One index of the esteem I hold Cliff Bleszinski in is that I can spell his last name without looking it up. He has been making games of one kind or another since basically forever. And, having spent more than a decade now in one long, perpetually interesting time, we're going to check in with him at the PAX South Storytime and see what's going on with him these days. I'll see you down there. (CW)TB
I mean, yeah; from a purely numerical standpoint the Child's Play Charity Dinner And Auction was a roaring success, with just under two hundred thousand dollars raised in a night. This must be considered a joy spigot. But upon the completion of our noble labors, it occurred to Gribz that he might wring out a few more bucks from people by having me remove my coat and perform a little dance that has been called "by turns sad and terrifying" and "the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse." A long…
Something I have been trying to figure out for a while is this weird inferiority complex some people who write about games seem to have about games. I've been thinking about it for ten years or so, and I only figured it out last night. What made it confusing was that I was missing data. I don't suffer under the yoke of Validation Syndrome; I am glad when people like what I do, but it is no impetus. And I certainly don't wring my hands over a barrel fire, wondering what people who…
I realized, with some horror, that we had not covered Gabriel's perspective on Rainbow Six, which is that it is "bad" and also "not good." What's more, perpetually descending into fortified lairs is not, for him, a scenario correlated with relaxation. What's strange for me is that I hear every one of his arguments on the topic - the shooting is not especially slick, it doesn't really look that great - and not even disagree with them. It's just that in the overall mix, assessed with a kind…
Otherwise, it'll be the shortest Q&A ever. Here is Robert's magical form you can fill out! (CW)TB
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Most of the Heroes of the Storm we played happened in the Alpha, and then the Beta, beginning when it didn't really have anything like a unified interface. The general rule…
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Just Cause 3, the game that launched a thousand streams, hasn't really been on our radar. There is always more than one game out when a Just Cause drops, which is…
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