I’ve been playing the beta of Star Trek Online over the last two days, and let me tell you – it’s really fun. When the game was announced, I was worried that Penny Arcade’s comic would reflect the gameplay; that is, I was worried the missions would feel contrived to prevent you from using the… Read More »
Enough said. Edit: Here’s another. And another. Someday I’ll write a longer post about this.
I don’t want to repeat everything I said in my review of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, but there’s a lot to talk about. The weather effects in the Hard Rain campaign are quite well done, and the hotel fire at the beginning of the first campaign actually makes you feel like you’re in… Read More »
The official release time of L4D2 is 2.5 hours from now, but Valve intended to release it 3 hours early; at least, that’s true if you go by Pacific time. So technically it’s 30 minutes late but 2.5 hours early still. I think someone’s having trouble configuring the release: At least, I’m pretty sure there… Read More »
I thought I’d mention a game I tried recently. Torchlight (standalone demo here, or Steam demo here) is an excellent Diablo-style game (made by some of the same people who made Diablo and Fate). Basically, they took Diablo II, ground it up into its essence, and then distilled that essence into pure dungeon-crawling ecstasy. And… Read More »