Jason Johnson

The Forest to scare the living crap out of us May 30

We already knew The Forest looked freakishly terrifying. But now we know a date: it hits Early Access on May 30. Sure, the latest trailer for the survivalist (think Rust) survival horror game starts out innocently. It seems like the perfect getting-back-to-nature simulator, as you watch the characte

A VR treadmill that (potentially) doesn’t want to kill you

In the increasingly crowded market for home omni-directional treadmills, there is one that doesn’t look like a form of mind-washing reconditioning at a terrorist training camp. Recently on display at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo, the Infinadeck is a frameless, treaded walking machine that

Here’s why Device 6’s title sequence was darn near perfect

The title sequence for Device 6 is a snazzy piece, the perfect intro to a masterpiece of polish, style, typography, and a whole bunch of other design-oriented things. You totally don’t expect for a mobile game to open with a title scene worthy of being considered alongside Saul Bass.  But that’s wha

There are more ways to play DayZ than psychopath, apparently

This is the revelation I gained from the DayZ Character Dice Game Remix, a personality-rolling meta-game you play prior to logging in, with the numbers from your dice assigning you a specific mentality.  Created by Reddit-users Conn3ct3d and Wingthree, the game casts you as either a hero, good guy,