Some footage for Modern Warfare 2 recently hit the Internet and caused a tempest of contrasting opinions among the world’s gamers. Those of you who are planning to play the shooter without any advance knowledge would do well to avoid both this post and the articles to which it provides links. The basics, though, can [...]
The most rockin’ game on the modern consoles pretty much demands an encore, and EA is prepared to deliver:
EA announced today that the “first DLC” (that means there’ll be more, right?) for recently released Brütal Legend will be arriving November 3 and November 5 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, respectively. Named “Tears of the [...]
Sometimes, the best games are the ones we make ourselves. That’s the case with mod sensation Brutal Mario, a send-up of Super Mario World that introduces new complications and bosses from all across 16-bit history. Check it out:
I should probably be ashamed of myself, but I’m having too much fun. I still have a couple [...]
If you’ve been keeping up with Brutal Legend, you’ve probably run across Jack Black’s Brutal Thoughts, a series of videos in which the Tenacious D frontman goes through various elements of the metal lifestyle. This week, on one of the last ‘Brutal Thoughts,’ Jack Black focuses on the anatomy of a roadie:
Does this remind anyone [...]
I’ve never been more scared of a video game in my life than when I was roughly nine years old, standing in the basement arcade of the local shopping center and staring down House of the Dead. The badly-translated phrases on the cabinet–’The game strikes fear into the hearts of players!’–were a self-fulfilling prophecy. I [...]
“My name is Tim … S-C-H-A-F-E-R. [points to my notepad] That’s correct.”
Just go read it now.
Interview: Tim Schafer And The Art Of Selling Out [Joystiq]
As most have heard, Activision is suing Tim Schaefer’s Double Fine Productions to halt the release of his upcoming metal masterpiece Brütal Legend. See, Activision didn’t think they could squeeze eight sequels out of the franchise, so cast it off into the ether around the same time as they tossed away Ghostbusters. [...]
Here’s a confession up top: I never owned on XBox. While milling over what my next console purchase would be back in the heady days of 2001, I was firmly entrenched in the black-and-green camp until a little birdie named Grand Theft Auto III landed on my windowsill, and sang sweet melodies of sandbox [...]
