Sunday, October 18, 2009
No Mercy In Left 4 Dead Hospital “Reviews”
12:30PM Owen Good | Mercy. The hospital in Left 4 Dead’s “No Mercy” campaign, and the name of a real one in Pittsburgh. And Louis, Zoey, Francis and Bill are sowing panic about its conditions, the access to medication, and patients you’ll find there. More »
Sunday Supplement: “all-brawling and all-stealthing”
12:00PM David Wildgoose | Welcome to your Sunday reservoir of interesting writing about video games. Grab your reading jacket, a cup of coffee and get ready to exercise the brain.
Critical Distance: Critical Compilation: Grand Theft Auto IV
Michael Clarkson finds the common threads running through the wealth of – yes – critical writing about Rockstar’s return to Liberty City.
Experience Points: Dead Ends
Jorge Albor reasons why we ought to pay attention when a game permanently kills off a playable character. Part two of the series can be found here.
Gamer Limit: In Defence of Grand Theft Auto IV
James O’Connor examines the way Niko makes you feel guilt in this very personal response to GTA IV.
PopMatters: Asserting Femininity in Super Metroid
LB Jeffries highlights how Super Metroid resonates with maternal metaphors and banishes any idea of Samus’ androgyny.
Red Kings Dream: Arkham Asylum and the space of traumatic memory
Daniel Golding suggests there’s a moment in Arkham Asylum where Batman’s trauma becomes our own.
Namco Bandai “Thinking About” Vesperia 2
12:00PM Owen Good | Namco Bandai hosted a developer discussion in Shinjuku to celebrate the theatrical release of Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, and Namco’s general manager intimated that “there’s a desire” to make a sequel, according to Famitsu. More »
“Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman!” Needs 1,000 Preorders To Get UMD Release
11:30AM Owen Good | Cult hit or just plain weird, the PSP title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman, What Did I Do to Deserve This? did not get a full retail release, going instead to PlayStation Network exclusive earlier this year. More »
Star Trek Online Video: “Klingons Being Klingons …”
11:00AM Owen Good | This video discusses the backstory leading into Star Trek Online. In a nutshell, Romulans, Remans, Klingons and the Gorn are all assholes, and their inability to resolve their differences creates fertile opportunity for combat. That’s where you come in. More »
Xbox Live Update Isn’t Limited To Just Twitter
10:30AM Owen Good | The next Xbox Live update will deliver Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm, but, Ron Popeil style, wait, there’s more! According to an email from Microsoft, anyway. Get ready for news headlines and dedicated music stores in the Xbox Live dashboard. More »
PC Saw Is Steam Exclusive, Unavailable At Retail
10:00AM Owen Good | Konami’s PC port of Saw, which went out earlier this month for Xbox 360 and PS3, will hit Steam later this month. The site Big Download is reporting that the digital distributor is the only place to buy the game. More »
WIN! King Of Fighters XII PS3/360 Collectors Editions
9:00AM David Wildgoose | LAST DAY TO ENTER! Prove to us that you truly are the “King of Fighters” and win yourself one of eight figurine-tastic collectors editions of SNK’s King Of Fighters XII. More » New Modern Warfare Matchmaking Service Will “Definitely” Reshape PC Community
9:00AM Owen Good | In a webcast this morning, Robert Bowling revealed the existence of IWNet, a matchmaking service Infinity Ward will operate beginning with Modern Warfare 2. But it ends dedicated servers, and fundamentally changes the culture of the game’s PC community. More » 
