Posts Tagged ‘Feature’
February 17, 2012
“Many casual beer drinkers are content to happily imbibe cheap, mass-produced commercial brews by the 30 pack, but there’s a whole different group of hardcore craft beer enthusiasts that perk up at the mere mention of hops and malt. Beer nerds come in all stripes, and regardless of whether you have a taste for quantity or quality, there’s plenty of common ground to be found in the App Store. From helpful apps to hunt down your favorite brews to fun diversions for passing the time between pints, we’ve rounded up eight awesome universal iOS apps for beer-minded folk.”
Check out the full article here at Mac|Life.
Tags:apps, apps for beer nerds, beer, beer apps, brewery, Feature, gallery, homebrewing, ios, ipad 2, iphone, maclife, mac|life, nathan meunier
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February 9, 2012
“These days, so many new releases on the Xbox Live Indie Games Channel seem to fall into the categories of creepy dating simulators, zombie-apocalypse shooters, or blatant clones of other successful game formulas that it’s easy to miss out on the truly innovative indies. Thankfully, if you poke around beneath the surface, you’ll unearth some crazy, interesting stuff.
After diving deep into the XBLIG rabbit hole to see just what kind of wild creations are down there, we handpicked the three most unique and unusual offerings we could find — then tracked down their creators to gain some insight into each peculiar project.”
Check out the full article here at OXM.
Tags:Feature, freelance, games, gaming, indie, indieverse, nathan meunier, official xbox magazine, oxm, xbox live indie games
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January 31, 2012
“A celebration of the hard work of both bedroom coders and smaller established studios alike, the annual Independent Games Festival shines a much-needed spotlight on the boldest, most innovative, and most creative projects from indie developers around the world. In this first installment of our two-part piece highlighting the competition’s 2012 PC game finalists, we poke and prod the noggins of the developers behind this promising batch of upcoming releases.”
Check out the full feature here at GameSpy.
Tags:PC, Feature, indie, nathan meunier, gamespy, igf, igf 2012, finalists, part 1
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January 20, 2012
“It’s not often that a game’s splash screen is so alarmingly bizarre that it forces you to pause for a moment to consider whether or not it’s a good idea to proceed. Space Giraffe gets off to such a weird start that it makes you wonder if you’ve just been dosed with hallucinogens. You’re greeted with a swirling neon vortex punctuated with a fuzzed-out bobbing giraffe head, a child’s voice chanting repetitive gibberish, and high pitch electronic space blips — and that’s before you even start playing. While this love-it-or-hate-it retro space shooter made a splash with its over-the-top psychedelic freakiness, equally memorable is the controversy that surrounded its creator’s outspoken response to critic reviews and meager sales.”
Check out the full article here at Official Xbox Magazine.
Tags:backtracking, Column, Feature, freelance, jeff minter, nathan meunier, official xbox magazine, oxm, space giraffe, XBLA
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January 19, 2012
“Like everyone else, we’re getting pumped-up for the next big run of blockbuster hits and exciting sequels slated for release in the New Year. But we’ve got a secret little freaky streak too.
It’s an itch that needs scratching every so often, which is why we’re also looking forward to scoping out the weirdest and wackiest gaming offerings developers can throw at us. Here’s a heaping dose of the strangeness headed our way; watch out for these oddities in 2012 and beyond. “
Check out the full article here at IGN.
Tags:2012, botanicula, Feature, freelance, happy action theater, IGN, mothhead, nathan meunier, neverdead, overgrowth, papa & yo, strange games, the secret world, the splatters
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January 3, 2012
“Some game developers like to push the envelope. Others prefer to light it on fire and dance around chanting unintelligible tributes to eldritch deities. We appreciate both methods when the end result is a heaping pile of cool insanity. The usual glut of vanilla gaming offerings made an appearance, but 2011 didn’t skimp on the bizarre either. In a year full of risk taking and wild experimentation, developers churned out a bold sampling of the weirdest, most unusual projects we’ve seen yet. From the risque and profane to the outright peculiar, here are eight of the oddest games of 2011.”
Check out the full feature here at IGN.
Tags:catherine, Feature, glitch, hector: badge of courage, IGN, nathan meunier, rock of ages, slam bolt scrappers, the binding of isaac, weirdest games of 2011
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December 5, 2011
“It’s consistently impressive how many small game developer studios with meager budgets and limited resources are cranking out such awesome games. Some of the most intriguing and innovative titles to launch this year hailed from the indie scene, and there’s a lot of good stuff cooking just below the radar. Looking ahead at 2012 and beyond, quite a few sexy indie games are on the horizon for the PC. Here are five gems you don’t want to miss out on when they launch.”
Check out the full article here at GameSpy.
Tags:catapult for hire, Feature, five indie games to watch for, game journalism, gamespy, gaming, hawken, indie, legend of grimrock, nathan meunier, PC, spyparty, the witness
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November 17, 2011
Skyrim owns you. It is, as they say, everywhere you are. I don’t usually make a lot of time to play games just for shits and giggles in the middle of the holiday season coverage rush, but my craving for nerdy fantasy epicness overruled my better senses. I pre-ordered Bethesda’s latest jaunt in the Elder Scrolls saga on a whim. It arrived. I set it aside for a few days. Then I cleared my schedule for 24 hours, cracked open the cellophane wrap, inserted the disc into my Xbox 360, and BOOM: nerdgasm. Wizards! Glowing axes! Melting people’s faces off with jets of flame from my hand! YES!
But for all its grand quests and diversions, one of the things that I’m enjoying the most about Skyrim is the all the weird WTF moments that pop-up during my travels. With such a vast open world to explore, I’m finding myself prone to wandering around and getting into trouble rather than sticking to the main story line for any length of time. Here’s a short and snappy chronicle of some of my random oddball experiences in the game presented in easily digestible list form.
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Tags:awesome, elder scrolls, experiences, Feature, greybeards, magic, mountains, nerdy, nergasm, PC, rpg, skyrim, weirdest things in skyrim, wtf, Xbox 360
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October 19, 2011
“Precious few MMO games let you shotgun a virtual 12-pack of beer, run around nibbling the meat off of live pigs, and massage butterflies to extract their milk — and all in the span of just a few short minutes, no less. I knew Glitch was going to be a weird experience going into it, but I wasn’t quite prepared for the level of sheer wackiness waiting for me within its quirky depths. However odd it may be at times, it’s this free-to-play, browser-based MMO’s proclivity for the bizarre and the unexpected that makes it such a fascinating time sink.”
Check out the full article here at GameSpy.
Tags:browser, crazy, Feature, free-to-play, freelance, gamespy, glitch, Hands-On, mmo, nathan meunier, online, PC
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September 30, 2011
“When it comes to enthusiasm for PC gaming hardware, there’s a lot of emphasis placed on what’s under the hood of your gaming rig. Raw processing power, high-end graphics cards, and state of the art cooling systems all provide great fodder for tech-talk and nerd braggadocio. But even the most pimped out gaming rig can be hamstrung by a crappy keyboard. That’s why we went hands-on with some of the best gaming keyboards on the market to bring you the breakdown of five killers. Don’t want to be caught with your pants down on the virtual battlefield? Consider shelling out for one of these bad boys.”
Check out the full feature here at GameSpy.
Tags:cyborg v7, Feature, freelance, gamespy, gaming keyboards, keyboard roundup, logitech g19, nathan meunier, PC, razer black widow, rosewill, steelseries shift
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