Monday April 07, 2008
Zero Punctuation on Crysis by scottsh at 07:53 PM
Oh man, Yahtzee is hilarious. What makes his videos work is NOT his snarky commentary or amazing graphics or his willingness to dump on pretty much every game. No, what makes his videos is that he is flat out funny...

Monday March 03, 2008
Piracy Causes Iron Lore Shutdown? by Tim at 01:31 PM
Last week, Iron Lore Entertainment announced it was shutting down due to the inability to secure another round of funding.  Iron Lore is the creator of Titan's Quest and its expansion.  Both of these are fine games that leverage...

Tuesday February 26, 2008
All Points Bulletin - The Crackdown MMO by JP at 03:11 PM
Realtime Worlds, the guys behind Crackdown, instead of working on Crackdown 2 are actually working on a new MMO called All Points Bulletin. But looking at the article, you can see that APB is really pretty much Crackdown in an...

Friday February 22, 2008
Champions Online Trailer by JP at 07:36 PM
Champions Online, the new MMO from Cryptic Studios, the MMO that lets you create your own custom powers, now has a teaser trailer. Become all tingly below:...

Wednesday February 20, 2008
Spacetime Studios at GDC by JP at 09:53 AM
We've mentioned Spacetime Studios before. They are an independent development house working on the SF MMO Blackstar. They are at the GDC, actively seeking a publisher for their game. To get things rolling, they've posted a 20 second clip of...

Monday November 26, 2007
REVIEW: Crysis by scottsh at 07:27 AM
MY RATING:  By now everybody has heard something about Crysis: either about the jaw-dropping visuals (true), the outrageous system requirements (true), or the emergent gameplay (also true.) You've probably read about the impressive AI for your squadmates and enemies,...

Sunday November 25, 2007
Space Time Studios' New Science Fiction MMO: Time To Get Excited? by JP at 02:09 PM
The crew over at Ten Ton Hammer have an interview up with Space Time Studios' Cinco Barnes and Gary Gattis called Creating a Science-Fiction Epic. Space Time Studios is a new developer populated by ex-developers from Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima...

Wednesday November 21, 2007
Interesting MMO Items by JP at 10:48 AM
Just when you thought it was safe to be a MMO hater, they go and do soemthing to pull you back in. For instance: Tabula Rasa guy Starr Long gives an interview with TenTonHammer where he describes high-level mounts: mechs....

Thursday November 15, 2007
MMOs, Parenting And Time by JP at 12:46 PM
Mark over on Channel Massive has decided that you can be a great parent or a great gamer but you can't be both. Let's ignore the definition of 'great', which in this case is basically anyone who can engage in...

Wednesday November 14, 2007
PSP to play PS3 games? by scottsh at 09:54 PM
The November issues of Game Informer magazine indicates that Sony has announced plans to allow the Remote Play feature (which allows the Playstation Portable to utilize the Playstation 3's browser and view video content remotely today) to play games from...

Tuesday November 13, 2007
Do You Enjoy The Grind In Your MMO? by JP at 09:37 PM
Almost all MMOs have a grind of one type or another, and most of us dread the time where the grind overtakes the game, then sucks the fun out of it. WOW Insider has the solution: listen to an audio...

Monday November 12, 2007
A Companion Cube Of Your Very Own by JP at 01:02 PM
Admit it, you cried a little inside when you were forced to euthinize your companion cube in Portal. After all the help it gave you and all the encouragement, even though the companion cube can't speak, you were cruelly forced...

Friday October 19, 2007
Review: Portal by JP at 01:13 PM
Portal isn't just the best game with cake ever, it's also an incredibly fun mind-bending puzzler as well. You start out as a test subject for Aperture Science, competitor to Black Mesa, and the friendly computer takes you through...

Thursday October 11, 2007
Zero Punctuation Reviews: Tabula Rasa (Beta) by JP at 09:06 AM
As a big SF fan, I was really looking forward to Tabula Rasa. It's definitely SF and the promise of breaking traditional MMO gameplay elements was intriguing. Then I played the beta and I discovered that TR is basically the...

Thursday October 04, 2007
Best Game in 3 Years? by scottsh at 06:13 PM
The glorified blog that is Gamespot just gave a rating of 9.5 to a PC game for the first time in 3 years. To provide a reference, here are the other games that have gotten a rating of 9.5 or...

Monday October 01, 2007
First Impressions: Hellgate: London Beta by Kevin at 08:03 AM
This is a title I've been watching for a long time and was excited to get into the beta....

Tuesday September 11, 2007
The Only Reason Anyone Should Play World Of Warcraft by JP at 02:22 PM
Is to produce music videos, such as this one: Anything else is just an exercise in masochism....

