Gamespot has just reported that Hideo Kojima and many senior staff at his company, Kojima Productions, will likely be departing from Konami following the release of MGS5. Kojima is also the VP of Konami Digital Entertainment, the company’s Japanese game development branch, and it’s possible that an internal power struggle […]
Meet Pixels, Sony’s attempt at Wreck-it Ralph success
Sony’s quirky-looking Pixels will instantly remind people of Disney’s own video game-inspired hit, Wreck-it Ralph, released in 2012. That movie was a hit, a love letter to gaming coated in sweet, sweet Disney magic. Sony seems to be following in the recent trend of video games crossing into theatres (see Uncharted, Assassin’s […]
Heroes of the Storm brings teamwork back to MOBA
Release Date: TBA, closed beta on January 13 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Genre(s): MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) State: Closed beta Rating: ????? System: PC IGN | Gamespot Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard’s entry into the MOBA genre, a space which many companies have tried to enter, attempting to emulate the success of Riot’s League of Legends […]
Bee and Puppycat: From Shorts to Series!
You might have heard of Bee and Puppycat when it was an adorably quirky pilot, released last year to the adulation of many, many fans worldwide. The pilot has amassed over four million views and raised more than $800,000 on Kickstarter in order to allow CartoonHangover and Frederator Studios to produce a nine episode […]
Insurgent’s 3D, interactive posters are awesome
Yesterday it was announced that Insurgent – the sequel to Divergent – is going to be released in 3D which is pretty exciting news if you’re a fan of watching movies in 3D. More importantly, though, is the fact that Lionsgate has released a collection of 8 poster awesome 3D […]
Gekkan Shoujo turns anime archetypes on their heads
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Lead VAs: Ari Ozawa as Sakura, Yuuichi Nakamura as Nozaki Director: Mitsue Yamazaki of Media Factory Episodes: 12, complete Genre(s): Romance, comedy, school life, shounen Based On Web manga of the same name (ongoing) Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild Crunchyroll As an avid consumer of shoujo (girly romance) manga and anime, I […]
Indie Spotlight: Rakuen
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXJqi2KmhCw] I’m sure we’re all fans of Hayao Miyazaki, here. That’s the assumption, at least, since I’ve yet to meet anyone who isn’t. And that is why we should all be looking forward to Rakuen, an adventure game inspired by The Legend of Zelda, Miyazaki films, and the definitive retro adventure […]
Edmonton Expo: BioWare, Mythbusters & Cosplay!
Most people probably don’t see Canada as a convention hotspot. Little do they know we Northies pack away hidden gems like the Edmonton Expo in mounds of snow and shield it with overbearing politeness. Silly stereotypes aside, The Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo 2014 exceeded my expectations in only its […]
The best (and worst) things about The Sims 4
The Sims 4 came out with a slow sizzle of news on September 2nd. I’ve been playing it since then on and off, and I now feel well qualified enough to tell you about the ways The Sims 4 improves on the life-sim formula, and also the places where it […]
That time you lost $6500 worth of data
Ok, so maybe it wasn’t $6500 worth, but we’ve all had unfortunate cases of data loss before. You forgot to save your essay in MSWord, Photoshop crashed on you in the middle of a project, Windows decided to update in the middle of your non-autosave game. That sucks. But it […]
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