I’ve written before about my general barbarism when it comes to game music. I could probably come up with an alternate rock/folk/showtune soundtrack for any game that would be superior to whatever the game producers stuck on the disc. One reason I love the period music of say,Bioshock or HPS’s Civil War games is that […]
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Classic Game Music Chosen for You
December 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Classic Game Music Chosen for You · Crispy Gamer, Music
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Print Screen Gift Guide
November 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Print Screen Gift Guide · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
Mostly familiar titles, but it’s a starting point.
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More on Halo Wars
November 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Design, Ensemble, Preview, RTS
Dan Hsu has an interview with Dave Pottinger and Graeme Devine at Crispy Gamer. It has the now standard “yeah it sucked but we’re going forward” non-comment on the closing of Ensemble, but, most importantly, lots of juicy bits about the upcoming console RTS Halo Wars. Devine adds this bit of development chronology that I’m […]
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The Thinking Gamer?
November 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Crispy Gamer
Crispy Gamer underboss Elise Vogel pointed us to this article in which CG is toasted as a top video game site for gamers who don’t drool. This is the niche that EIC John Keefer wanted to be in, and the list is pretty good company. From Killingsworth’s intro: All five of the websites/blogs I am […]
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Print Screen 10: Rogue Leaders
November 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
I was lucky enough to get an early look at Rob Smith’s Rogue Leaders, a history of LucasArts. It’s available for pre-order at Amazon and is linked on the scrolling ad to the right. It’s a big book with lots of inside stuff and documents from the Lucas archives. Never before seen concept art, design […]
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September Print Screen
October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
It was a bit of a push, but I did get a Print Screen column up in September. It’s always nice when the author comments on your column and is polite, even if I didn’t really love the book all that much. Three cheers for civility on the internet. In their link to the article, […]
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