1Up.com has some info on the upcoming issue of EGM, which will contain info on Silent Hill 5. Not a lot of new info here, but interesting nonetheless. Update: 1up.com has posted a bunch more information, including an interview with the developers and a bunch of videos. It looks like the game is borrowing many […]
Wired is running an interesting article by Clive Thompson (blog) about horror games being more effective than horror movies at generating scares. I think there’s something significant here in Thompson’s insights, but I think I need to give it a little more thought before I am sure I know what it is. While I mull […]
Today I attended a talk by Scott McCloud, author of the amazingly great Understanding Comics, a comic book about the mechanics of comic books as a medium. McCloud’s work has been inspirational for me (and many others) because he so effectively dissects a pulp medium (comic books) to show its core traits and characteristics. In […]
Kotaku has some impressions and a trailer for a new zombie-themed game, Dead Island. Information is still pretty sparse, but the video is kind of neat.
Kotaku has some leaked Silent Hill 0rigins footage up this morning. Looking good Climax, just don’t screw it up!
I’ve been thinking for a while about how best to address the controversy surrounding the recently-released Resident Evil 5 trailer. The trailer, which depicts Chris Redfield (a white male) shooting black zombies in what appears to be Africa, has raised more than a few eyebrows. Kim Platt is one of many people who find the […]