It’s A Silent G
HIGH The adorably savage log puzzle.
LOW It’s over already?
WTF So I’m helping a thief rob people? That got dark.
Tag: Double Fine
Full Throttle: Remastered Review
I Thank The Lo-o-ord Each Day For The Apocalypse
HIGH Attacking bikers with a chainsaw…
LOW …Only to realize that it isn’t nearly as cool as I remember it.
WTF Where’s the Sam & Max Hit The Road remaster? Let’s get to the turkey already, shall we?
Psychonauts In The Rhombus of Ruin Review
Brain Problems
HIGH Oozes creativity from every irreverent pore.
LOW Isn’t that much different from other VR “experiences”.
WTF “These shiny pages are mounting a heavy assault on my classified areas!”
Costume Quest 2 Review
All Treats, No Tricks
HIGH Has the same charm and wit of the first Costume Quest
LOW Controls for the PC version were not well-optimized
WTF The clown's face in battle.
Iron Brigade Review
Trenchalicious
HIGH Surprisingly deep, satisfying mech customization for an XBLA title.
LOW Realistically, I'm never going to get a full squad of four together.
WTF Double Fine made this? Really?
State of Play with Brandon Bales: Greg Rice of Double Fine
Here's the full interview with Greg Rice, producer at the great indie studio, Double Fine Productions! If you're not already aware, Double Fine is the home of gaming legends Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert. Their past console successes include Psychonauts and Brutal Legend. Their more recent games include the downloadable wonders Costume Quest, Iron Brigade, Happy Action Theater, and Stacking!
….Oh yeah, and they raised millions on Kickstarter in mere days to fund their upcoming adventure game; and don't you know that Greg had a huge part in this!?
Thanks for watching, and enjoy!
Double Fine Happy Action Theater Review
All the World's a Stage…
HIGH Discovering new possibilities in each environment.
LOW Might not appeal to traditional game players.
WTF Recreating the end scene from Terminator 2 with a lava-flooded living room.
Game Changer: Can Tim Schafer’s Kickstarter Project change the way games are funded?
It's unclear if Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer intended to change the way games are financed or not, but his latest venture could have long-lasting repercussions on the hobby we all know and love.
Brütal Legend Second Opinion
It had the Chrome but Not the Polish
HIGH Crashing a flaming zeppelin into the enemy stage at the end of a long battle.
LOW The aforementioned long battle.
WTF Pardon me, but I think about a third of the story has gone missing.
Brütal wrap-up and PixelJunk Shooter
After completing Brütal Legend, there were several pictures of the development team on screen as the credits rolled. The people on view all looked like nice, upstanding, hard-working citizens of the game dev community. As these snapshots appeared, I felt an intense wave of something approximating some kind of bizarre guilt because actually having faces attached to the game made Brütal Legend's failure somehow more tangible. More terrible.
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