Author Archives: Patricia Hernandez

Less is more: Fez's subtractive design influenced by Ico

Fez, the game we’re not completely convinced will actually Ever Exist, was heavily influenced by Fumito Ueda’s “Design by Subtraction” paradigm; the same design which has vaulted both Ico and Shadow of the Collossus to fame.  Phil Fish of Polytron

/ Comments Off on Less is more: Fez's subtractive design influenced by Ico

Less is more: Fez's subtractive design influenced by Ico

Fez, the game we’re not completely convinced will actually Ever Exist, was heavily influenced by Fumito Ueda’s “Design by Subtraction” paradigm; the same design which has vaulted both Ico and Shadow of the Collossus to fame.  Phil Fish of Polytron

/ Comments Off on Less is more: Fez's subtractive design influenced by Ico

Michele Bachmann's campaign to utilize Farmville

Over the last couple of months, the Bachmann campaign has explored social media options such as Facebook and Twitter to better target small, but specific demographics cheaply and efficiently. Bachmann’s campaign claims that this strategy was what gave them a

/ One Comment

Michele Bachmann's campaign to utilize Farmville

Over the last couple of months, the Bachmann campaign has explored social media options such as Facebook and Twitter to better target small, but specific demographics cheaply and efficiently. Bachmann’s campaign claims that this strategy was what gave them a

/ One Comment

ITV responds to Irish Republican Army documentary game footage fiasco

Earlier today, the internet was abuzz with reports regarding a British network’s blunder in a documentary meant to showcase how the Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, supplied the IRA with weaponry in the 80’s. Instead of using real footage, ITV network

/ Comments Off on ITV responds to Irish Republican Army documentary game footage fiasco

ITV responds to Irish Republican Army documentary game footage fiasco

Earlier today, the internet was abuzz with reports regarding a British network’s blunder in a documentary meant to showcase how the Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, supplied the IRA with weaponry in the 80’s. Instead of using real footage, ITV network

/ Comments Off on ITV responds to Irish Republican Army documentary game footage fiasco

Wii remote hardware being used to develop tech that could simulate the feeling of bullets penetrating your skin

Games today just aren’t realistic enough, eh? Why stop at the realistic visuals and settings when we could feel the sting of a bullet in a Modern Warfare match or the whack of blade in The Legend of Zelda? Fortunately,

/ 3 Comments

Wii remote hardware being used to develop tech that could simulate the feeling of bullets penetrating your skin

Games today just aren’t realistic enough, eh? Why stop at the realistic visuals and settings when we could feel the sting of a bullet in a Modern Warfare match or the whack of blade in The Legend of Zelda? Fortunately,

/ 3 Comments

Digital love

Depicting love isn’t easy–this is true of any medium that explores the subject. Love is a feeling, perhaps the most subjective of them all, and so far no medium has gained fame for its ability to make the consumer fall

/ One Comment

Digital love

Depicting love isn’t easy–this is true of any medium that explores the subject. Love is a feeling, perhaps the most subjective of them all, and so far no medium has gained fame for its ability to make the consumer fall

/ One Comment

Super Monday Night Combat interview with Eka

Last time Nighmare Mode had an exchange with Eka, we spoke primarily of the thematic elements in their class-based third person shooter, Monday Night Combat. Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with Chandana Ekanayake regarding Uber Entertainment’s followup to

/ One Comment

Super Monday Night Combat interview with Eka

Last time Nighmare Mode had an exchange with Eka, we spoke primarily of the thematic elements in their class-based third person shooter, Monday Night Combat. Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with Chandana Ekanayake regarding Uber Entertainment’s followup to

/ One Comment

Check out some Super Monday Night Combat gameplay

Most of what we know about Super Monday Night Combat, we haven’t seen–until now. This new trailer features some new, never-before-seen gameplay from both the new pros and old pros alike, new concept art, a new map in action, and

/ 2 Comments

Check out some Super Monday Night Combat gameplay

Most of what we know about Super Monday Night Combat, we haven’t seen–until now. This new trailer features some new, never-before-seen gameplay from both the new pros and old pros alike, new concept art, a new map in action, and

/ 2 Comments

SPAZ giveaway winners!

Which ruthless individuals won a copy of Space Pirates and Zombies? We picked three winners for the giveaway, two from the comments section and one from our Twitter feed. The winners either convinced us of their treacherous inclinations as a

/ Comments Off on SPAZ giveaway winners!

SPAZ giveaway winners!

Which ruthless individuals won a copy of Space Pirates and Zombies? We picked three winners for the giveaway, two from the comments section and one from our Twitter feed. The winners either convinced us of their treacherous inclinations as a

/ Comments Off on SPAZ giveaway winners!

Space Pirates and Zombies Giveaway

Nightmare Mode has three codes for SPAZ, the fantastic top down space combat game that made our own Chris Sommer turn into a horrible human being. So, what do you have to do to have a shot at winning one

/ 7 Comments

Space Pirates and Zombies Giveaway

Nightmare Mode has three codes for SPAZ, the fantastic top down space combat game that made our own Chris Sommer turn into a horrible human being. So, what do you have to do to have a shot at winning one

/ 7 Comments

Stepping on the toes of a marketing plan: Borderlands 2 and the press

You have journalism to thank for knowing about Borderlands 2′s existence. Well, unless you ask Randy Pitchford, that is. Earlier today, when news broke out about Borderlands 2, Pitchford decided to tweet the following: “I have long maintained that we

/ 2 Comments

Stepping on the toes of a marketing plan: Borderlands 2 and the press

You have journalism to thank for knowing about Borderlands 2′s existence. Well, unless you ask Randy Pitchford, that is. Earlier today, when news broke out about Borderlands 2, Pitchford decided to tweet the following: “I have long maintained that we

/ 2 Comments