While moderating the SXSW panel on Women in the Video game industry on Tuesday, A.J. Glasser of Inside Network made a few basic points that are often overlooked by male gamers. Women play games. Women make games. Women write about games. A woman who does any of these things is not, in Glasser’s words “a […]
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. […]
Media Molecule, the developers behind Little Big Planet, are now preparing to release Tearaway, an original adventure game set in an open world and made entirely of paper. Designed to use all available features, this PlayStation Vita exclusive will give players a uniquely tactile experience. Players traverse a beautiful paper wilderness full of puzzles and […]
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. […]
Well, that was odd. The PlayStation 4 has been announced. Sony’s massive PR machine unveiled it yesterday in what was intended to be the big, get-excited, showstopping event that would generate enough buzz about the new platform to keep the internet salivating until launch. Instead, the whole event was met with a resounding chorus of […]
Bungie has finally revealed what it’s been working on since the departure from the Halo franchise in 2010. After weeks of whispered excitement stemming from a few “leaks” of some of the screenshots, Bungie and Activision recently unveiled their new game, Destiny, at an event in Washington. Destiny is a sci-fi first-person shooter set in […]
As I type this, Sony’s great big PlayStation 4 announcement event has just wrapped up in NYC. A parade of big name developers have been coming out one by one to sing the praises of the new console. Sizzle reels for new games have sizzled, and the fashion-forward game designer appears to be wearing sport […]
In case you haven’t heard, Sony is slated to unveil the PlayStation 4 tonight at 6 PM Eastern Time. Multiple outlets are reporting some advance details, and we’ll have a full rundown up on Techcitement this evening. In the meantime, here’s a cheat sheet of rumors everyone seems to agree upon. IT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE […]
“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. […]
Mars: War Logs explores life on Mars a century after a catastrophe that destroyed any sense of order or law. Since then, water has become the most precious resource and frequently acts as a catalyst between corporate warfare for control of this invaluable resource. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQCAJvSzJI’] Players experience the cyberpunk action RPG as Roy Temperance, a Martian renegade. […]
