When Lara Croft sets out for an expedition, she packs rations, gear, and clothing to last for days, if not weeks. So how much should you pack if you plan on picking up Rise of the Tomb Raider (opens in new tab)? According to Crystal Dynamics lead designer Mike Brinker’s …
Read More »Dare Protoplay – experimenting with the concept of the indie game festival
Like its soon-to-graduate participants, Dare ProtoPlay is in a state of transition. The event, which marks the culmination of Abertay University’s annual Dare To Be Digital student game design competition, has been steadily growing over the past few years, and now it’s looking to bolster its offering. Director Dr William …
Read More »All the content in the world cant fix Splatoons biggest setbacks
I wanted to like Splatoon so much more than I actually did. In the review (opens in new tab) I wrote back in May, I remarked that Splatoon is a fantastic shooter marred by a content problem – namely, there just isn’t enough of it. With a brief single-player campaign …
Read More »PS4 update 3.0 adds Twitter videos and YouTube streaming tomorrow
Big changes are coming to your PS4 tomorrow. Sony announced that PS4 update 3.00 (codenamed “Kenshin,” if you’re trying to keep up with the Japanese-sword themed update monikers) will be released on September 30, adding support for Twitter video sharing (opens in new tab), YouTube streaming, and ten times as …
Read More »Project Spark now completely free and issuing refunds. That went well, then
I liked Project Spark back in the day. There was a powerful and interesting pictographic programming language under that cutesy exterior, although I was never a fan of the limited object options. You couldn’t build or craft customs things, limiting you to whatever kits and bits the game gave you. …
Read More »The truth is still out there in new X-Files promo
Fox has released a new teaser trailer for its forthcoming X-Files revival, as Mulder and Scully are reunited for another round of digging into the unexplained. After all, as the trailer makes abundantly clear, the truth is still out there… The new series will run for six episodes, and will …
Read More »Nintendo explain Mario Makers weird time delayed content
Whether you’re oogling some of the best user-created levels out there or cringing at some of stinkiest abominations, Super Mario Maker is proving to be one tasty treat. Sadly, there was a sour note from the oddly time gated content – something that was seemingly patched out or changed almost …
Read More »The Walk review
“Why do you walk on the wire? Pourquoi?” asks high-wire walker Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), direct to camera in the opening moments of The Walk. It’s a question audiences may want to ask director Robert Zemeckis, whose colourful but unsteady drama tells the tale of Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between …
Read More »Domhnall Gleeson says Star Wars General Hux is merciless
As with almost everything about the new Star Wars film, Domhnall Gleeson’s character General Hux is shrouded in mystery as director J.J. Abrams and the rest of the team try to prevent any major spoilers getting out. While Gleeson has no intention of going against this, Total Film magazine did …
Read More »Why does Yoshis Island remain a classic, 20 years on?
First, there’s the origin story everyone knows. Following the success of Donkey Kong Country in 1994 a Super Mario World 2 prototype was rejected by Nintendo’s internal evaluation team and Shigeru Miyamoto was told to move the graphics in DKC’s pre-rendered direction. One year later, Yoshi’s Island was the result …
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