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Jen lives with her husband, daughter and super-villain kitty. An avid gamer since the Atari, she honed her skills on Doom 2, Daggerfall and System Shock. A bonafide 360-convert, she plays more than is humanly healthy and is often behind the inappropriate utterances on VGW's podcast, Unlimited Ammo.
In our second installment of He Said/She Said, Jen and Max Parker from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette weigh in on BioShock Infinite‘s story. It should go without saying there are heavy spoilers within, so please read no further if you haven’t finished the game or if you don’t want the end spoiled. Consider yourself warned. [...]
It seems an age ago that a tiny Kickstarter project helmed by a woman named Anita Sarkeesian created a whirlwind of controversy within the industry. The concept was simple: Sarkeesian, a feminist with a series of YouTube videos exploring female portrayals in various media, would create a series of videos examining video games and their [...]
In this week’s He said/She said, Jen Bosier and Max Parker from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discuss their reactions to Sony’s PS4 event/reveal type-thing. Jen: So, the PS4 was revealed this week. Of course I use the term “revealed” loosely since we didn’t get to see the console, or the controller in action, and it was [...]
After sending most of the internet into a raving fangasm last year, CD Projekt RED has unveiled the first official trailer for Cyberpunk 2077. While the trailer doesn’t feature much by way of gameplay, the accompanying release gives us a few more details on the much anticipated RPG. For those unfamiliar, Cyberpunk 2077 is based off the wildly [...]
On Tuesday, PlayStation Blog confirmed Corpse Party: Book of Shadows will be available on January 15, 2013 via PSN for $19.99. The title may be downloaded to either PSP or PS Vita, and is the quasi-sequel to the much-adored Corpse Party. The game will feature eight new, never seen chapters which take place before, during and after the [...]
Last month, EA confirmed next month’s Dead Space 3 will make use of the Kinect, in a similar fashion to last year’s Mass Effect 3. The difference being that Dead Space 3 will be the first title feature Kinect commands in a co-op environment. The information, at the time, was fairly vague and open to speculation. On Monday, [...]
Last year, Crytek teased fans of the Crysis series by saying that Crysis 3 could be a possibility for Wii U owners. In July, Crytek producer Mike Reed made an off-the-cuff remark saying that Crytek was working with Nintendo to investigate the potential for Crysis 3 on the new console. On Monday, Crytek CEO and founder, Cevat Yerli, confirmed the game [...]
Back in 2012 (oh, so long ago!), rumors circulated that Sony’s next console would feature anti-used game technology. Rumors heated up in the fall of 2012, and sure enough, it was unveiled Thursday that Sony filed a patent in September that would all but kill the used game market. The technology would essentially use a [...]
Video game soundtrack aficionados rejoice! Sony has confirmed that next year’s PS Vita title, Soul Sacrifice will boast an impressive soundtrack, helmed by Yasunori Mitsuda and Wataru Hokoyama, with the one and only Skywalker Sound. The video below speaks highly of both the iconic sound studio as well as both composers, and promises to be an amazing soundtrack. [...]
On Thursday, EA confirmed that Dead Space 3 will feature Kinect commands, similar to this year’s Mass Effect 3. The voice commands will only be available for Kinect, and will allow gamers to “help a friend from the onslaught of horrors,” and will include trade-type commands such as “give medkit” and pinging the map to help you find [...]
If there is one thing the self-proclaimed “master race” (aka PC gamers) still has over console gamers, it is the beloved genre known as MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena). Games like the popular League of Legends still remain woefully out of reach of we console plebes, which is why it was exciting when Warner Bros. [...]
Omg you guys. Just… omg. Games Workshop has confirmed a new Warhammer 40k game, Space Hulk, will be released in 2013 for PC, Mac and iOS. If you’re reading this post chances are you need a moment to squee aloud, fist bump the air or do the Snoopy happy dance, depending on your particular brand of [...]
The Far Cry series has always had that of a devout yet cult following, perhaps both because the first installment was PC-exclusive and because each game features a unique location and story. That is to say there is no common, uniting element beyond that of you needing to kill your way out of a difficult [...]