Posts Tagged 'Alan Wake'

Soundscapes – The broken sound of console ports

There’s a problem with the sound in games that appeared in the last 5 years. Many  “well done” console ports to the PC such as Alan Wake and Dragon Age 2 actually have a serious problem. If you run these

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Soundscapes – The broken sound of console ports

There’s a problem with the sound in games that appeared in the last 5 years. Many  “well done” console ports to the PC such as Alan Wake and Dragon Age 2 actually have a serious problem. If you run these

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Terror when walking in their shoes, terror when running in their stilts

What makes survival horror terrifying is a well discussed topic. From the ambient sound to the ambiguous environment, there are plenty of articles already regard to how to stir up most fear in players. Fear, like humour, is such an

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Terror when walking in their shoes, terror when running in their stilts

What makes survival horror terrifying is a well discussed topic. From the ambient sound to the ambiguous environment, there are plenty of articles already regard to how to stir up most fear in players. Fear, like humour, is such an

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Shadows of the Damned First Impressions

Shadows of the Damned is one big, long, juicy dick joke. Wait, what? I’m sorry, it’s just that its pottymouth crass humor is infectious. Recent public outcry of vulgar games would have you think that we’ve all ‘grown up’ and

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Shadows of the Damned First Impressions

Shadows of the Damned is one big, long, juicy dick joke. Wait, what? I’m sorry, it’s just that its pottymouth crass humor is infectious. Recent public outcry of vulgar games would have you think that we’ve all ‘grown up’ and

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ALAN WAKE: THE SIGNAL & THE WRITER – Review

ALAN WAKE: THE SIGNAL & THE WRITER are expansions developed by Remedy Entertainment to be downloaded at Xbox Live Arcade for the game ALAN WAKE for the Xbox 360. It was directed by MIKKO RAUTALAHTI and MARKUS MÄKI. Alan Wake

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ALAN WAKE: THE SIGNAL & THE WRITER – Review

ALAN WAKE: THE SIGNAL & THE WRITER are expansions developed by Remedy Entertainment to be downloaded at Xbox Live Arcade for the game ALAN WAKE for the Xbox 360. It was directed by MIKKO RAUTALAHTI and MARKUS MÄKI. Alan Wake

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Awards Are Awesome: Here are some more!

Screw introductions. Let do this! Game of the Fuckin’ Year: Alan Wake When I first played Alan Wake, I have experienced something that has only occurred a few other times during my life as a gamer. It also happened when I

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Awards Are Awesome: Here are some more!

Screw introductions. Let do this! Game of the Fuckin’ Year: Alan Wake When I first played Alan Wake, I have experienced something that has only occurred a few other times during my life as a gamer. It also happened when I

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Alan Wake Writer Blames Ludonarrative Dissonance on Game Expectations

Ah, ludonarrative dissonance: we’re all familiar with it. It’s the disconnect between the narrative and ‘play’ aspects of a game. Think, for example, how Nathan Drake is characterized as a likeable good guy and yet we spend all game killing

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Alan Wake Writer Blames Ludonarrative Dissonance on Game Expectations

Ah, ludonarrative dissonance: we’re all familiar with it. It’s the disconnect between the narrative and ‘play’ aspects of a game. Think, for example, how Nathan Drake is characterized as a likeable good guy and yet we spend all game killing

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Not-So Weekend Note: It's Persona 3's Fault

Yup. That’s why there was no weekend note last week, and there almost wasn’t one this week! Last week, there was only a month or less left in my game, and I figured that I could burn through it and

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Not-So Weekend Note: It's Persona 3's Fault

Yup. That’s why there was no weekend note last week, and there almost wasn’t one this week! Last week, there was only a month or less left in my game, and I figured that I could burn through it and

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In Praise of Being Praised

It all began in the confessionary. Graham was telling us how he almost stopped playing videogames forever (I don’t think he would though) when we started debating about how to algebraically measure a game. It eventually came down to issues

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In Praise of Being Praised

It all began in the confessionary. Graham was telling us how he almost stopped playing videogames forever (I don’t think he would though) when we started debating about how to algebraically measure a game. It eventually came down to issues

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Alan Wake Sells Under 200k In US

Ruh-Roh, Shaggy. This can’t be good for the folks over at Remedy, who have said they are “betting the farm on [Alan Wake] and if this isn’t a success we’ll be selling hotdogs in Helsinki. Really.” Of course, Alan Wake

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Alan Wake Sells Under 200k In US

Ruh-Roh, Shaggy. This can’t be good for the folks over at Remedy, who have said they are “betting the farm on [Alan Wake] and if this isn’t a success we’ll be selling hotdogs in Helsinki. Really.” Of course, Alan Wake

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If You Own Alan Wake, You Can Enter This Contest

Remedy is holding a contest which can net two lucky winners an Alan Wake poster signed by the entire development team, an Alan Wake 360 faceplate and mini-flashlight. Actually, I’m surprised one of the prizes isn’t a pack of Energizer

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If You Own Alan Wake, You Can Enter This Contest

Remedy is holding a contest which can net two lucky winners an Alan Wake poster signed by the entire development team, an Alan Wake 360 faceplate and mini-flashlight. Actually, I’m surprised one of the prizes isn’t a pack of Energizer

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