Joseph Bernstein
347 posts
The Ocarina that almost wasn’t: my greatest Thanksgiving game memory
It was the half-day Wednesday before Thanksgiving break, 1998, and I had Zelda on my mind. From the moment I woke up until the last seconds of Mr. Sotella’s 8th grade English class announced four and a half days of unencumbrance, I had fixed in my brain the golden cartridge. I had planned, preordere
What would that Halo movie have looked like? Close your eyes and imagine
Remember the Halo movie? The one written by Alex Garland, produced by Peter Jackson, and directed by Neill “District 9” Blomkamp? Marty Sliva definitely does. Over at 1up, Silva closes his eyes and imagines what the movie – the script of which is widely available – would have looked like: Despite st
Introducing Drugbound, the game that advocates legalizing pot
Opinions in America about marijuana are changing. Voters in Colorado and Washington decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug, and mainstream bloggers like Andrew Sullivan have adopted the end of “prohibition” a pet topic. Into the mix comes Dave Homan, a 35-year-old Omaha IT specialist
Is a new wave of non-terrible video game movies on the way?
The obvious answer is: no, you stupid child. Decades of absolute horseshit constitutes a preponderence of evidence against the idea of a competent, let alone compelling, film based on a video game. But, in the past few weeks, we’ve gotten news that two of the world’s most compelling and intense youn
Man with ironic name gets nabbed for counterfeiting games
Lawmen gave Justin Success-Brooks more than two years in jail for selling counterfeit Nintendo games. Success-Brooks, of Foxley Lane, Purley, sold thousands of games cartridges for Nintendo’s DS and DSi handheld consoles including a “very substantial” trade with buyers in China, Croydon Crown Court
Wait, when did Halo and Mass Effect become the Qur’an and the Torah?
Last night, after I beat the single-player campaign in Halo 4, a curious message appeared on the screen. It read: Every great journey begins with a single step. This is our beginning. Thanks for trusting us with the universe you love and joining us on this epic adventure. –343 Industries Yesterday,
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