Flying Blind: A Plea to Reduce the HUD

As a boy, getting lost was a virtue. My father and I did it on purpose. When en route to a location free of time constraint, we would purposely turn down a foreign road and, from there, we would navigate

After Pressing Start: Silent Hill

I’ve always been fascinated with horror games, but haven’t played many real ones. I haven’t because they don’t exist. At the least, they no longer exist in the mainstream spotlight as they once did. The tense atmosphere of the Dead

Dead Space Developer Visceral Games May Be Gone By Monday

Kotaku Australia are reporting that Dead Space and Dante’s Inferno developer Visceral Games may be shut down by Monday. An employee of the EA-owned Australian studio who asked to remain anonymous informed Kotaku that staff were told that the studio will

Dead Space 2 and the value of multiple simultaneous perspectives

By integrating choice and multiple user-controlled view-points into the game, Dead Space 2 provides a refreshing alternative to traditional video game cutscenes. In the extraordinarily crowded field of video games, many seek attention through cutscenes of increasing complexity or realism.

Surviving The Horror: Dead Space 2's Hard Core Difficulty

When humans get scared, our bodies prepare to take action. Adrenaline courses through our systems, our heart rates skyrocket, and certain bodily functions like digestion get suspended entirely. This is commonly known as the body’s “fight or flight” response. But

Dead Space: Sabotage Domain Registered by EA

Just what could it be, Johnny? A collection of mini-games? A tie-in? A type of bran muffin? Well, whatever it is, it exists, because Superannuation noticed that EA has registered a domain with that title. I’m thinkin’ Beastie Boy crossover,