Richard linked me to a video of this today, and I felt compelled to pass it on. Igneous is short little game by a group of DigiPen Institute seniors calling themselves Going Down In Flames. Inadequately described as an “action platformer”, the game has you rolling a little stone totem guy through a vast underground …
Yearly Archives: 2009
Kane & Lynch 2
#@$%! Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days was announced a while ago, so here we go:
Kane & Lynch 2™: Dog Days is inspired by documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era. Every aspect of the game has been designed to deliver a fresh perspective to the words ‘intensity’ and ‘realism’ in video games.
While Kane …
Quote of the Day: Steam
Oh my, the Valve Time countdown timer hit zero and Steam got clobbered. We’ve added more kerosene, primed the engine, pulled the crank and kicked the server a few times and it looks like we can continue with the sale for another day. Thanks for your patience. –Steam News
Your Attention, Please
Some video games we lambaste for holding our hands, others we chastise for letting us wander. For developers, then, balancing the flow of progression means… a walking of the tightrope. On this topic, then, I would like to share with you two interesting articles that I have recently read.
In “Guiding the Player’s Eye”, Matthew “Gangles” …

