Steam Top 10 Sellers, August 8-14
| Erik Johnson |
Valve has released Steam’s top ten sellers list for the week ending on August 14. The big promotional item wins out this time around, with the QuakeCon 2010 Pack finishing ahead of the pack.
Doom Archive
In-Flight Gaming with Virgin America
| Meredith Sweet |
There’s something bizarrely comforting about knowing that, even while you’re in a pressurized metal tube some 39,000 feet above the ground, you can distract yourself by blowing hellspawn to bits, rearranging words into clever anagrams, or get old school with a knock-off of a classic space-matter blasting game. Of what do I speak? Virgin America’s RED, an “interactive experience” that includes television, movies, music, and games, of course!
Why Video Games Based On Movies Usually Suck
| Meredith Sweet |
I was reading through a lecture for an online class of mine when I read a very interesting line: “the track record for video games derived from movie franchises typically don’t fare very well, and that’s because movies are a linear experience, whereas video games are an interactive experience.” My professor’s got a point. Movies have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Video games can be from different characters’ viewpoints, and you can often skip sections or miss scenes. Most games also have multiple endings, with two or three being a common number and 104 being the highest number of endings for a single game that I know of.
