The New SimCity: Electronic Arts Has A Lot To Prove

SimCity peaked early on. With the series’ graduation to an isometric perspective (something that made it instantly memorable) and tons more simulations running in parallel, it appears that Electronic Arts was content with merely refining the formula after SimCity 2000 released in 1993. It’s not that its successors were dreadful by any means (although history hasn’t been kind to SimCity Societies), it’s that they didn’t feel like they were trying to build a better city building game and move the genre forward, but merely make a better SimCity game. But with the recent announcement of a new title, one named simply ‘SimCity’, there’s a lot of hopes and doubts about how well Maxis (and EA) is going to handle what’s essentially a reboot of the franchise.

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‘Nexuiz’ Review – Remembering Shooters Past

This article was provided by our comic artist: Cody! NOTE: This review has been updated dramatically since originally posted.

What? Two games in one review? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?

Before I jump into the review, I want to explain why I’m doing this, and why it seems odd that two very different games bare the same name. The initial game was created by two friends, Lee Vermeulen and Forest “LordHavoc” Hale; the game was based on Hale’s Darkplaces Engine, and was meant to be a multi-platform game, available to PC, Linux, and Mac users. In early 2005, the game would be released, free for download and play on the web, with nothing to be unlocked through any sort of micro-transaction system. The game continued to garner support and contributions from the community, releasing version 2.5 in October of 2009. In 2010, IllFonic announced that they would take up the flag to remake Nexuiz in CryEngine 3, and would be released on XBLA, PSN, and Steam, with help from Forest Hale. Lee Vermeulen would go on to work on Capsized.

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John Carter Review: Shut Up Already

A Civil War veteran finds himself transported to Mars where he proceeds to involve himself in a planetary war. He becomes a warrior chief, falls in love with a princess, and goes on adventures. How the fuck can you possibly make that boring? Well, watch Disney’s John Carter and you’ll find out.

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Ok BioWare – It’s Time We Had A Serious Talk About SWTOR

Let me start off by saying that I wanted Star Wars: The Old Republic, from the first time I heard of it being in development. I looked forward to playing it for years and when it finally arrived, I was fairly impressed with the attention to detail in the story, the way things were laid out with character progression, how the game had so much promise for the future.

Now, it seems you’re doing every thing you can to wreck that future.

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OnLive Desktop Running Windows May Be Illegal

Just when you were taught that running a full scale desktop OS on a tablet is the worst experience ever… OnLive, the cloud gaming platform that never really did catch on, created an iPad app not to long ago that let you remotely use your Windows computer through the iPad. While there are some legitimate uses for this, mostly using Microsoft Office or accessing files that are tucked away on your desktop PC, it appears OnLive could be in some trouble.

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Community is Back From Mid-Season Hiatus Finally [VIDEO]

Check out this awesome trailer that aired during The Soup for the return of Community. I’m glad Community is coming back and not yet cancelled. The staff here has a split opinion when it comes to Community, mainly Johnny hates it and everyone else loves it. Just kidding, Johnny doesn’t totally hate it. Read the rest of this article…

The Because Everyone Else Has an iPad Article, Article

I couldn’t resist not writing an article about The new iPad even though we try to stay away from stories that everyone writes about. We’re small and not at these events and I was on GDGT and The Verge watching their live blogs just like all of you guys! I don’t personally own an iPad, I’ve used them but I don’t really need one. Sure, toys are fun but I don’t think I would use it as much as I do my computer and phone. Read the rest of this article…

Full Body Scanners May Be Easily Bypassed

The other day, Jonathan Corbett posted a video that went viral on what he claims are ways to bypass the full body scanners that the TSA uses easily. This video went viral because it looks like it would work. So how easy was it and what did Jonathan do? Read the rest of this article…

‘Soul Calibur V’ Review – Stabbing Its Way To My Heart… Sort Of

Once more, it seems, we must delve through space and time, taking on one’s preferred armaments to battle in the undying war between Soul Edge and Soul Calibur. But is it worth the 60-dollar price tag indicative of all games of this generation, or is it just another foot-note in the grand schemata for a long running series. Well, I can tell you for certain, what it does do, it does well, and feels good in the process.

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KONY 2012 Is A Bunch Of Sensationalist Garbage

Joseph Kony is a terrible human being. A Ugandan war criminal and head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Kony has conscripted tens of thousands of children to fight in violent guerrilla wars in Africa’s dreadful mid-section while prostituting young girls and committing some of the most diabolical acts in modern times. A radical Christian who believes he’s doing God’s work, Kony is a man who cannot suffer enough for his crimes. The recent film Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler of 300 fame, is based on the real story of Sam Childers, who fought Kony’s LRA in the southern Sudan. Now non-profit filmmaking entity Invisible Children has made it their goal, through a viral short film that is spreading quick across the internet, to bring celebrity to Kony through broad awareness in the hope that through their efforts, we can finally capture the elusive terrorist and bring him to justice. But is their solution valid, or are they simply wasting your time and money?

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