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LOTR Conquest: Tolkien-Flavored Cheese

Rapidfire Review: Lord of the Rings Conquest Some quick game designer’s observations about this PS3 game. This thing is hilarious. Yes, unintentionally hilarious, but I give Pandemic points for making the formula easily digestible. Admittedly, I’m kind of fond of Pandemic because they’re kind of scrappy and they did a solid job with Star Wars […]

Making a Cardboard Camera

Dad, this one’s for you. This is what I call an extraordinary level of effort and precision. The thing actually works, but good luck on getting the film. You’d have to process it in a trash barrel or paint bucket. Kiel Johnson’s Cardboard Twin Lens Reflex Camera Time Lapse from Theo Jemison.

Rapidfire Review: Sengoku Basara

Hi, videogame fans. Today we’ve got an update for you about the PS3 title Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, or SBSH. (It’s also been converted into an anime and a manga title.) I’m still trying to recover from the discovery that this game was developed by Capcom, not Koei, because it smells, tastes, feels, and plays […]

Scifi/Humor Rag Publishes on Clay Tablets

The scifi/humor ‘zine Space Squid has just released a special edition of their latest issue on clay tablets. As trendy as clay tablets are these days, they don’t get enough cred. One of the editors created the tablets using a cuneiform stylus like an ancient Sumerian (Iraqi) scribe and then created a hard polyurethane plate to […]

Minor Update: Company of Heroes, $3

This weekend, Steam’s offering the Company of Heroes games for 75% off, including the award-winning original for $2.50. It’s a beautifully-built RTS set at the Western Front of World War II. If you’re interested, check it out.

A Web Win-Win: We Win a Gig, You Win a Car

Check Out Our New Project and Win a Car Yup, it’s a web win-win situation. I landed a web game writing project recently, and it’s now hit the inter-web-nets. I was a contributing writer on Toyota/Scion’s new web game, Unlock the tC, which highlights the Scion tC. I can say, as objectively as I can, […]

Keynote: Steve Jobs Announces iPad Newton

Steve Jobs Debuts iPad Newton at Keynote STEVE JOBS KEYNOTE, SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 2010 – World, meet the new iPad Newton. As suspected at Patently Apple, which noted in March that Apple renewed their Newton trademark, Steve Jobs announced at a conference keynote that Apple has transformed the past into the future by introducing the […]

Austin LAN Party Discounts

If you’re looking to get your game on with dozens of other Austin PC gamers this summer, you’re in luck. Mayhem Team, a very inclusive group of gamers operating under the admirable slogan “Character Above Skill,” is setting up a massive Austin LAN party at the Omni Hotel at Southpark, a good south-central location. The […]

Spam to Gold: Ditch Your Spam for Kids

Change Spam Mail Into School Lunches Spam mail is good for something! What a shock. Chipotle has a great new benefit to improve school lunches, and it involves spam. Spam to gold! Once Chipotle gets 500,000 spam emails, they’ll donate $50,000 to The Lunch Box, which means lots more healthy food for school kids. Check […]

Rapidfire Review: Fret Nice

Game Write-ups on Ritalin Hello, game writer central denizens. We’re rolling out a quickie review tonight of the PS3 demo Fret Nice. For the time-constrained gamer, game demos are an ideal way of assessing the longevity of a videogame before the actual purchase. Game demos aren’t always a perfect reflection of the final product, but […]