Video SCP-087 is a first person horror game where all you do is walk down stairs. Or, to be fair, you decide to walk down stairs. As you get further down, you may begin to hear some things that aren’t very promising, or think you saw something out of the corner of your eye, it’s up to you to decide
Here’s the news for today: – Rovio is planning on building theme park Angry Birds Land in China. – Leap 3D is a new competitor in the motion control space and outdoes Kinect by 200 times the accuracy. – Overkill Software is partnering with Valve to blend Payday: The Heist and Left 4 Dead. – The Wii
In an article at Gamasutra, Chris Sutton, art director at Sony Santa Monica discusses the interplay between art and technology at the studio. Rather than keeping the two teams discrete entities, the studio encourages constant communication between the two. Visual aesthetics and technology are “so in
As everyone now knows and to every girlfriend’s dismay, Diablo III was released last Tuesday. The internet exploded with cries of server malfunctions and error numbers while anyone that was able to get in to the game secluded themselves from the rest of the world for periods of time likely to bring
That, my friends, is a play-doh controller. If you don’t believe me that it works, you can (and should) watch the video here. That was MaKey MaKey. It’s a Kickstarter by two graduate MIT students who look set to blow out our perceptions of what is and isn’t–or can be–a controller. Through an extreme
Community‘s latest season has been (I would argue) its best. As the show has been given more time to develop and spread out, it’s been able to really dissect television and what we love about it. Each episode has used and subverted television tropes to fantastic effect, commenting on genres and medi
Parameters, available here in both English and Japanese, is the very abstract version of an RPG. It contains most of the elements of an RPG: monsters (the yellow bars), quests (the empty bars), items, stats, and leveling. Missing from the game are storylines, characters and graphics, but who’s count
As Joystiq has reported, Rhode Island’s government has taken a special interest in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios. After the state’s 75 million dollar loan about a year and a half ago, hopes were high that the developer would create new jobs. But others, like the state trasururer
A few days ago, stealth iOS title République successfully completed its Kickstarter. This was really impressive news given that as the campaign drew to a close, the game would be tasked with raising over 200,000 dollars in four days. Not an easy feat, yet they still managed to accomplsh it. Wired re
100 Floors is a simple iOS game in the spirit of room escape games. Each screen of the game gives you an elevator door and some situation. Your job is to figure out how to open the elevator’s doors and get to the next level. The levels make good use practically all of the device’s various input meth
Here it is: – Minecraft on Xbox 360 was profitable in an hour. Unsurprisingly, Notch was happy about the relationship with Microsoft. – Nintendo is dropping the prices of the DSi and XL to 99 dollars and 129 respectively. – Both Assassin’s Creed III and Max Payne 3 released trailers. – GameStop may
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D, the monumentally important first person shooter has been released for free on the Apple app store and browsers. The game still manages to be fun and the history of the first person shooter is very evident within it. Even though you can’t aim, you c
From the “Awesome things Japan has made” department comes another demonstration of robotic expertise. Today’s feature is a working, miniature transformer: Video [Via Reddit]
If you know your science fiction, you know of Ender’s Game (and if you haven’t read it, you should). What you may not know is that Ender’s Game is being adapted into a film written and directed by Gavin Hood (of Tsotsi and X-Men Origins: Wolverine). The team has been keeping some good notes on the p
Cinemablend‘s Pete Haas has reported that Assassin’s Creed 3, set during the American Revolution, will deal with slavery. Matt Turner, the game’s lead writer spoke about the subject saying: It’s something we’ve been very aware of. We feel that kind of a subject deserves a certain amount attention be
Ever wondered what consoles look like before they come out? A user over at Reddit posted a few pictures of development kits for the PS2, GameCube, Xbox and Dreamcast: My how much they..er..shrunk. [Via Reddit]
If you’ve seen the comic-book film The Avengers, you know that its military presence is perplexingly slight. There are a couple jets, a few weapons here and there. The truth is that the U.S. military was (somewhat surprisingly) uneasy about being involved in the project. Well, that’s strange: They w
It’s been a while. Let’s see if I still remember how to do this: – Rovio, the studio behind a little game called Angry Birds has announced their earnings. All 106 million dollars of them. – Microsoft has announced a new deal for anyone still looking for an Xbox 360. For 99 dollars you get a 360 with
People often mean more than they say, but psychologist James Pennebaker would argue that sometimes even they don’t realize it. From his research, he’s found out a lot about people’s relationships based on the way they talk to each other and it’s a lot subtler than one person talking louder than the
Not the biggest news day, but what would you expect from a Monday? – The Max Payne 3 PC specs have been revealed. – The Walking Dead game is coming out on PC, Mac, PS3 tomorrow. – The Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year edition has been announced and will include all previously released DLC as well
If there’s one thing that Fez has taught me (in the limited time that I’ve played it) it’s that there’s always some other corner to turn, a new way of seeing things and another secret you can find. It’s more than just your typical hidden items though, there’s an unsolveable monolith puzzle and now i
Sam McNerny of Big Think used a recent article to ask why kids draw pictures of monsters but adults don’t. It’s that kind of creativity that dies out over time, either due to natural causes or slow execution from the education system. In many ways, children flourish where adults fail. Children are m
The wonderful tumblr Pokemon Battle Royale mixes some heavy nostalgia with a healthy dose of modernization. The result is 151 pokemon as you’ve never seen them before. From adorable to realistic to unusal to disturbing, the gallery is an incredible collection. Here’s Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastois
Thursday! Thor’s day! – The God of War: Ascension (not quite God of War 4) trailer leaked recently and the game will be coming to PS3 Spring 2013. – Bethesda insists that Prey 2 is delayed, not cancelled. – The Humble Botanicula Bundle has launched bringing with it even more pay-what-you-want Indi
Wired is currently featuring an excerpt from Generation Xbox: How Video Games Invaded Hollywood by Jamie Russell. The excerpt details Microsoft’s attempt to break in to the film game by offering Halo up as a blockbuster. The Master Chief suits were Shapiro’s idea and they ensured that the Halo deal
