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Conan, The ‘B-List,’ and the Gaming Industry

9:30AM Maggie Greene | There’s a fun article over at the Escapist talking about the B-list in games, film, and other entertainment (looking in particular at Conan, both the original pulp fiction incarnation and the 2007 game from Nihilistic); the author’s contention is that game developers don’t really ‘get’ the B-list, and why people turn to B entertainment for, well, entertainment. Of course, video games suffer from the odd conundrum of having too much money; most B entertainment manages decent returns on smaller budgets. But what about the pulp fiction/game divide? More »

How Nihilistic Celebrated Halloween

12:40PM Michael McWhertor | I really hope that the Team Fortress 2 Halloween crew at Nihilistic Software doesn’t run into the Team Fortress 2 Halloween crew at Blizzard, because I’m sure bad blood about the cancellation of Starcraft: Ghost will result in at least one dead Sniper. Thanks for the photo, Ethan. More »

Conan and The Simpsons Duelling Demos

12:40AM Mike Fahey | Two new demos are ready for your downloading pleasure on an Xbox 360 near you this morning. First we have Nihilistic’s Conan, not to be confused with the Funcom MMO Age of Conan, a single-player game that puts you in the furry boots of fantasy’s greatest barbarian as he struggles against an elusive evil power, using weapons, wrestling moves, and magic for some god awful reason. If 483MB of blood and gore aren’t your thing, try 442MB of fun and frivolity as Homer and Bart team up to take down Lard Lad in The Simpsons Game demo, sure to be chock-full of hilarious sound bytes that quickly become annoying after the third or fourth repeat. Just guessing there, mind you, as the demo is still slowly making it’s way over the intertubes to my game box, and the PS3 kids seemed to like it when they got it last week, so who knows? Go forth and judge for yourself. More »