King Carrion is a U-shaped canyon. Meat Boy starts atop the left-hand cliff, works his way down to the base, bunny-hops across platforms suspended over insta-death maggots to obtain a series of keys, and then climbs up the right-side cliff, where Bandage Girl awaits. Apart from several enemies and b
The PlayStation 3’s security wall has fallen. As of this week, the disc has been slipped in, Tron-style, by a few hackers’ combined efforts, and the game console’s “private keys”—336 seemingly random letters and numbers—are public. Other recent game systems have taken shots from hackers, particularl
As much fun as I had watching The Matrix, or at least the first one, I was quite excited that many of 2010’s films—from Hollywood blockbusters Avatar (I know, last December; close enough), Inception, and Tron: Legacy to the indie tour de force Enter the Void—broke out of the sterile dichotomy betwe
Lists are serious. A critical consensus and a “Game of the Year” pick can cement a title’s place in the canon. Plus, those little “BEST OF 2010” stickers on the boxes? Those aren’t cheap.
Another season, another issue in the works, another theme for which we need your amazing, intriguing, and confounding ideas. But this time, we have a bonus-sized Call for Pitches. After all, you may have noticed we have this new website here …