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Feature: Pitching The Reddest Rose
Concept Art - A 2D suburban environment that goes through stages of black and white, color, and 3D.
Introduction: A Metroidvania game for the art-house indie generation, The Reddest Rose re-imagines Mario’s “princess in distress” formula for all of those gamers who grew up and found out the crushing reality of relationships. This time around, the castle between you and the princess isn’t a prison, but a fortress of heart-crushing distance and a constant reminder of how she shattered your world. Quite literally, in fact: the all-too-brief introduction of vibrant colors, sweet symphonies, and 3D wonder plummets into the depths of a Side-Scrolling Puzzle-Platformer characterized by bleak silence the moment she leaves you for the jerk with the castle. Your goal is to confront the ensuing depression with relics of your past and restore life to the world.
Author: Cody
Feature: Getting to the game late
Since coming to college two weeks ago I’ve come to realize that not many people share my passion for video games, or if they do, they’re doing a very good job of hiding it. It’s understandable, though–games still tend to be viewed as childish toys by the general public. But even those who acknowledge the average age of gamers (32 as of 2010) still assume video games to be a strictly male pastime. To be fair, adolescent male power-fantasies do make up the majority of content out there, but there is so much more that the masses just don’t know about. So my question, as a person with a passion for video games (and someone who is hoping to garner some more readers for this here website), is “How should gaming veterans go about introducing the uninitiated to this world we love?”
Author: CodyFeature: Top 10 most visually striking video games
Not this.
With Halloween coming up on us in just a week, I figured now would be as good a time as any to examine the best costumes in video games. What I mean by that is that I’m looking at the games that play dress-up–the ones that forgo tried and true photo-realism for bolder art styles. A perfect example of this is illustrated by a game I’ve been playing religiously for the past week.
Author: CodyFeature: 11 video game characters I would not want to date
Being lonely and unwanted by the ladies sort of comes with the territory of being a gamer. So inevitably, we’ve all turned to the fantastical land of video games for hope. “If only I could find a girl like Jill Valentine. She’d appreciate me…appreciate me big time!” But would we really want to be going steady with gaming’s fairer sex? This list sort of makes being alone seem not half bad. Then again, I could have just listed off ten Fable II hookers and it would have been the greatest thing in the world. I mean, you marry those broads, and all they do is put out, take care of your neglected offspring, and shower you with gifts. And if you ever upset them, make-up sex is only a “Hat, Headband, Mustache” expression away!
Author: CodyReactions: The PC version of Braid has a level editor
Now you have the power to create that castle.
1UP is reporting (via Destructoid) that there is a level editor hidden deep within the PC version of Braid. The game’s creator, Jonathan Blow, has confirmed the editor’s existence in a post on the Steam forums.
Author: Cody
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