Vox ex Machina

Champions Online Character Creation and Interview

Nelson Williams — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:09:35 +0000

Champions Online is a new MMORPG in the works concerning the doings of superheroes in a comic book universe. Based on the pen and paper roleplaying game, also called Champions, the online iteration is built around comic book flavour and unholy rivers of character customization. If that sounds something like City of Heroes, [...]

Review: Chuzzle Deluxe

Helvetica — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:00:25 +0000

Color matching games have long become the Connect4 of the penultimate puzzle arcade game experience for the PC—the solace of sleepy housewives, bored office workers, and insomniac marathon Made for SciFi movie watching. Chuzzle from Popcap games is no exception to the shifting bands of random objects, matching up to three similar to cause them [...]

Silent Hill: Nurses on Parade

Nelson Williams — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:09:00 +0000

You know in the original Silent Hill game, how the hospital was filled with possessed nurses and doctors who’d come at you with knives? Then you’d beat their spines in two with an iron pipe and they made those wonderful, horrible moans and shrieks? Good times. Well, two words for you. Techno. Remix.

World of Warcraft 3.2 Patch Notes

Nelson Williams — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:28:12 +0000

The all-devouring God-MMORPG World of Warcraft is soon to update unto the 3.2 patch, and word on the street says this patch is good. At least, I think that’s what “…yes, yes, oh god, oh god, YES YES!” and a cigarette after means. Big ticket items on the patch include the Crusaders’ Coliseum, [...]

Tim Shafer and Two Brutal Legend Gameplay Videos

Nelson Williams — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:02:14 +0000

IGN recently got ahold of some video where Tim Shafer of Double Fine plays his latest game offering, Brutal Legend. You might remember Tim and the Double Fine crew for a game called Psychonauts. If you don’t remember Psychonauts, you are a lesser person and likely an alien imposter. Brutal Legend Gameplay [...]

World of Warcraft Easter Eggs, the Big List

Nelson Williams — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:29:26 +0000

Blizzard’s money-printing masterpiece, World of Warcraft, is a big game. A big game, made by lots of people. Whenever that happens, the folks involved start getting a little buggy, and odd things slip into the game. These hidden references, snippets of code, or weird surprises are called easter eggs. Warcraft is [...]

Monkey Island Goes Episodic

Nelson Williams — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:00:17 +0000

And hits shelves, in a virtual way of speaking, today. Five episodes, one a month, for PC and later on the Nintendo Wii. Have yourself some trailer goodness. Video Games | Monkey Island: Screaming Narwhal | Launch Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Judge Looking to Quadruple-Dog-Disbar Jack Thompson, Gives 30 Days for Thompson to Explain Himself

Nelson Williams — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:44:01 +0000

Personally, I expect the guy to send the judge gay porn and a dead fish with no internal organs. For those who thought Jack was thoroughly staked like a vampire sprouting a telephone pole, it turns out that Mr. Thompson has been claiming his previous disbarment merely prevents him from practicing law in state [...]

Pirates of the Burning Sea Goes Live with 1.16

Nelson Williams — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:15:23 +0000

The quintessential “meh” MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, is shaping up to be something interesting. Recently released, the 1.16 patch upgrades the storyline, clears up a host of bugs, opens chat channels, and improves NPCs that couldn’t figure out how to fight. Among other things. Check it out over at the [...]

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Nelson Williams — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:30:16 +0000

Back to the old horror mines we go… Those who know me, know I love some Silent Hill. The first game is probably my favourite title, with the second game facing off in a pipe/whip cage match thunderdome duel with Castlevania. I’ve been unnaturally quiet on the subject of Silent Hill so far because [...]