The Walking Dead game's first episode is out

Episode1 - A New Day is now available on steam you can get it here. All 5 episodes are sold in a pack for $24.99


PC System Requirements

    Minimum:
        OS: XP Service Pack 3
        Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
        Memory: 3 GB RAM
        Hard Disk Space: 2 GB Space Free
        Video Card: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM (Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics)
        DirectX®: Direct X 9.0c
        Sound: Direct X 9.0c sound device

    Recommended:
        OS: Windows 7
        Processor: Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
        Memory: 3 GB RAM
        Hard Disk Space: 2 GB Space Free
        Video Card: ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM (Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics)
        DirectX®: Direct X 9.0c
        Sound: Direct X 9.0c sound device

It also works on a Mac, but you will need a slightly better processor and more ram to get the same performance.

Prototype 2 is out, G4 has the first 15 minutes for your viewing pleasure.

Xbox 360 Games - E3 2012 - Prototype 2

Kinect Support Coming to Skyrim

Right on the tails of Bethesda adding kill cams to Skyrim in the 1.5 update, they have now announced Kinect support. Everything from managing the inventory, controlling allies and SHOUTS! Coming sometime in April?

American McGee takes on Red Riding Hood in Akaneiro: Demon Hunters

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters  is an upcoming game by Spicy Horse the team behind the American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns is making a game based on Red Riding Hood. Akaneiro means "angry red' in Japanese. The game finds you as Red in a forest hunting wolves with an isometric camera much like Diablo, and much like Diablo there is rumored to be some demons lurking around.

The game will be Free-to-play-hack-and-slash for PC, browser and tablets.

Netflix app for Xbox 360 gets an update

Major Nelson announced a Netflix app update on his blog, new features are stated to be

• Skip Forward/Skip Back allows you to move through movies quickly and between TV episodes easily. And with Kinect, just use your voice or the wave of your hand to activate this function.
• Zoom function lets you enlarge letterboxed video content to full screen.
• Better color contrast makes content more vivid and black levels darker.
• Single sign on with cloud profile makes it easier to access your Netflix account on another Xbox, wherever you are.

 The most important is most likely the third "Better color" feature where the contrast has been fixed, this has been an ongoing issue since the new metro dashboard. Somehow in that update it altered how videos are displayed and limited the color and contrast sent to your television, resulting in washed out colors and blacks that looked more grey than they should have been.

HBOGO on 360 coming for Comcast xfinity customers

Missing the boat by a few days was xfinity allowing their customers to log into the HBOgo app on Xbox 360. It seems early next week this oversight /  limitation will be lifted and Comcast customers will start getting the HBO content they are paying for on their 360 in addition to the website tablets and phones.

Major Nelson announces HBOgo for Comcast customers.

Comcast blog confirms HBOgo for Xbox live users.

Diabolical Pitch hits XBLA

Diabolical Pitch formerly CodenameD has been released on Xbox Live Arcade today.

Designed by Suda 51 best known for killer7, No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned and the upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw. Developed by Grasshopper Manufacture.

It's a Kinect game where you play a Baseball pitcher in a creepy amusement park where you pitch to fight zombies and monsters.

Diabolical Pitch Xbox.com

Amnesia: The Dark Decent FREE demo and discount to insanely cheap on onlive

Onlive currently has Amnesia: The Dark Decent selling for $5, you can even check it out for free.

For those of you unfamiliar with onlive it's a PC game streaming service or cloud gaming. You only need to download a super small file to play the game on their servers with HD video streaming to your desktop. That means you could be playing Amnesia within minutes without a huge download and install.

Onlive for $5 free demo

Amy PSN and XBLA survival horror game getting patch?

Can developer VectorCell salvage AMY?

Have you been waiting for an AMY patch?

AMY has been out for quite awhile now and has received some of the worst reviews of just about any videogame in recent memory. I've included some video reviews from some major videogame review outlets so that you can hear them complain about how horrible it apparently is.

Yesterday VectorCell posted a Facebook status update on their AMY page stating:

"Hi all.
First of all, sorry for our silence those past weeks. The team were working for you and we didn't want to communicate before making sure we'd be able to deliver. Not all of your suggestions have been taken into account, but many. We should be able to announce some good news with more details soon... Thanks a lot for your patience."

Could patching AMY make it a better game?

