CategoryPreviews

The Evening Report: Bad Wording Edition

  Stuck on a frozen tundra, I had naught but the internet to keep me warm. Thankfully, the polar bears and ravenous pougleys were busy, so they weren’t knocking on my igloo door. No, I don’t live on a tundra and bears and the made up ‘pougleys’ aren’t attacking me, but it is damn cold…

Unboxing the OnLive Game System

When OnLive announced that they were getting ready for launch, one of the items they mentioned was the MicroConsole: A small box that hooks your TV into the OnLive system. In mid-November, they finally announced that they were going to start shipping units at the beginning of this month (renamed the ‘OnLive Game Console’). Interestingly enough,…

Tron Night 2010 – 23 Glorious 3D Minutes

Tonight, Disney Pictures put on an event centered around December’s TRON: Legacy. In addition to all of the previews, teasers, and sneaks we’ve been shown, they gave us a peek at a few scenes from throughout the movie. Most of the footage, according to the pre-roll introduction comes from early on. I’ll explain why that’s…

Minecraft: An Exploration Into Your Own Greed

Over the last few weeks, Minecraft has become the internet’s newest pre-beta hot-to-trot indie game. You know the type, the really cool glorified tech demo that all the podcasters talk about, the ones that ‘show a lot of potential’ and the ones people see being ‘way more awesome after some more polish’. Well they couldn’t…

Preview: Bangai-O HD

Bangai-O HD Developer: Treasure Publisher: D3 Publishing Platform: XBLA (Exclusive) Release: November 2010 Price: 800 Microsoft Points Contributed by: Alex Rubens Bangai-O HD is the fourth game in the Bangai-O series and the first released for this generation of console hardware, the previous being on the Dreamcast and Nintendo 64. If you haven’t ever played…

Preview: Islands of Wakfu

Islands of Wakfu Developer: Ankama Play Publisher: Unknown Platform: XBLA Release Date: February 2011, XBLA Block Party Contributed by: Alex Rubens The thing that must first be said about Islands of Wakfu is that it’s gorgeous, from the menus and UI to the characters and level design. Everything is just beautiful. With that out of…