Monthly Archives: September 2015
Cibele: The Most Authentic, Romantic Game I’ve Ever Played
I can’t stop thinking about Cibele. Far from the noise of the PAX show floor, the demo I played was on a Macbook in a quiet hotel lobby, but it’s stuck with me more than any of the big-budget AAA games or extravagant booths I saw during the show.
In the words of its creator Nina Freeman, Cibele is “a game about love, sex, and the internet.” It’s the true, autobiographical story of meeting someone in an online game and eventually progressing that relationship to the point of meeting up in-person and having sex. It’s mature, it’s unique, and it’s as honest and authentic as any game I’ve ever played.
Just calling it “autobiographical” is underselling it. The game, which is divided into three acts, begins with actual video of a younger Freeman sitting at her computer. Once you take control, you’re clicking around her virtual desktop, getting a taste of her life by looking through selfies, drafts of blog posts, homework, emails. It felt almost creepy to rifle through someone’s most intimate personal details, but it was also an incredible way to establish who this teenage girl is, what she’s like, who she has in her life.
Podcast: The Digigods say goodbye to IGN
From their secluded home-theater compound, film critics Wade Major and Mark Keizer mix insightful commentary with irreverent banter, covering the latest DVD and Blu-ray news and new releases of the week, including studio, independent, television and special-interest titles.
Digigods Podcast, 09/01/15 (MP3) -- 43.1 MB
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Star Wars Battlefront Beta and Companion App Detailed
EA has announced the Star Wars Battlefront beta for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, available in "early October."
The beta will feature the 40-player Walker Assault on Hoth multiplayer mode (with playable Luke and Vader), the co-op Survival Mission on Tattooine, and the newly revealed Drop Zone mode. There are no details on Drop Zone yet, but EA promises more in the coming weeks.
Read more on EA's official blog for Star Wars Battlefront.
Also available during the beta period next month is the Star Wars Battlefront Companion, an iOS, Android, and browser-based experience containing a strategic card game called Base Command, a stat and progression tracker, load-out customization, and social media elements.
What Was Your Favorite Movie This Summer?
With the summer movie season now over, we want to hear from you on which films you liked the most.
Cast your votes in each of the seven polls below for the following genres: Comic Book Movie, Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy, Drama, and Animation.
Amazon Starts Selling Nintendo Digital Content
From today Amazon will sell Nintendo digital content, a first for an online retailer in the US.
The process is slightly different to how the retailer currently sells digital codes for Xbox and PlayStation software. Customers will need to follow a three-step process which will require authentication via the Nintendo Network (outlined in the graphic below):
The store is now live, selling download codes for Wii U, 3DS and Wii games, plus DLC packs.
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The Best Destiny Cosplayers From PAX 2015
PAX is more than just a collection of fans of all things gaming related, it's also a place for cosplayers to show off their craft. This year's Seattle event had a great collection of Destiny cosplayers showing off their craftsmanship as well as their affinity for the Activision shooter.
We collected the best of the PAX 2015 Destiny cosplayers into a slideshow for you to enjoy.
Destiny's next big expansion, The Taken King, is coming out September 15, but unfortunately The Taken King won't have a raid on Day 1. The Taken King director Luke Smith told us Bungie does have a plan in place for when it's going to be available, and promised to give gamers a heads-up before its release.
New Gotham Clip: Barbara Meets Jerome (Or Joker?)
A new clip from Season 2 of Gotham has been released.
The clip is set inside Arkham Asylum, where Jerome (Cameron Monaghan) introduces himself to new inmate, Barbara Kean (Erin Richards). We know that Jerome is set to be a recurring villain in the second season, but it's also been teased that he could in fact be the Joker. Check out the clip below.
A trailer FOX released last month was also teasing the rise of the Joker.
We even asked executive producer Bruno Heller at Comic-Con this year, but he remained tight-lipped about Jerome and if he truly is Joker. However he did say that "life is all about curveballs and this show is about that." He also added "the story we're telling is absolutely the story of how the Joker came to be."
There Might be Two American Horror Story Seasons in 2016
It's possible that there will be two seasons of American Horror Story coming in 2016.
According to Entertainment Weekly, show creator Ryan Murphy said that "next year we might do a fall American Horror Story and a spring... we have to decide."
"We're doing something that we’ve never done before on the show where we’re doing two different groups of writers rooms," said Murphy recently, of the currently filming season, American Horror Story: Hotel - noting this new system could allow for a quicker turnaround between seasons. "Some of our writers will be bouncing around but a whole different group coming in late August. The next thing we’re crafting up is very, very different than this. Not smaller. But just not opulent. More rogue and more dark.”
Longmire: Season 4 Trailer
Longmire is returning later this month, and a new trailer has been released.
Last year we found out that Netflix ordered 10 new episodes of a fourth season of Longmire, after it had been cancelled by A&E.
Longmire: Season 4 is coming to Netflix on September 10, with the story picking up moments after the Season 3 finale. The first three seasons are available for streaming right now if you need to catch up.
Last month Netflix released a teaser and a short clip of the upcoming season.
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