This entire situation is reminiscent of what developer Dark Energy Digital attempted. They had released their game Hydrophobia to poor reviews, then did a massive overhaul of the game with a patch even going as far as renaming the game Hydrophobia Prophecy and discounted the game to half off. If it resulted in a better game is debatable, but the fact is they have since announced that they are closing their doors. Could VectorCell be next victim of the "small developer post review patch of doom curse"?

The Escapist : Zero Punctuation : Amy

Amnesia - A MACHINE FOR PIGS - Coming fall 2012

Frictional Games the creators of the Penumbra series made the awesome Amnesia: The Dark Desent they even added free DLC to the game in the v1.2 update called "Justine"



They are now working on a sequel for the Amnesia series called Amnesia: A Machines for Pigs this time they are teaming up with thechineseroom the makers of Dear Esther.

Some design images from Amnesia: A Machines for Pigs have been teased.

Skyrim Hoarders College Humor

Comcast xfinity TV finally arrives for xbox live

After a long wait and disappearing from the "Coming Soon" section of the Xbox live app market xfinity finally arrives along with HBOgo. It seems if you have Comcast xfinity you cannot log onto the HBOgo app separately as there isn't a Comcast carrier option, this isn't a huge problem since the xfinity app has SOME of HBO's content included, even so many shows are missing entirely, while others are missing entire seasons, the xfinity app makes a poor replacement for the HBOgo app. While on PC Comcast subscribers can log into the HBOgo website Xbox live users cannot. It's doubtful that this will change unless Comcast customers complain en masse. UPDATE!: Comcast has announced HBOgo is coming for Xbox 360 for xfinity customers!

Not all shows are available in HD quality and even those that are in HD don't have the entire season in HD.

The first day was pretty rocky, it seems the swarm of users downloading and activating their xfinity apps was a major strain on the servers and there were many errors telling users to try again in a few minutes. The first day the app was unavailable for a solid 5 hours. Most of the activation and connection issues seem to have smoothed over since.

There are a few bugs remaining however. The volume on more than a few shows and movies is too low and you will find yourself cranking up your sound system just to hear them, this can cause a start when a system sound plays or you switch to another app or game and panic to lower your volume. This issue has also been present on the xfinity website since it's inception.

Another issue is if you click the info button on the media player controls it will show you the timeline as expected, but if you exit out a transparent grey line will remain across the top of the screen for the remaining duration of the show. The only way to remove it is to exit the show and return to it.

There are a few things missing, for example shows. Some shows that are available on the xfinity website are not present on the xfinity app. Also there is no queue or playlist features.

The streaming quality can start off pretty rocky, but clears up quickly in most cases. Although it will never get as sharp as HBOgo's HD website offerings or Netflix HD streaming.

Another goof is the implementation of subtitles. While subtitles are available they are displayed in a large black box that obstructs about a quarter of the screen near the middle rendering them nearly useless. This kind of an issue isn't present anywhere else in the modern world and is simply baffling.

All this aside it's nice to have the app live, it's a great addition for xfinity customers. Hopefully it will be refined, tuned and feature rich in the near future.

The Walking Dead the game trailer debut

Coming in April for $5 an episode on Xbox, PC and Playstation (also Mac)

If you pre-order you can get the entire season at a discount for $22.50 total.

Here is the debut trailer

"Kara" by Quantic Dream

The makers of Heavy Rain show us something...

Double Fine Adventure now with T-shirts!

T-shirts are now part of the reward program for backing Double Fine's new point and click adventure game!

Double Fine Adventure Bloopers!

Deadly Premonition being updated for the PS3 with Move support and new content

Swery65 is talking about how there is a new version of Deadly Premonition coming for the PS3. It is said to have new content and Move integration. This is exciting for any fan of the amazing story telling and world of the game. Following is a whack recommendation of the whack game.

Picked up this game for $20, well worth the asking price. That is if you like quirkiness that walks hand and hand with bizarre, that wears a M rating like a battle scar.

This game is going on my shelf alongside:

Rule of Rose PS2
Haunting Ground PS2
Obscure 1 2 PS2
Alone in the Dark 360
Onechanbara Wi/360
Indigo Prophesy PC/360
Phantasmagoria PC
Killer 7 PS2/GC
Early Resident Evils
and of course the Silent Hill series

The game seems to be self-aware of what it is subjecting you to. The shooting controls are as awkward as they can be in a survival horror. Aiming with the left stick and firing with the A button anyone? Oh yeah! Who could ask for more? How about the ability to make you burst out laughing like a cheesy B rate horror flick?

