Posts Tagged ‘games’

An Indie Game Afternoon

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

Indie Game Madness at Fantastic Fest Spent a chunk of the afternoon at the “Fantastic Arcade,” something I had no idea existed until a few weeks ago. I was pretty impressed with the polish on most of these games, which are ripe and ready for DLC publication. Some of them are doubtlessly soon to hit [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Sep 26, 2011

Free Videogames at Game Over Videogames

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer

Free Videogame Deal This Weekend Texas’ own Game Over Videogames — a great resource for any gamer, especially anyone who loves vintage games — is having a remarkable free videogame deal on football games of all eras this coming weekend. If you live in Austin, Sunset Valley, Round Rock, or San Antonio, find your local [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 3, 2011

A Game Hero Should Be Voiceless: T or F?

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under gameplay

Game Case Study: The Voiceless Hero The typical game hero is mute. Have you noticed? Especially in first-person shooters, your typical game hero is a stoic son of a mesh. He has an inhuman pain tolerance, miraculous healing powers, and can tote as much military hardware as a Sherman tank. But he can’t communicate. He’ll [...]

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Read more | Comments (2) | Dec 16, 2009

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 [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 25, 2009