Mods are Wonderful

Mods or Modifications are changes made to a video game that range from slightly editing certain mechanics or stats to change the game to a player’s liking to going as far as … Read More

Interview: Greg Kasavin talks Transistor

Last Friday I got a chance to sit down with Greg Kasavin, creative director of the 2011 smash indie hit Bastion and now working full steam ahead on Supergiant’s newest title Transistor. We talked extensively about Transistor’s story, what … Read More

Sixth Wave of Greenlit Titles Announced

Today, Valve announced the sixth set of games and software to make it through the Steam Greenlight process. This set includes 20 items in total, with 18 games and two pieces of software:

• Agarest: Generations of War
• Angry … Read More

Review: Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves (Tome I)

Every now and then you play a game that throws you for a complete loop. It openly invites high expectations with a unique concept and fascinating story setting, only to find that their proverbial traps don’t spring quite as … Read More

Review: Signal Ops

Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation has just recently released Signal Ops, a retro multi-FPS stealth game that allows you to do all kinds of neat super-spy stuff like assassinate targets, steal information, plant incriminating … Read More

Steam Greenlight Spotlight

Even though Valve seems pretty indie-friendly, actually getting your game onto Steam can be a mysterious, arcane process. If you look around, you’ll find a lot of horror stories from indie devs about how they were repeatedly rejected from … Read More

BattleBlock Theater Review

BattleBlock Theater is one of those games that comes along and makes you think, “Wow, I hate my friends.” For the low price of 1200 Microsoft Points (somehow 1200 becomes $14.99) you too can experience the…experience..that is … Read More

Path of Exile Release Date, Post-Launch Plans Announced

I have good news for action RPG fans: free-to-play ARPG Path of Exile is “about six months away” from an official version 1.0 release. The game has been in open beta since January, and has surged in … Read More

March Starcraft Re-cap and the new WCS

The month of March brought a whirlwind of changes to the Starcraft scene. March 12th brought us Heart of the Swarm, and three days later we were brought the very first official Heart of the Swarm tournament with the MLG … Read More

Eric Provan Interview

Three weeks ago we took a look at indie game Spate, a surrealist 2.5D platformer from designer and animator Eric Provan. This week I talk with the developer about his beginnings in the industry and pick his brain about what the game … Read More