13 Fantasy Finals

Friday, June 19th, 2009

In the beginning, Final Fantasy really was supposed to be final. The last ditch effort to save an ailing company from fried doom. I guess it… worked? Twenty-two years later we’re staring down the barrell of the 13th installment of the main series, and it looks pretty freaking sweet.
Final Fantasy EX EYE EYE EYE is stamped [...]

 

Grand Theft Auto IV

Monday, May 25th, 2009

A man walks down the street wearing a brown tracksuit and old running shoes. He has the face of Eastern Europe, and his features speak of a long and difficult life. He pushes his way past a homeless drunk, who loudly announces his displeasure but soon returns to locating a nearby gutter. The tracksuit man [...]

 

Dante’s Infernal Disaster

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Jonanthan Knight is either a consumate professional or an idiot.
He’s the executive producer (and creative director) of a game you may have heard buzz about by the name of Dante’s Inferno. More likely you have heard of the poetic version (I hear it isn’t very faithful to the game). The game is a reimagining of [...]

 

Creative Expression Before The World Ends

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Games are better than movies and TV - this is just my opinion, it isn’t my fault it happens to be right. The interactive element of video games is something that can’t be matched by other artistic pursuits (aside from emulating traits of it) and technology is rapidly catching up to insane developer dreams. Except, [...]

 

Why Won’t You Just DIE Already?

Friday, April 17th, 2009

There are zombies everywhere. The gaming industry is bursting with extended franchises, long-running series, and ongoing characters - many of which started before some of their audience was born. It isn’t madness, of course - ontinuing an established brand has shown itself to be a crowd and pocket pleasing idea - but it does have [...]