Valve Turns It Up Another Notch
Portal is a thinkin’ man’s first person shooter coming out from Valve, the folks behind Half-Life 2. Talking about HL2, Episode 1 has exceedingly clever in-game commentary that is reviewed and excerpted at Waxy.org.
Ultimate Timewaster?
If you play Civilization IV for three months, your next novel will probably be late — it happened to Iain M. Banks.
Black vs White
Incredible. Sony’s ad announcing a new white case for the Playstation Portable looks like it’s inciting a futuristic race war.
Half-Life Bonanza
The writers over at Gamers with Jobs look at the new Half-Life 2: Episode One, and provide some too-high praise for the original game — if you want to know why people buy Half-Life games willy-nilly, read this article.
Live Action Mario
A re-enactment of the first level of Super Mario Bros. at a talent show in Massachusetts. Gotta love the black-suited puppeteers sneaking to and fro!
a game for all ages
Before the press conferences of the Big Three at E3 2006, TIME magazine explains why Nintendo’s strategy for success is “don’t listen to your customers”. And given the anticipation for their revolutionary new console, it seems to be working.
The Cultural Gutter 