Hi. I’m Syn, and this is my corner. I want to talk about games. To be more exact, with each of these articles, I would like to take a specific title and use it as a point of analysis of its underlying ideas or mechanics, almost as if it were …

In an effort to help raise money and awareness for the ongoing struggles in the quake-stricken nation of Japan, members of the gaming world including developers, journalists, and fans collaborated on the Gamers Heart Japan mini-documentary. The sixty minute video is a love-letter to the country that brought us Nintendo, …

Just a heads up for all of you Super Meat Boy fanatics like myself, the new update is live on Steam. It includes the Super Meat World level portal, which is basically a compendium of custom made levels and chapters designed by users and other dev teams, in addition to …

So when’s the last time you played a game resembling MechWarrior? In all likelihood it’s either been a few years or you’ve never even heard of the series to begin with.  Regardless, there’s an indie game company out in Los Angeles, California called Adhesive Games that appears to be on …

Hooray for trans-media. The marketing team over at Zenimax Bethesda seems to be trying to hit all bases with RAGE–a comic book series via Dark Horse and now a newly announced novelization through Del Rey. It’s only a matter of time before the RAGE serialized television show comes about, followed …

When I got notified through Steam’s RSS feed that the DarkSpore Beta was on, it got me mildly excited. I have no real preconceptions about this game, save for the fact that it seems sort of like Defense of the Ancients and Diablo put together, but with more tentacles or …

Recently, Jakub Dvorsky, head of the studio that brought you fine indie titles such as Machinarium and Samorost sat down with PC Gamer to discuss his next three games. They all look very weird, as one might expect. The interview is quite interesting. Dvorsky talks about his background in animation …

 
I saw Guild Wars 2 at PAX East this year and it continues to look incredible, both visually and mechanically. Unfortunately I was not able to make it to ArenaNet’s panel on designing next gen fantasy MMOs because the auditorium filled up way before I got there. Thankfully, ANet has …

This 20/20 special “Nuts for Nintendo” is a nostalgic shock to the senses. Memories of Super Mario Bros. 2, early Japanese fervor over Dragon Quest, and some laugh-out-loud moments make for an interesting segment. It’s funny (and a bit sad) to see the early seeds of “games make kids violent” …

SURPRISE! Yes, today Gearbox Software announced that the much maligned Duke Nukem: Forever is going to be delayed yet again.  As if we didn’t see that coming.  I am still morbidly curious to see what this game actually looks like when I have it in my hands, because at this point it …