We’re doing two bonus episodes next week, so this week’s is short but sweet. We talk about Tomodachi Life, and discuss the things we’re most excited to find out about at E3. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Sophia Tong, Henry Gilbert, Ashley ReedQuestion of the week: What are you most looking forward …
Read More »Top 7 Amazing ideas hidden in mediocre games
Silver lining Not every game can be BioShock or The Last of Us–for every critically-acclaimed hit, there are dozens of games that end up in the bargain bin. Some of these are total train-wrecks (I’m looking at you, Ride to Hell: Retribution), but others actually have some damn good ideas …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 91: E3 Predictioncast
We prep for E3 2014 and run down the biggest rumors going into the show, covering new games from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and more. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Sophia Tong, Henry Gilbert, Ryan Taljonick, Question of the week: What’s your craziest E3 2014 prediction? Let us know to possibly win a …
Read More »Is Steams new in-home streaming a genuine threat to PS4 and Xbox One?
The latest phase in Valve’s bid for world domination went live yesterday: Steam In-Home Streaming (opens in new tab). The feature, built into the Steam platform, will allow PC gamers to stream games over a home network from one PC to another. It’s the next step in getting PC gamers …
Read More »GUEST BLOG Author Stephen Hunt
When book and movie worlds collide! The steampunk author discusses the route from page to screen This is a guest blog by author Stephen Hunt… I came fairly close to achieving this goal in the great apple-bobbing sideshow fair that is the publishing/movie-TV world conjunction. My first novel, The Court …
Read More »PROMOTION Wall Murals Made To Measure From Wallsauce.com
Wallsauce.com has recently introduced a range of wall mural products for fans of Batman, Superman, The Justice League Of America and The Hobbit . The wall murals are all made to measure and can be printed to order, to suit different wall sizes. Not only can you choose from DC …
Read More »Will You Be At WorldCon In London This August?
A little reminder: the World Science Fiction Convention returns to London after 49 years. Sign up now… As you may know, the World Science Fiction Convention (this year dubbed Loncon ) is going to be held in London this August – for the first time since 1965. The guests of …
Read More »Top 7 Game features that no one asked for
Who, exactly, asked for this? You and I don’t run multimillion-dollar video game companies. We’re not fully cognizant of all the incredibly hard work, nerve-wracking deadlines, and unforeseen costs that go into making amazing games; we simply want to play and enjoy the finished product. But even if we’re not …
Read More »9 indie games shamelessly inspired by retro ancestors
Party like it’s 1989 Blah blah indie games. Blah blah, cheap NES game rip-offs. Weve all heard the tedious battlecry of the anti-indie backlash by now. Its usually a load of old rot; an uninformed nonsense-rant that takes the pixelart aesthetic as a jumping off point and then looks no …
Read More »The visual evolution of Wolfenstein – From sprites to polygons
Mein shooter Wolfenstein 3D was released in 1992–meaning that the Wolfenstein franchises is over 20 years old. Gaming was in a much different place back then. The SNES has only just launched, and the first-person shooter genre wasn’t really a thing. Back then, the idea of walking around and shooting …
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