Pretension Break By Stu Horvath • September 7th, 2011 Straight from the High Desert: Unwinnable highly recommends Gus Mastrapa’s weekly column, Pretension +1, over at Joystick Division.
Surprise! I Stole Your Car – Driver: San Francisco Reviewed By Dave Trainer • September 6th, 2011 Dave Trainer reviews Driver: San Francisco and its new shift feature.
A Night Elf Priestess’ View of the Future By Stu Horvath • September 6th, 2011 Stu Horvath talks to Bonnie Nardi, a cultural anthropologist, about the impact of MMOs like World of Warcraft on social dynamics and the distribution of technology.
Driver: Suffering Remembered By Stu Horvath • September 6th, 2011 Ubisoft released a trailer for Driver: San Francisco that calls back to the original’s punishing garage tutorial level. Stu Horvath waxed nostalgic…and terrified.
Dictatorship for Dummies – Tropico 4 Reviewed By George Collazo • September 5th, 2011 Love the Caribbean? Keep a balanced checkbook? Come sail away to Tropico 4 and indulge your dictatorial fantasies with real-time strategy!
Dictator Break By Stu Horvath • September 5th, 2011 Judging by the trailer, Kalypso Media’s Tropico 4 promises the same joys of dictatorship as the previous games in the series. Viva El Presidente!
John Carmack: Rocket Man By Stu Horvath • September 2nd, 2011 Legendary game designer John Carmack, the man behind Doom, Quake and Rage, has an unusual hobby: building rockets for NASA with his company Armadillo Aerospace.
Happy Belated Birthday, SNES By Michael Edwards • September 2nd, 2011 Michael Edwards celebrates twenty years of the SNES with some fond (and not so fond) memories.
Space Girl Break By Bee Tee Dee • September 2nd, 2011 This fan-made video for the song “Space Girl,” by The Imagined Village, is a love letter to the ladies of science fiction films. How many can you name?
Drawing a Line: Pigs in Trees Is Flight Control Meets Angry Birds. So What’s the Point? By Matt Marrone • September 1st, 2011 Matt Marrone took on the assignment of reviewing new iOS game Pigs in Trees, wishes he just said, “I’d rather not.”
