Video Games

Playstation Unveils New “Long Live Play” Program; Marks Return of Kevin Butler

This morning on the Playstation blog, a new advertising
campaign was announced that hopes to capture gamers of all walks of life. The
“Long Live Play” campaign marks the return of the fan-favorite Kevin Butler
character to the Playstation Network. 
His other two campaigns (“Dear Playstation” and “It Only Does
Everything”) were wildly popular and made it possible to have the PS3 available
in 50 million homes worldwide. 

Until this point, the PS3 had a niche audience, so the
unveiling of this program is most likely to capture the casual market that has
until this point been largely on the Wii and Xbox 360.  Now that the system has dropped to
$249.99 for a 160 GB product, it seems like Playstation is trying to end strong
and have a nice transition to the next generation of systems, whenever they may
be coming. 

The Indie Games Summer Uprising Rolls on with SpeedRunner HD

The Indie Games Summer Uprising is rapidly drawing to a close with only 3 more days remaining, but it’s not over yet.  The featured game for the 2nd Tuesday of the event is SpeedRunner HD, an adaptation of the fast-paced platformer that released in flash format on the web in June 2011.

Halo’s Warthog Will Be Featured in Forza 4

At an event hosted by
343 Industries, developer Turn 10 announced that the Warthog from Halo 4 will be featured in Forza Motorsport 4. Before anyone starts
dreaming of racing a Warthog against Ferrari, Turn 10’s Dan Greenawalt
confirmed that the Warthog will not be drivable. Instead, it will be available
as an unlockable in Forza 4’s
Autovista mode, which lets players admire their vehicles using the Kinect for a
virtual walk-around. 

Balancing Realism and Gameplay in Red Orchestra 2

On its surface, Red Orchestra 2 can seem to some like it’s only
being realistic for realism’s sake. With manual ammo checking, manual
rifle bolt action, multiple people required to man a tank in
first-person, and more. However, once you look closely at all of the
individual gameplay mechanics, they all serve a purpose to improve the
gameplay.

Best Fictional Guns

Each genre of games has its very own core element that makes it unique
when compared to other games. 
Role-playing games have the numbers and the stories, puzzle games have
the intelligence quotient, strategy games have the tricks and the mental gymnastics,
and shooters have those wonderfully satisfying objects known as guns.

Deus Ex Human Revolution PC Review

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a game that has been hyped to be the true successor to the original Deus Ex, a game that is considered by many to be a classic in the RPG genre, being one of the first to offer a large amount of choice to the player. With such high expectations, there’s plenty of weight on Human Revolution’s shoulders. Luckily, however, it lives up to the expectations, as both a Deus Ex game, and as a modern release.

Avadon: What the Spider Spun

Avadon: The Black Fortress just came out last week on Steam, and today we bring you a scoop about this exciting old-school RPG, including an interview with Jeff Vogel – the brains behind Avadon’s development studio Spiderweb Software!  Avadon: The  Black Fortress has been favorably reviewed so far on Steam, and is available for both PC and Mac platforms. You have been recruited as a Hand of Avadon. What does a Hand of Avadon do? Basically, the dirty work of Avadon, a military and diplomatic force that was created by the banding together of five great nations – and this force answers to no one but itself. This set up alone might not be too intriguing, but the Hands of Avadon are being picked off one by one, and it is up to you to figure out why – and who wants them gone.