Posts Tagged ‘austin videogame writer’
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and the Future of America
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under music writing, pop culture
Had a Red Robin Gourmet Burger and Now I Am Nostradumbass
So your immodest game writer went to Red Robin, the burger chain, the other night. While the experience is fresh in my mouth (why does that sound wrong?), I feel I must crack wise about what Red Robin gourmet burgers tell us about the future [...]
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Uncharted 2 Steals Hearts
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under gameplay
Uncharted 2 and Naughty Dog Revive the Adventure Genre
The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves SKU and its action/adventure gameplay are dominating the ratings at Metacritic. Adventure games? Zork? Monkey Island? Indiana Jones? Hello again. We’ve missed you.
Uncharted 2 brings back Nathan Drake (Indiana Jones?) for another round of high-stakes artifact hunting, this time to the fabled [...]
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Hogwarts’ Harry: Top Five Europe Photos
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer
Hogwarts’ Harry and Other Pics
Hogwarts School and Harry Potter don’t actually appear in any of my “game writer on vacation” photos, but there is a connection, as you’ve probably already noticed.
So I’ve decided to jump the gun and throw up a top five of the photos I took in London and Paris, with five more [...]
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Boxing Games and Fight Night Round 4
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer
Boxing games are back. Fight Night Round 4 has been announced with a ship date – actually, a ship season – of “Summer 2009.”
It’s good to see this boxing franchise making another run. There’s also leaked video on Youtube of an EA representative comparing FN4 and FN3, which I also found encouraging. I loved FN3 [...]
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Videogame Writing Influences TV?
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing
EDGE Thinks Videogame Writing Is Affecting Television Plots
Rely on EDGE Magazine to throw out some interesting memes. Today I stumbled upon this thought – that some of the hot new television writing is actually becoming more like videogame writing. And not in a good way:
TV is yet another medium struggling to compete against interactive entertainment…. [...]
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Do good.
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under pop culture
Do Good Now
Do good while doing nothing? How about working on a cure for cancer while picking your nose? How many of you can do that? That’s what I’m doing today. I’m gonna do good while doing absolutely nothing.
Okay, to tell the truth, I’m going to do good by installing the World Community Grid applet. [...]
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The videogame writing smackdown of the month
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing
The videogame writing quandry
Videogame writing often gets overlooked in the modern videogame development process. There’s no hiding from the raw facts.
From EGM’s review of Alone in the Dark for Xbox 360:
AITD wants to emulate the presentation of serial television, but neither the writing nor the “performances” compare to even TV’s least-essential shows. Certain events benefit [...]
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