What would a queer Silent Hill look like?
It’s probably a pretty odd question, but it’s one I kept brushing up against while I was brushing up on my Francis Bacon know-how for a previous article on Silent Hill right here on GayGamer.Net. ...
And we’re off to the races. Tuesday Microsoft unveiled their new console, the Xbox One. While Microsoft’s big reveal focused mainly on hardware and multimedia, with most major game announcements being saved for E3, it’s still all th...
As should be evident by now, your humble and obedient servant is a creature of spite – yet few things inspire greater loathing than those who prey on others. Said loathing finds its form in the dream of a new world – a bright and beautiful one – in w...
UK based rapper and YouTube personality Dan Bull has been rapping about the internet, politics, gaming, and more since 2006. Over this time he’s earned quite the following in the nerd core realm, with some of his most popular tracks being gamin...
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The Wii U is available for purchase, the PS4 is well on its way, and now it’s Microsoft’s turn to show us what they’ve got in store for the oncoming next console generation. After months of rumors about always-online func...
Animal Crossing isn’t the only game that has real staying power in my Wii/Wii U… five years now after the release of Wii Fit (Seriously? Five years? That’s insane!), I still use it nearly every day. And as you can see from the chart...
So, if you’ve been on the internet recently, you’ve probably heard some of the controversy surrounding certain design choices made regarding the soon-to-be-released 2d fantasy action RPG from Vanillaware entitled Dragon’s Crown. And for those preciou...
Nintendo just released this snazzy trailer for the upcoming Splinter Cell Blacklist featuring the Spies Vs. Mercs multiplayer. It’s a Wii U trailer, but you wouldn’t know it until the very end when the logos come up. There’s no mention of any GamePad-specific features, which I almost think is a good idea. It makes it seem less gimmicky so it won’t scare people off. It’s also nice that they’re promoting the multiplayer, something that Nintendo has never been particularly known for, what with all the Friend Codes and such.
Splinter Cell Blacklist is due out on August 20, and the trailer also features some nifty goodies you can get for pre-ordering the game. The Upper Echelon Pack includes the Upper Echelon Suit (better protection against gunfire and blends into the shadows), Gold Sonar Goggles (tactical imaging leaves enemies nowhere to hide) and a bonus misson, “Dead Coast Co-Op.”
A few hours into Cart Life I realized my character, a Ukrainian immigrant named Andrus, would not be able to make rent. We were going through the mundanities of selling newspapers and drinks from the plain little cart we’d leased next to a bar. Chat up customers. Adjust your prices if too many think they’re out of line. Cough; smoke a cigarette. Eat a granola bar because you don’t have time to step out for lunch. Worry about all the extra supplies that you bought earlier in the week that you just won’t be able to turn a profit on by the time rent is due.
Rent.
How much is rent? How much am I making? I press the space bar and check, and my stomach sinks. There is no way we’ll make rent. I wonder if the landlord will give me some extra time to pay – but he’s the guy who goes out of his way to tell me that he wouldn’t buy one of my 99 cent newspapers because he gets the news for free on TV.
And it hits me: Why would I play a game about things I can worry about in real life when I could be blasting zombies in the face? I could just turn this thing off.
But I can’t. Andrus and I are in it together. I confuse “I” and “we” when I talk about the game with others, thinking of the tired, lonely, hopeful, brave man who found a place in my heart.
Well, I was planning on talking about LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins, since I finished the 3DS game this past week, but then everything changed! If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you know that I was chosen by Nintendo to participate in the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Mayor Program. It’s pretty awesome, and as a massive Animal Crossing fan, obviously I’m over the moon. I’ll explain everything in my new vidcast after the jump!
It’s been over a decade since Silicon Knights and Nintendo published Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, a clever and relentlessly bleak Lovecraftian survival horror for the GameCube. There have been rumours of a sequel ever since, but after faltering on some ambitious titles, Silicon Knights fell on hard times -with lawsuits, layoffs, and bad press to follow.
However, the little-known Canadian studio Precursor Games (whose website was dead or down at the time of writing this article) has just announcedShadow of the Eternals, a “spiritual successor” to Eternal Darkness, complete with a teaser video that shows some pretty advanced assets (including glimpses of the chapel in Amiens and a room housing the Tome of Eternal Darkness) considering that a crowdfunding campaign is set to be launched for the title in two days. Silicon Knights head Denis Dyack will be involved with the game, which will be released in installments à la The Walking Dead and recalling the episodic design of Eternal Darkness. Precursor Games confirmed that the following plot synopsis, which may have been leaked ahead of schedule, is of Shadow of the Eternals:
When Detective Paul Becker is called to one of the bloodiest gang massacres in Louisiana state history, only two survivors remain from a brutal conflict between two rival cults. As Becker begins his interrogations of the suspects, their combined recollections will uncover the truth about the ‘Eternals’.
Featuring an ensemble cast of heroes and villains, Shadow of the Eternals will span over 2500 years of history throughout Egypt, England, Hungary, and the United States. Players will question the perception of reality as they try to balance the mechanics of combat, magick, and sanity events to progress through the adventure.
Shadow of the Eternals will take players on a memorable journey throughout time; weaving historical fact with disturbing fiction to create an experience unlike any other.
Crowdfunding for Shadow of the Eternals begins on May 6th, and the title is set for release in 2014. Here’s hoping Precursor can shake off Silicon Knights’ recent history and recapture Eternal Darkness‘ magic.
The Silent Hill series draws upon a vast range of artists and media for the inspiration behind its macabre setting, its disturbing and suggestive monsters, and its unsettling stories; the work of David Lynch (especially Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive), Adrian Lyne’s Jacob’s Ladder, Stephen King’s “The Mist”, and many more. Of particular importance is Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992), a gay Irish/English figurative painter whose artwork frequently explores themes of dread, violence, sexuality and the human condition – there are strong parallels between Francis Bacon’s work and the monsters, environments and themes of Silent Hill – violence, punishment, redemption, sexuality, death and humanity.
This was a really hard week for me. I mean, it started off perfectly normal, but then at the end it took an unexpected turn. Well, unexpected in the sense that I knew it was coming, I just didn’t think it would be this soon!
Over the weekend, producer and director Naoki Yoshida announced at the Nico Chokaigi 2 event in Tokyo that Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be launching this summer on the PC and PlayStation 3.
The relaunched and revamped MMORPG is set in the land of Eorzea, where you can explore alone or with friends to undertake epic quests and battle familiar Final Fantasy monsters. And that’s whether you have a PC or PS3, because the game supports cross-platform play. FF XIV: A Realm Reborn is scheduled to enter the third phase of closed beta testing in June. Beta Phase Three will introduce PS3 gamers to the game where they can join the PC adventurers. If you’re interested in becoming a beta tester, you can click here to apply. If you’re selected, you’ll also get a bunch of new content, including new city states like Ul’dah and Limsa Lominsa.
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