In Real Life

Dante’s Inferno Isn’t Metal Gear Solid. It’s The Japanese Police.

If you live in Japan, you’ve seen Dante Carver on television. The American-born actor plays “Onii-chan” or “brother” in a series of mobile phone commercials that star a dog as a family patriarch, actress Aya Ueto, and Shigesato Itoi’s wife.


March 10, 2011
In Real Life

Are You There God? It’s-a Me, Mario

Few video games deal with the touchy subject of religion seriously. When they do, they often deal with the more fantastical outlying bits of different faith systems, like last year’s Dante’s Inferno, or the upcoming El Shaddai: Rise of the Metatron. Rarely do we see games that hunker down and deal with real questions of faith and the questions that surround faith.


January 13, 2011
Mobile

Painful Laughter, Killing Castro And My Other Favourite Gaming Moments Of 2010

Suicide, laughter and the believed death of a communist leader. These were just some of my 10 favourite moments from my favourite games of 2010. (Spoilers)


May 18, 2010
News

Score!

Video games. High literature. They have nothing in common. True or False?


May 7, 2010

Dante’s Inferno: The Trials Of St. Lucia Review: Totilo’s Inferno

The new expansion to Dante’s Inferno was partially developed by me. And one of you – one of you how can’t appreciate sublime game design – gave my contribution one out of five stars.


May 4, 2010
News

Bargain Hunter: One Hell Of A Deal?

Hey, remember Dante’s Inferno? Plenty of hype before launch. Then it came out and we all seemed to instantly forget it ever existed. Well, it’s now going cheap.


April 27, 2010
News

How To Create Your Personal Hell In Dante’s Inferno

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Dante’s Inferno’s Trials of St Lucia downloadable content is due out this Thursday, giving players the opportunity to create and share their own hellish combat levels. Here’s how that works.


April 13, 2010

The Accidental Preacher

Traditionally, historically, video games and religion don’t mix.


April 5, 2010
In Real Life

Religion In Games: Less A Leap Of Faith, More A Suspension Of Belief

I’ve no idea why, but it seems no accident that the week before Easter I went back to start over the original Assassin’s Creed, the only game I’ve ever played that is set in the Holy Land.


April 1, 2010

Dante’s Inferno’s Trials Of St. Lucia Gives You Wings

Dante’s guardian angel and Christian martyr St. Lucia gets her game on in these screens from the upcoming Trails of St. Lucia downloadable content for Dante’s Inferno.