I first encountered Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians at PAX East earlier this year. I was taking photographs of people in cosplay for the site and I was approached by a large blue being I didn’t recognize. Of course, I asked if I could take their picture, and Beatbuddy’s handler negotiated that I come see… Read More »
I’ve mentioned before how much I love the art style of the upcoming game Contrast from Compulsion Studios. With the game coming out in the next month, Compulsion visual designer/concept artist Whitney has taken to the Contrast game blog with some very interesting information about the art development process. First focusing on Didi and Dawn,… Read More »
While walking through the Indie Megabooth at PAX East 2013 this year, one of the small booths caught my eye. On the multiple screens of play, a sultry woman flitted through the shadows, following the direction of a little girl. As I stepped into the booth, the dulcet tones of a female jazz singer grew… Read More »
Hotline Miami is quickly becoming one of my most hotly anticipated games of the year. Developed by Dennaton and being published by Devolver Digital, Hotline Miami takes place in a 1989 Miami, Florida. It follows a lunatic protagonist who takes out various members of the Miami underground crime scene at the behest of voice mail… Read More »
I bought Brink opening day off of Steam for the PC almost a year and a half ago. I have already sunk nearly 150 hours into that game and am still enjoying it. I know that Brink got a bunch of bad reviews. It’s meta-critic is 70 for the PC. Sort of “meh”. It had some issues… Read More »
So Hero Academy, right? Some of you have probably heard of the Robot Entertainment title. Apparently it’s pretty good. I write this while looking at the seven games running on my screen and decrying the abilities of the dark elves. Because seriously. For those of you who are unaware, Hero Academy is an asynchronous strategy… Read More »
Oh, the life of Death is not an easy one. In THQ’s upcoming title Darksiders II, you have the opportunity to see what it is like to live as Death. Having the chance to avenge your wrongfully accused brother, War, and take care of all those with in the world that are out to get… Read More »
We all have bad habits. Join Loren, Melisa, Michi, and Zach as they relish in mayhem, become over encumbered, and discuss their impulsive buys with the Steam sale. All this and more with Episode 8 of Nerds@Play. You can find us on Twitter at @Nerds_At_Play, at our Facebook Fan page, or on iTunes.
As a 12 year old boy, most are not thrown into a puzzle filled mansion where they have to figure out how to get through a room and use the puzzling words of their uncle, who is piped through the intercom system, to help them. Yet this is exactly what occurs in the new Square Enix puzzler Quantum… Read More »
Orcs Must Die 2 will be coming to Steam on July 30th, 2012. Robot Entertainment announced today. This game is bringing 2-player co-op and even more Orc killing than the previous game.
