Categories Posted inin Business Alabaster: A Fractured Fairy Tale Posted byby GamesBeat June 24, 2009 2 min Editor’s note: I’d never played an interactive fiction ‘game’ before trying Alabaster — it’s kind of like a well-written Choose Your Own Adventure book... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Indie Scene: A to Z — Cave classic Posted byby GamesBeat June 24, 2009 2 min In the indie gaming scene, I’ve heard Cave Story referred to as a classic, and I wanted to find out why. Rather than cast... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business What the Hell: 8-Bit Kanye West RoboCop Video Posted byby GamesBeat June 24, 2009 1 min We don’t know what’s weirder — Kanye West naming a song after the amazing 80’s action flick RoboCop (which Shoe still hasn’t seen, by... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Adobe vets build rival to Flash for iPhone apps Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 2 min Adobe CEO Shantana Narayu has promised a Flash player for mobile phones in October, but that’s a long way off in the current market. Meanwhile,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Super Rewards’ advertising offers come to Twitter games Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 2 min As inevitable as spammy invites, advertising offers are now coming to games that use Twitter. Super Rewards, a leading provider of offers for games... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Bringing EGM’s “All Bonds” Joke To Life: A Teenage Geek Adventure Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 3 min Editor’s Note: Daniel Taveras is still haunted by a former EGM April Fool’s prank where we fake-showed a way to play as all the... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Cultural Corner: Book Cover Player Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 3 min Compared to videogames, books are pretty boring. You don’t control anything and then there’s all those annoying words you have to read. Ugh. But... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Daily Blips: Game News from June 23rd, 2009 Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 2 min We’re kinda insulted we weren’t asked to participate in the Game Critics Awards best of E3 2009 picks. Don’t they know who we are?... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Pixel Revolt: Episode 1 Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 1 min Editor's Note: The community podcast strikes back! Derek, Jeff, and Brett have taken the 'cast out of beta and bring us the first "official"... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business CO-OP: Prototype, Infamous, Red Faction: Guerrilla Posted byby GamesBeat June 23, 2009 1 min We’re back with fully-fledged CO-OP episodes (which happens when you have a season premiere, or so I’m told). We’re not usually into theme shows,... Continue Reading 1 min