Daily Archives: February 25, 2013

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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