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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Tomb Raider: How long does it take to become an axe murderer?
Most videogames are power fantasies. Tomb Raider is no exception. Lara Croft has always been an action heroine, and this latest Tomb Raider is an origin story to get her to that point. However, the template this time is a … Continue reading
Qt3 Games Podcast: Metal Geared
This week we discuss Metal Gear Rising: Revengance and all things Metal Gear. Since we’re not really qualified in that department, we’ve called in a professional. Metal Gear fan and Engient founder Ian Slutz, whose “hands hold many controllers”, joins … Continue reading
Tomb Raider: Who would play the new Lara Croft?
The previous Lara Croft was perfectly expressed by casting Angelina Jolie for the Tomb Raider movies. Larger than life, iconic, aglow with celebrity, handy with pistols, plastically unreal. The new Lara Croft is none of those thing. This Lara Croft … Continue reading
Star Wars Pinball is no moon
Star Wars Pinball made me do something I have never done in Zen’s superlative Pinball FX series. It made me turn on the music. After the jump, I think you overestimate my chances
Why I won’t be playing Diablo III on the Playstation 4
A community manager on Blizzard’s forums explains that the characters I’ve spent dozens of hours playing in Diablo III, with even more dozens of hours potentially ahead, won’t be accessible in the Playstation 4 version. While we think cross-platform play … Continue reading
The new character for Skullgirls thinks inside the box
Skullgirls proves that a fighting game doesn’t have to be part of some long-running franchise to be exceptional. One of the greatest strengths of this game is the character design (Peacock was my pick for best character design of last … Continue reading
Tomb Raider: Lara Croft and the Secret of the Tenth Death Totem
One of the many ways that Tomb Raider is as good as Rocksteady’s Batman games is that it’s sprinkled with collectibles. And not just haphazardly. It’s not “hey, go get me some feathers!”, a la Assassin’s Creed. Many of these … Continue reading
Making movies out of driving games
In what videogame inspired movie will you find the following plot, which I read at Empire Online? Aaron Paul plays a street racer who goes into business with a rich arrogant car supplier played by Dominic Cooper, only to find … Continue reading
February 25: wallet threat level red
This week’s wallet threat is seriously elevated due to the release of three Star Wars themed tables for Pinball FX. Two of the tables are superlative, and arguably among the best developer Zen Studios has ever made. And the third … Continue reading
Qt3 Movie Podcast: Dark Skies
This week we see Dark Skies, a horror movie from the director of Legion and Priest. You can kind of imagine how that’s going to turn out. But against all odds, one of us quite likes it! Then, at the … Continue reading
Call in sick to work tomorrow for the start of Path of Exile season one
One of the unique features of Path of Exile is leagues. When you create a character in Grinding Gears Games’ action RPG, you select your character’s league. Currently, there are default and hardcore leagues. Default is default. Hardcore means you … Continue reading
The 99 cent Civilization Revolution trick
Firaxis has added multiplayer support to Civilization Revolution on the iPad. What a great idea! I enjoyed it on the Xbox 360 when it came out, and then I bought it on the iPhone before I had my iPad. Bad … Continue reading
Qt3 Games Podcast: making strategy games even better
This week we welcome Stardock’s Derek Paxton to talk about add-ons that make strategy games even better. For instance, the upcoming Legendary Heroes add-on for Fallen Enchantress. We also talk about Crysis 3, Nooky Koodie Poodoo: Wrath of the White … Continue reading
Valley Without Wind 2 transformed by the winds of change
A Valley Without Wind 2 is nothing like A Valley Without Wind 1. So many of the things that made me eventually love Valley 1 — it takes a while to wrap your head around that game, and you might … Continue reading
February 18: wallet threat level green
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out this week. I’d like to say I’ve played it. Technically, I have. But only the first thirty minutes or so, and then about an hour of the next five minutes. Look, Metal Gear Rising: … Continue reading