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Feature: The game development dream team
Like this, but with less athletic ability.
What if by some dark, unspeakable magics contractual obligations ceased to exist and every game developer in the industry was suddenly free to work with whomever he or she pleased? What if the stars aligned and money wasn’t an issue and a development “dream team” descended from the heavens? What would it look like? What would its name be? Could we even play one of Valizzard’s (working title) games without our minds exploding from the awesomenesss?
Author: Cody
Reactions: Half-Life 3 announced, other minor rumors
Okay, that was mean. It’s not even April Fools day. I apologize for getting your hopes up, but that’s what happened to me when I first saw this Half-Life 3 shirt, which was initially spotted on a Valve employee at Seattle’s Eastside Industry Night.
Author: CodyTrailers: Counter Strike: Global Offensive is on the go
Moving too quickly for anyone to stop and question its illogical name! Or its illogical cross-platform play, for that matter; those poor XBLA players won’t have a chance against mouse and keyboard.
Author: CodyFeature: Minority characters in video games
Study conducted by Dmitri Williams at the University of Southern California (2006 sales figures).
Okay, so let’s get this out of the way right now; I am not on some misguided racial crusade to take down the inherently racist and evil white man, because, despite what some of your more liberal politicians might want you to believe, white people aren’t all that bad. In fact, we have a pretty rich history of story-telling. And it is from that perspective, one of appreciating good narratives, that I am appalled by the gross underrepresentation of minority characters in video games. I don’t want to play as a Latino protagonist just so Latinos can feel warm and fuzzy about being a part of video games, I want to play as a Latino protagonist because I think they have stories to tell that bald white dudes don’t, just as bald white dudes have stories that fully-haired black guys don’t.
Author: CodyReactions: Meet the Medic, play Team Fortress 2 for free
What better way to announce the news that one of the best competitive Shooters available has gone free to play than with one of Valve’s patented “Meet the…” videos? Can we start a petition or something to get those guys working on a full length movie? Gabe Newell could have the next Pixar on his hands here.
Author: CodyReview: Portal 2
A game of this caliber deserves some classy box art to go with it.
Score: Classic
Difficulty played on: No difficulty options
Time to beat: 9.5 hours for single-player, 7 hours for co-op
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
Loved the most: An astounding variety of puzzle types that are doled out at a perfect pace.
Hated the most: The boss fight should have been more difficult.
If you’re anything like me, then you probably thought Valve put out one of the funniest, most original, and all around best games ever with 2007′s Portal. This also means that you probably had some reservations about Portal 2 living up to that incredibly lofty standard, especially given the dangerous levels of hype Valve created with one of the more thorough marketing campaigns I’ve seen in recent years. But you know how Valve went and made Half-Life 2 better than Half-Life? Yup–they’ve done it again.
Author: CodyReactions: Portal 2 discount and much, much more
This NFL draft is too damn exciting for me to think of witty Portal 2 lines.
Boy, am I glad I haven’t bought Portal 2 yet. $35 at Kmart (360 and PS3 versions) beginning May 1st. GameStop will reportedly be offering it for $40 on the consoles and $30 for the PC beginning April 30th. Did somebody portal themselves into Kmart and GameStop’s headquarters and forge some papers?
Author: CodyRandom: Alternate Portal 2 box art
InsaneBear’s policy on announcements of announcements, Alternate Reality Games, and any other such nonsense is one of staunch disapproval, but I suppose we can make an exception for Valve’s latest Portal 2 ARG. Why you ask? Well, dear reader, just take a look at all the wonderful alternate box art that’s come of it.
Author: CodyReactions: Portal 2 gets user-created content for all platforms
According to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, “The mod tools have to stay on the PC side just because there’s a bunch of dependencies that require the Windows platform, but the content that comes out is agnostic, and so we will be seeing that on all the platforms. Depending on the platform you’re on I should say, will depend on how we’re delivering it.”
Author: Cody
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