Some Thoughts on the XCom Reboot

Here is the initial full disclosure: I’m not especially fond of the original XCom games. Sure, they’re neat, but to someone who didn’t first play them until last Christmas, when he bought them for 5$, they’re a dated mess of

The MMO and Risk Versus Reward

It’s been an interesting span of weeks for those of us interested in game design as a thing, not just as a process. We’ve been given access to not only Guild Wars 2’s design manifesto, which lays out the many

Weekend Note: Lets Talk!

So its been one full week since Nightmare Mode started production. And in this week we have accrued a good number of readers for a blog so young. Naturally, we here at Nightmare Mode want to know who you are!

Apple Gets Thaaaat Much Better…

See Matt’s Blog post regarding his new job. Have you been a fan of IGN’s Matt Casamassina? I have. For a long long time, I must admit. When Matt took over as the cheif Nintendo editor it was the best

Rock Band Update 4.27

Sometimes* after a long, hard day of work**, I like to relax*** with a nice Rock Band session****. *About 5 days a week **Which includes playing/analyzing games, plus developing a couple games for my research project and one of my

Leggo My Game Manual!

With the announcement that Ubisoft will include the instruction manual to Shaun White Skateboarding in the game instead of a physical paper manual, my brain has spurred with mixed feelings. The collectionist gamer in me on one shoulder and the

Brawl

My friends and I play Brawl more often than any sane human being should. It’s terrifying, really. We’re not tourney tards per se, but we don’t play like most people do either.