Bing Gordon’s resume reads like a who’s who of major players in the last 20 years of digital media. Amongst other things, he’s a former chief creative officer at Electronic Arts and a current board member at Amazon and Zynga. At his SXSW panel on Tuesday, Gordon played the role of prognosticator and, surprisingly, poet. […]
SXSW has arrived in Austin, TX, which is unusually chilly this time of year. The festival’s big gaping maw has barely begun to open to swallow up the tens of thousands of people who show up each year to discover and celebrate the seemingly infinite amount of creative endeavors put on display. And to network. […]
“We’ll be fighting in the streets, with our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone, and the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong.” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who If you know these words, chances are you’re a nerd. A milquetoast. A milksop. […]
On January 15, 2013, Disney Interactive announced via press release its newest video game project, Disney Infinity. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96U2gkgK0o4′] Essentially, this upcoming title features a line of collectible figures that erupt into photonic life on the TV (or handheld device) when placed on the Infinity Base. There’s an initial lineup of 17 character figures that […]
Rocksteady Studios and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment bought 15 domains and every single one of them has the word Arkham somewhere in the URL. A chosen a title for the new game hasn’t been announced and there isn’t much information beyond speculation about its mechanics or story, but it is rumored that the universe will delve into the […]
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 […]
Tank! Tank! Tank!, the spiritual successor to a Japanese arcade game, hurls players into a variety of wheeled death machines to hunt down swarms of rogue robot praying mantises, giant floating heads that shoot lasers out of their mouths, or other mechanized gigantic monsters. The Wii U launch title offers a one- or two-player story […]
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. […]
This is probably not what Iggy Pop was thinking when he wrote “TV Eye,” but Nintendo is launching a service called TVii. Assuming, of course, that it’s pronounced TV Eye and not TV-eeeh (which sounds like you’re having a stroke whilst asking someone to hand you the remote.) Not knowing how to pronounce the product […]
Another year, another glorious three days of QuakeCon. Sadly, last Saturday marked the end to what might be the most memorable gaming convention I’ve attended yet. Packed full this year, booths such as Eternal Fate (with some of the nicest developers I’ve ever met), Doom 3 3D, Triad, and oh, yes, Dishonored, lured what was labeled […]