Had a friend grab the controls/watch me play for a just a few minutes. He was pretty convinced that both I and the developers are nuts.

If you are a fan of the aforementioned games. Have them in your permanent collection like I do, still play your old PC and PS1 horror games then you can not pass this up. This game should have been made years ago, but better late then never. On the fence? Good luck waiting for it to be $5, that doesn't really happen to games like this. The limited production run gets snatched up by people like me and we will never let it go. Get it in the next few months or risk missing it. Or wait for a estate sale maybe?

If you are a production value snob only able to be satisfied with the newest of the new/ shiny of the shiny, stay far far away. After a few minutes with the game you will be cussing at the wall wearing a straight jacket. This game is not for you!

If you like oddness, controls that must be overcome, graphics straight out of yesteryear, game elements that have you smoking cigarettes to pass the time, drinking coffee to tell the future, buying crackers from vending machines for $25 so you don't starve, enemies that bend over backwards to welcome you to their world. Then this game is a love letter written just for you.

All this being said, I cannot with good conscience recommend this game to anyone but myself and the small percentage of the populous that could fully appreciate it. If your not one of us, but know one of us. Buy us this game as a gift, and we will smile with the warm fuzzy feeling that you truly understand us, or at least trying.

OH COME ON IT'S CHEAP AND WE ARE WORTH IT!!!

Silent Hill HD Collection Delayed

Silent Hill HD Collections won't be coming out March 6th, it has been pushed back again to March 20th 2012. The wait to play Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 in full HD glory is almost over.

Bioshock Infinite release date announced.

Irrational Games will be releasing Bioshock Infinite October 16, 2012 for PS3, 360 and PC.

Walking Dead is becoming a game. Here is Play Dead a behind the scenes of the project.

Double Fine Adventure! // Ron Gilbert's Words of Wisdom to Tim Schafer [FULL 35 MINUTES]

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion "Gatekeeper" feature to lock down and control user freedom even further by default

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will include a new feature deemed "Gatekeeper" by default this feature will not allow Mac users to install software that didn't come directly from Apple's own Mac App Store.

It's no surprise really, Apple has a long running track record of locking down, locking out choice and freedom from their consumers. Be it fighting users from legally using their own property as they desire, like when they fought and continue to fight legal jail-breaking. Not allowing their OS to run on non-Apple manufactured PCs even though their computers and software are now x86 based following the failure of their PowerPC architecture. Even making their mobile device's batteries non-serviceable to the end user. Other non-Apple devices you can buy a cheap battery and replace it yourself for under $20 and five minutes in most situations. With Apple devices you must ship your property to Apple and pay exorbitant prices, $79 as of this posting for a 4th gen ipod touch or iPhone. Don't forget the $6.95 shipping plus taxes, oh, and the fact you won't have your iPod/iPhone for the duration of the shipping, replacement and then shipping time back to you. All this and you are allowing your personal and professional data to be an open book to any Apple tech that touches it.

Gatekeeper will allow even more Orwellian control of their user base, even incubate more paranoia and distrust of the rest of the industry. "If Apple doesn't trust them, maybe I shouldn't either" twisting further the blind obedience that is the corner stone of the Mac mentality. As of this time the Gatekeeper feature can be turned off manually by users with the know-how, but this might just be the first step in a complete lockout for their desktops following the examples of their iDevices such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad lines. It's possible they are just testing the limits of control, how much they can restrict user choice before their is a backlash from their customers. Historically, it has been proven that their users don't need nor want choice or freedom, I suspect this test will be very successful and yield favorable results for the iOverlords.

Persona 4 Arena coming to America!

Persona 4 Arena will be published in America on 360 and PS3! Thanks Atlus! Altus usually treats us pretty good over here in the states. But this begs the question, when will Persona 5 be coming? Atlus's puzzle game Catherine was a test of their new current gen 3D engine, a new Persona game using that tech would be awesome.

Lets hold our breath together ok?

Double Fine's kickstarter project a huge success!

 Double Fine is funding a new point and click adventure game using Kickstarter.

They have reached over $2 Million in funding, this enables them to add extra languages and platforms like android!

Here is the first Update by the Legendary Tim Schafer, best known for Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Brutal Legend and Psychonauts.

Their Kickstarter project includes different reward levels, including access to a documentary of the game's development, copies of the game for PC and the beta through Steam, posters, lunch and even bowling with them.

Make sure to check it out and pledge support if you believe in what they are trying to do.