The search for the perfect listening environment seems to go on and on for a lot of music fans, especially when traveling. Listeners are forced to choose between a number of expensive ear phones that are large and hard to travel with, or smaller earbuds that trade their small size for sound quality. Jason Kiger designed Cherubs in order to get around this dichotomy. As a music aficionado and frequent air-traveler, he sought to produce a travel-friendly listening...
Tomorrow, May 22nd, I began a long and painful task: going to Disney World. That might not make sense to you, and I can understand that. Disney World is the happiest place on earth! That’s very true, and I’d be very inclined to agree with you. As an Annual Passholder and frequent traveler of the World (the Disney World, that is) I can’t get enough of the place! Tomorrow, though, I am making no ordinary journey. Staying with my lifelong best friend and...
“Drip, Drip, Drip” Halo’s fictional universe is vast and detailed, with stories filling in the gaps between the games and more. In the build up for the series’ next release, Halo 5: Guardians, Microsoft and 343 Industries has once again taken to viral advertising to fill in more of these gaps. This time, using audio diaries and images, we are invited to join fictional reporter Benjamin Giraud as he recounts the history of Halo’s hero: The Master Chief...
Review: 3D Realms Anthology – Part I: 3D Realms (or Apogee Software, LTD as it was known officially) is a company that needs little introduction. Anyone who played games on the PC in the 80s and 90s has most likely played a game from 3D Realms at some point, be it intentionally or by virtue of their friends. They were champions of the shareware style of game distribution, allowing users to try out their many titles for free (on a limited basis) before buying. Often...
“Who’s Listening” Halo’s fictional universe is vast and detailed, with stories filling in the gaps between the games and more. In the build up for the series’ next release, Halo 5: Guardians, Microsoft and 343 Industries has once again taken to viral advertising to fill in more of these gaps. This time, using audio diaries and images, we are invited to join fictional reporter Benjamin Giraud as he recounts the history of Halo’s hero: The Master Chief...
Just announced, South Korean mobile development studio FINCON and tech giant Samsung have partnered to bring two year old mobile RPG Hello Hero to your television screens. (Well, if you have a Samsung Smart TV) “This announcement carries with it the prestige of making Hello Hero the first ever RPG to offer completely cross-platform gameplay”, says Emilio Villarruel of FINCON Essentially gamers can now enjoy Hello Hero on their iDevices or any...
Halo’s fictional universe is vast and detailed, with stories filling in the gaps between the games and more. In the build up for the series’ next release, Halo 5: Guardians, Microsoft and 343 Industries has once again taken to viral advertising to fill in more of these gaps. This time, using audio diaries and images, we are invited to join fictional reporter Benjamin Giraud as he recounts the history of Halo’s hero: The Master Chief. Join us as we examine...
There are few groups of people out there that deserve to unwind with some video games more than those who serve. Be it active military personnel or veterans who have come home, these brave men and women are a big part of gamer culture. Those injured in combat are often left in a condition that makes enjoying things like video games a difficult task, while others make it home safe but find their return to civilian life a difficult transition. All veterans deserve to live...
A common criticism of any Game of Thrones season premiere is the relatively slow pacing and focus on dialogue. For a show with such complex and varied plotting, however, an episode of table setting is necessary to remind the audience of where all the principals are and what they’re doing. Sunday’s episode “The Wars to Come” (which you can easily watch (or rewatch) through platforms like Vudu, HBOgo or DirecTV, was rife with portentous dialogue and...
Bullet Hell. A common accolade and complaint leveled at the Shoot ’em Up genre games (sometimes called SHUMPs by people with an affinity for acronyms). Plenty of games have paved the way in the years since the days of Spacewar! and Space Invaders. The game type usually has two pillars that every game that aspires to the genre must follow: the player must shoot as many enemy units as possible while avoiding sizable return fire or numerous obstacles. I’ve played...
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