Dear Sumiko, I refer to your recent article titled “Candy Crushed” in the 15 September 2013 edition of Sunday Life! at page 15. Reading about your videogame experience with Candy Crush made me both happy and sad. I am happy for you, because you have finally discovered the joy and wonder of playing videogames. I […] Read more »
After more than 260 hours spent in Borderlands 2, it finally happened. I cheated the game and resorted to item duping. I have thought very long and hard about my reasons, and none of them are truly justifiable. I still feel quite bad about it, and hopefully by writing my thoughts down it will give […] Read more »
As the eighth anniversary of No Game No Talk approaches (NGNT was founded as GameSync.net in April 2005, for those with long memories), I’ve been doing some serious reflection on the challenges I’ve faced and mistakes I’ve made as the lead editor for the website. Here’s a short list of the biggest mistakes I’ve made […] Read more »
The NPCs in Borderlands 2 are characteristically insane, psychopathic, or both. From the schizophrenic Patricia Tannis, to the villainous and heartless Handsome Jack. Even the heroes from the original game are not safe: Mordecai is a sharpshooter who inexplicably becomes a better shot when drunk, and Brick is a bandit leader who enjoys seeing his own […] Read more »
Early during Wreck-It Ralph, the game characters from the Fix-It Felix Jr machine explain what happens when an arcade machine malfunctions beyond repair: the cabinet gets unplugged, and the characters are relegated to a videogame purgatory, out of job, and never to be remembered. Read more »
The fifth and final episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead has just been released, and as expected, the finale ended in an emotionally heartbreaking moment. The entire season was well-written, accompanied by solid voice acting and character development, and credit has to be given to writer Gary Whitta for successfully evoking the post-apocalyptic atmosphere of […] Read more »
With the recent PC release of Skyrim’s first DLC, Dawnguard, I figured that it was the perfect time for me to shake off the cobwebs from my High Elf mage-in-hibernation — that I never quite finished the game with — and take him out for a spin around the frosty northern regions of Tamriel. Despite […] Read more »
After the resounding successes of the respective Kickstarter projects for Double Fine, Wasteland 2, and The Banner Saga, it was inevitable that someone would eventually attempt to exploit the crowd-funding system for nefarious gains. That culprit was the “game” Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men, by Little Monster Productions. Read more »
Kushagra, the head organiser of the India Gaming Carnival (IGC), has issued a statement which attempts to blame various parties for the shoddy management of the tournament, but ends up exposing how reckless, inexperienced and unprofessional he really is. Read more »
Why would Razer CEO, Min-Liang Tan, post a tweet announcing to the whole world that he had pirated Brian Fargo’s original Wasteland, and then donate US$10,000 to Fargo’s Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project as an apology? Is Tan insane? Is Wasteland really that good? Who is Brian Fargo? Read more »
