Wednesday, February 23, 2011

NES Style MMORPG: NEStalgia

A few months ago I was looking around for free to play MMORPGs that went back to the basics and had a more retro feel. The only one I could find was NEStalgia but, at the time I was looking, it wasn't out of beta. Well, no more! Check out the trailer and LINKAGE for more info.

Battlefield 3: Brief Gameplay Footage

Supposedly, this video is comprised of actual gameplay footage and not pre-rendered video or staged video using the in-game engine.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Angry Birds As A Playable Cake

Kill Bill's Sources

Quentin Tarantino has spoken elaborately on the influences for the Kill Bill movies. The following is a really well edited display of those influences.

SPOILER WARNING: If you've never seen either Kill Bill movie and plan to, your experience may be ruined by watching the video below.

Everything Is A Remix: KILL BILL from robgwilson.com on Vimeo.

Wait... You Could Control The Ducks In Duck Hunt?!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Guy Cannot Watch the Dead Island Trailer

Pardon me for getting a little bit personal today. I promise that after this post I will go back to saying how things are either "awesome" or "shitty."

SPOILER WARNING: Do NOT read the following or watch the video below if you have not seen the trailer/s for the game Dead Island posted HERE.

I have to be brutally honest: my reaction was similar to this guy's (Rooster Teeth's Geoff). I too am a father of a little girl and have trouble seeing movies or reading news stories that involve little girls in peril - they turn my stomach. All of my previous odd fears (little spiders, clowns, nuns, nuns with clown paint vomiting little spiders out their mouths, etc) have completely washed away when we had our little girl. Now, my single greatest fear is that I won't be able to protect her from all of the nasty things in our world that are out there. Seeing the Dead Island trailer gave me that stomach churning feeling, but I knew I was watching something that I consider to be a piece of art and saw it through to the end more than once. The intention is to make you cringe, to make you... feel. And it works. Well, at least it did for me and obviously for Geoff as you'll see in the following video.

Is it marketing? Is it art? Despite its horrifying display, is it beautiful? Is it good story telling?

Think about it and, while you do, check out Geoff's reaction below.

Laser. Kitty. Bowling.

The Art of Flight and SSX Deadly Descents

If this video doesn't make you want to go snowboarding, then you need to shave your neckbeard and get out of the basement.



It reminds me of the next game in the SSX franchise which isn't due until "early 2012," Deadly Descents. Looks like a complete departure from the light hearted take on snowcross but I'm still interested.