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Friday, July 4, 2008
News

Behind the WGA Nominees: Where Were Portal, BioShock?

6:00AM Leigh Alexander | Though Portal and BioShock were largely the critical favourites among last year’s crop of titles, earning numerous industry awards apiece, the Writer’s Guild of America decided to bestow its newly-created Videogame Writing Award on Dead Head Fred. Nothing against that title, but many game fans were surprised that many other more obvious candidates didn’t even make the list of nominees. At 1UP, Lara Crigger shared the general puzzlement: More »
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Dead Head Fred Wins First WGA Award

9:00AM Mark Wilson | Dead Head Fred has walked away with the first ever WGA (Wrter’s Guild of America) Videogame Writing Award. While skeptics like me worry that this award might just be a WGA manoeuvre to eventually get their hands in the small pockets of video game writers, it’s positive to see the WGA recognising some of the excellent, overlooked writing in video games. I haven’t played Dead Head Fred since E3 ‘06—when I enjoyed it quote a bit. So would anyone else like to share some of the game’s more quotable lines in the comments? More »
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Dead Head Fred On iTunes

2:30AM Mike Fahey | Dead Head Fred’s music is one of the highlights of the PSP title. Composed by Rod Abernathy and Jason Graves at Rednote audio, the score did an excellent job of capturing the atmosphere of Fred’s alternative universe 1940’s noir atmosphere. Well now Rednote and Lakeshore records are giving you an opportunity to capture the score for yourself, as the soundtrack to the game goes up on Apple’s iTunes service today. The fifteen tracks represent over forty minutes of music, with styles ranging from spooky jazz to old-time country complete with banjo goodness. It really is an excellent collection of music. Even if you’ve never played the game I would recommended plugging Dead Head Fred into your iTunes search and listening to the previews of the tracks. Beautiful work. More »
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