkane […]
There’s really nothing better than a splicer piloting a huge mech and repeatedly blowing up a zombie in another mech. Such was my experience at New York Comic Con this year, and yes, I was the one dressed up as a Bioshock splicer, thank you for asking. I almost felt bad for that zombie guy. […]
Set five years after the original, Borderlands 2 enriches the world of Pandora with lush new environments, deepened characters, and a villain worth fighting. Betrayed vault hunters on Pandora must track down the egotistical, charismatic, and ludicrously wealthy Handsome Jack, antagonist and likable bastard both. The writing is spectacular (and filled with easter eggs); simple side quests aren’t boring […]
The World Championship for Riot Game’s insanely popular free-to-play MOBA League of Legends has already started. Qualifying matches were aired on October 4, and the quarter finals will be aired today at 2:00 PM CST. Tomorrow, the last quarter finals match airs, along with the semi-finals games. The World Championship is set for October 13. Twelve International […]
The year is 3587, a time when the never ending war between the Ones and Zeroes rages across the galaxy. Both armies fight for the most valuable and scarce metal: Solar. Huge drills pull the liquid cash out of planet cores and asteroids, but these outposts must be defended. Robot armies of Ones and Zeroes […]
