Place Your Bets: Valve Bringing Steam To The Macintosh
Mar 3rd
Many of us have noticed that Steam recently released a new beta client, complete with all kinds of cool new UI improvements and other assorted bells and whistles. In reading the beta release notes recently I noticed something interesting. One of the line items in those notes was that Valve has replaced the in game web browser’s rendering engine with WebKit instead of IE. Since Steam runs on Windows only, it makes perfect sense that it would be easy to just use IE, so their motivation to make this change seemed curious to… Read >>
Because We Demand It: 10 Things Our Online Games Should Have
Jan 26th
1. PVP and PVE balance
Dismiss one play style or the other at your own peril. There is a reason that games like Call of Duty have single player campaigns, and World of Warcraft has battlegrounds. Both styles of game play provide a good mix of experiences for the player, and draw a wider range of gamers to a given title. Having both in an online game seems just about mandatory for today’s games.
Many games pit the player versus the environment. Via developer scripted battles and non player characters, these games give their audience a great experience
Steam: 5 Reasons It Is A Gamer’s Best Friend
Dec 31st
In a previous blogging life I’ve ranted and raved about Valve’s digital distribution platform Steam. I truly think this is one of the best things to happen to gamers since…well, ever…and I’ve come up with 5 reasons why I think Steam should be every PC gamer’s best friend. Now, I realize this may come across as a bit of promotion for Valve and looks alot like what they’ve already said about Steam, but trust me I’m not paid by anyone. I’m just here to say that it is my opinion that Valve is… Read >>
Left 4 Dead 2: The Parish Campaign Demo, With Play By Play Video
Nov 1st
Kill All Sons-A-Bitches
The title above isn’t just an excuse to be crass, but a quote directly from the opening cinematic by Southern boy Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2. A few days ago Valve released the long anticipated PC demo for their upcoming sequel to the original Left 4 Dead. Yours truly pre-ordered L4D2, so I was in the group of people that gets to play the demo early. The demo is a short two stage campaign called The Parish, and has these survivors starting at a boat dock after being dropped off by a local… Read >>
Looking Ahead: Will November 2009 Be Another Great Month of Gaming?
Oct 16th
2009 has been quite a year for gaming. September gave MMO gamers plenty to digest as quite a few noteworthy titles launched. Many players were getting their hero on in Champions Online, dealing with the apocalypse in Fallen Earth, and sprouting their wings in Aion. All of this activity has been keeping gamers occupied well past the free month of game play that most of Read >>
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Left 4 Dead 2: Game Play Video Of New Game Modes
Nov 5th
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Demo for all!
In a previous post I showed you The Parish campaign from the Left 4 Dead 2 demo. There I did some play-by-play game play in the demo and highlighted some of the new game play dynamics. The 3 new infected and “uncommon” common infected bring in a few new wrinkles to getting to the safe house alive. The New Orleans themed map during the daytime is cool, especially for this Louisiana native. The new weapons and items also mix things up nicely, and it all adds up to make for one great sequel. … Read >>