New Vegas is set four years after Fallout 3. Vegas was safe from the nuclear catastrophe and thus is still able to enjoy electricity and other resources easily. When there’s Vegas, there’s gambling. My casino adventure didn’t exactly end well though. I surrendered all my weapons to enter the gambling den and the first thing […] Read more »
It is somewhere in the near future when the world is about to end from global flooding. An ark made to save 5000 lives somehow contained 50,000 instead. With scarce resources, war is on the brink of breaking out. Read more »
After a drought of ten long years, id Soft finally revealed gameplay for their newest upcoming IP, Rage. The spokesperson states that, “id Soft is set on alleviating the graphics and gameplay experience for first-person shooters. Rage runs on the brand new id Tech 5 engine which allows for dynamic texture painting for localised damage feedback. […] Read more »
Quantum Theory’s gameplay was pretty monotonous. I hear some have compared it to Gears of War, since you could hide behind walls and peek out to sneak a quick shot at the enemies. Well, that’s just about all that you do. I tried rushing up for a quick manly melee kill but was quickly taken […] Read more »
Square Enix had a huge booth with an even huge-er screen. On it was the trailer for Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. I was puzzled for a moment, that is until the screen zoomed out to reveal that FF Tactics was actually running on an iPhone. Yay. Read more »
When I play Rock Band or Guitar Hero, all I want to do is enjoy a transient feeling of self-deluding indulgence. I want to believe that I can rip chords and carry out fast finger picking on an electric guitar without any prior practice nor lessons. Rock Band and Guitar Hero allowed instant gratification for self-deceit in […] Read more »
I was very tempted to pre-purchase Medal of Honor on Steam this morning when the promotion states that I get to play the beta early on June 17th. Thankfully, there was this huge gaming convention in Los Angeles.. whaccha callit.. Ah yes E3. E3’s Sony booth had a whole row of PS3s running Medal of […] Read more »
A few years back, I defined purchasing and owning a game being entering a retail store and paying for a box of discs. It felt much more personal to own a physical copy. And it felt real. Therefore, during the first few years of Steam, I rejected its purpose and business model. My perceptions were […] Read more »
I am now in Los Angeles Convention Center waiting for the show to start at 12. And yeah, GameSync wasn’t invited to the big 3 press conferences so I’ll be walking around doing nothing for a while. Check back later today for updates I deem news worthy. Read more »
