GET THE COINS

I know, right? Maybe they thought it would be TOO obvious?

It's funny; for some reason I've never really liked Beck's own music (as in, his commercial albums), for what reason I couldn't say, but every time he lends his talents to someone else's project it turns to gold.

bahahahahahahahaha. loved the Canabalt line. it's so true. none of the auto-runners are as good as Canabalt, though i do think Jetpack Joyride is still very good and worth playing. and Robot Unicorn Attack is really great until you realize that after a point it's actually becomes impossible. Temple Run is just lame :-\

I haven't made a platformer, but I am currently making a shmup and I actually think designing on paper is very helpful. Having physical representations of enemies helps a ton, too! For some reason, physically measuring distances with a ruler and moving things around at different speeds helps the level design become…

These tips about how to make a good villain actually fit apply very much to the RPG I'm currently designing! Our two writers put their heads together last week and came up with an absolutely phenomenal set of villains. It's a team of 4 mercenaries (plus 2 "fifth beatles") that hunt the heroine throughout the game.…

Man, I was just in Moscow for a few days last week, and yes: the Metro is fan-friggin' tastic! I'll get to enjoy it tomorrow, too, waiting for my flight back to the States. And not only are the stations beautiful, but the layout of the tracks is very sensible and easy to understand! After a single day I totally had a…

yeah. i'm not backing this. how can we trust a totally unknown developer to know anything about good game design when they don't even know enough about art to know that Theirs Is Bad?

One more thing (sorry) that you might not know: the game's writers did not write the ending. My internet is pretty bad now so I'm unable to go trawl around for sources, but some forums posts and an interview with the game's writers have explained that the writing team has a very strict system of peer review and…

I usually like to be the voice of reason in these sort of things, but honestly the "fanboys" are pretty much right. Some people are just whining that the ending wasn't "happy," yes. But as for me... I beat the game about a week or two after most people, and had heard all the whining (but hadn't spoiled myself with…

If I did work in a game store, I would try to make the argument that, in the best-case scenario, my advice doesn't lose the store a sale, they just sell a DIFFERENT game than the one the customer originally came in for. And since I'm helping the customer get the best game, that means more customer satisfaction and…

See, I come from a background of Evangelical Christianity. And lemme tell ya: I like accosting random people about videogames about 1000 times more than about Jesus :P

I actually did this for a while, at my local Wal-Mart. I didn't work there. I'd just sneak little review stickers onto the glass when no one was looking. I don't think the employees minded because sometimes the stickers would stay there for a LONG time. Also, I always hate it when parents take their kids to to…

Neither; this post is wrong. It was originally going to be multiplatform on Monday, but due to a problem with the 360 version it has been slightly delayed. I think just the steam version comes out tomorrow #corrections

yep, sounds like most CoD brodawgs i know. i'm sure my former roommate's proposal will be pretty similar.

Thanks for the tip! I've heard otherwise from some people, but I'll certainly get around to it eventually.

Also, I sometimes like to think of Super Mario Bros. as being like Bach's St. Luke Passion, and The Lost Levels as being Penderecki's. Same metaphor applies to Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask (although that's sort of insulting to Bach).

Absolutely true. I think this is most evident in the shmup genre because, unlike most game genres, they aren't way longer than most pieces of music. The best shmups are like albums, and each level is a song. A good music album is a unified whole. How much the songs can stand on their own can vary (for example, the…

I know, right? I actually never played the Capcom Zelda games until just this last year, since I wrongly assumed that they weren't as good. I played Oracle of Seasons over spring break, and IT IS AMAZING. It's one of the best games in the whole series! Ages is pretty good, too. Capcom has a long history of games…

I agree, I actually like the feel and friction of Brawl a lot more. I'm not the biggest SSB fan in general, but of course since the game's very popular I end up playing it a lot with friends, and Brawl is much more enjoyable. The characters feel like they have more weight and presence, and attacks are better…