I know it might sound as if I’ve beaten this horse as much as I have stalker here, but I think I’d like to add a few comments with a severely less hype-minded approach here.
At the moment, I’m around the midpoint of Borderlands and it’s starting to show its blemishes. The previous time I wrote about this game, I was fresh faced, bushy tailed and all that crazy bullshit, but after experiencing approximately around 20 hours with of gameplay, I’d like to share what I’ve experiences, with a maximum of 1 digression, what I’ve Continue reading
It’s an inevitability. Graphics have always been integral to the games industry because they allow the player to access the game in an inviting way, all the way up to the stage where they’ve become gratuitous eye candy. There is no doubting that people like graphics since there seems to be this latent part of the human mind that Continue reading
I find myself stuck in this cycle of vacillating over whether or not to buy borderlands. The worst possible outcome is that I lose $50 on a game that holds my attention for as long as Super Smash Bros. Brawl (on the contrary I loved the original). It looks appealing and I must give my applause to the art department for creating and amazing hand-drawn-mock-cell-shaded visual extravaganza, but that only perpetuates my indecision even further because Continue reading
I’m planning two essays in the coming couple of weeks, one on Machinarium and the place of adventure games in today’s gaming community, and one “When the pixels hit the fan” about the direction of game design and hardware innovation when games reach their maximum graphical potential… scary stuff right? Anyway Continue reading
It’s been a long week slaving over a hot computer in the thick of the school term, but I’ve managed to find the time to do something I’ve intended to do for a long time, publish my own website. Obviously this is only the beginning since I hardly think one title page constitutes a website, so expect plenty of more dazzling content in the future including a page on our current project, Silhouette and much more.
Be astounded, Our website damnit
Miles Newton – The Machination, creative director
I’ve just started playing a charming little adventure game called Machinarium by Czech developer Amanita Design , and I intend to write up a collaborative review on this when a friend of mine and myself can make time to complete the game around our hectic playboy lifestyles.
Until then you can tide yourself over with the demo that can be downloaded off Amanita’s website, or off Steam.
Happy gaming
Miles – The Machination, Creative director
I recently found this exciting little action platformer called Star Guard, a game by independent developer Vacuum Flowers that drops the player into the centre Continue reading
