Indie game journalism is booming. It seems that I stumble across a new site that brings fresh takes on news, reviews, and multimedia to gamers looking for unique twists on the typical bits and bytes coverage. The NYC area has a concentrated shot of indie journalism that give the Joystiqs, IGNs, and Kotakus a run [...]
Anime conventions, comic cons, and other assorted nerdfests are often stigmatized as places for socially awkward geeks to drool over attractive ladies, wear heinous costumes, and funk up the joint due to a lack of deodorant. There is a real for this: all of the accusations are true. The Other View, in preparation for PAX [...]
Gamers like to do three things: play video games, eat, and drink (be it alcohol or Mountain Dew). That triple threat makes PAX East 2010 a prime destination for journies and consumers alike who are looking to stuff their faces, engage in digital warfare, and pow wow with like-minded folk.
The heart of PAX East 2010 is video games, so it’s quite easy for attendees to overlook elements of the show that aren’t game demos, contents, swag, and dudes dressed as Princess Peach (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). Those hankering for a different aspect of gaming culture should be certain to pen in [...]
Developer Twisted Pixel rocked the gaming world with two original IPs that garned much critical accliam (The Maw, Splosion Man), but the team isn’t resting easy on its successes. Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley, a side scrolling beat ‘em up that packs plenty of hand to face action (as well as double-gun blasting) [...]
IT. IS. ON. PAX East 2010, the three-day festival that celebrates all aspects of gaming (from tabletop to PC to console) debuts on March 26 after months of perapartion. The city of Boston will bethe Mecca of all east coast nerditivities when the doors open this Friday, as the Hynes Veteran Memorial Convention Center will [...]
