Video Blips: Shadows of the Damned, Binary Domain, Planck, and more

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You know, for an operation that pledges eternal agony and damnation, Hell certainly has a flexible "no-return" policy.

Video Blips:

• Send the forces of Hell onto protagonist Garcia Hotspur's "bullet train" in Shadows of the Damned. I learned something new today: Nightmarish demons quail under the power of public transportation puns.

Continue after the break for the machine threat of Binary Domain, the polyphonic patterns of Planck, and Snake's short-lived infiltration mission in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD.

 

• An out-of-control reliance on technology throws humanity into open conflict against a robot revolt in Binary Domain. Apparently, a necessary part of robotic free will is "gut all humans."


• Pinging Planck's musical motes creates repeating structures of sounds. It also reminded me how terrible the dubstep genre's "wub-wub" noises really are.


• Someone doesn't fully understand the concept of stealth in this gameplay trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD. Snake is a genius of tactical warfare, but I don't think running into bullets is a viable strategy.