Tuesday August 28, 2007
PREVIEW: Bioshock by scottsh at 09:51 AM
Well, I'm nearing the end of Bioshock and figured I'd post my opinion of the PC game. Hugely fun, immersive game. This is hands down the best FPS I've played since Half-Life 2. The plot was more predictable than I'd...

Monday August 27, 2007
It's True: Women Are Driving The Casual Game Boom by JP at 03:55 PM
The San Jose Mercury News today an article titled Women driving 'casual game' boom. They say that while the majority of gamers are still male, in their 20's and always looking for the latest hardware, the fastest growing segment of...

Thursday August 23, 2007
Why Graphics Matter, But What About Story? by JP at 02:43 PM
Advanced Media Network has a short article on why graphics matter in games. His main point being that graphics are what bring attention to a game and cause people to buy it. The gameplay, while important, isn't what drives people...

Tuesday August 21, 2007
Retro-gaming: Baldur's Gate by scottsh at 11:22 AM
I recently decided to return to a loved game of my younger days and replay Baldur's Gate 2. However, I remembered that I had never played through the first in the series. I had purchased it out of the bargain...

Tuesday August 14, 2007
More Bioshock goodness by Tim at 09:58 AM
At this point, it should be pretty obvious that we are looking forward to the release of this title.  As the release date creeps closer (August 21 - if you didn't know), the marketing engine at 2KGames and Irrational...

Friday August 10, 2007
Today's Droolworthy Video: The Ecology Of Bioshock by JP at 01:45 PM
If you weren't excited about Bioshock before, you will be now. A ton of gaming goodness in this video, including demonstrations of the emergent gameplay displayed by the AIs in the game. Very cool. Oh, and it looks purty too....

Friday August 03, 2007
Play Overlord, For Free! by JP at 02:10 PM
According to Kotaku, Gametap is offering all of Codemaster's titles for free. Yes, free. All you have to do is sign up to Gametap and then play, say, Overlord on the ad-supported section. Wow, this is just, well, amazingly...

Tuesday July 31, 2007
REVIEW: Overlord (PC) by Tim at 11:47 AM
MY RATING:  Scott gave us a preview recently, and since then I have managed to finish the game.  While the plot is somewhat cliche, it is really a fantastic take on the strategy game genre.  Many players compare this...

Tuesday July 17, 2007
Preview: Overlord by scottsh at 02:07 PM
I've been playing the PC version of Overlord and thought I'd share my impressions. The game sets you up as an evil overlord who can summon a set of minions to do your bidding. You use them to do most...

Saturday July 07, 2007
Dungeon Siege, In Spaaaace! by JP at 12:32 PM
Sega of America announced yesterday that they are working on a science fiction action RPG, to be called Space Siege. As the hero, you will be tasked with saving humanity as the last few remnants of Earth's population take...

Wednesday June 20, 2007
The Times They Aren't A Changing: More Ads In Games by JP at 01:31 PM
First, BF 2142 and now Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will have in-game ads. Supposedly these ads will allow for a "high-level of on going support" for the game. Which might be true, but I'd rather see a drop in product...

Tuesday June 19, 2007
Quake Wars Open Beta by Tim at 10:27 AM
For those who still play PC games, Enemy Territory:  Quake Wars is going to have an open beta.  The qualifiers for this is that the only way to gain access is via a FilePlanet membership (the free version will...

Friday June 15, 2007
Half-Life 2: Orange Box Release Date by JP at 10:11 AM
It seems that October 9, 2007 will be the launch date for Valve's Half Life 2: Orange Box game set. In case you didn't know, the box set will contain Half Life 2, HL2: Episode 1, HL2: Episode 2,...

Tuesday May 22, 2007
The (Almost) Never Ending GalCiv 2 Game by JP at 11:22 AM
You like GalCiv 2. You like it so much you bought the expansion. But do you have the guts to actually play a Gigantic game? Paul Davies, of PC Gamer, does and did. His report of the game from hell...

Saturday May 19, 2007
Wow, Starcraft 2... by Tim at 11:32 PM
The announcement from Blizzard this weekend at the event in Seoul came pretty much as I figured it would. I just wish I had time to post my prediction here on Gaming Signal when they first indicated that some...

Monday April 30, 2007
Microsoft merges XBOX and PC gaming - sort of by scottsh at 10:30 AM
Microsoft has announced that when Halo 2 goes live next week, they will also be going live with a new Games of Windows - LIVE. Similar to XBOX Live, you now get a way to pay for playing games online....

Thursday April 19, 2007
Want to write games? by Tim at 03:05 PM
That's a pretty good question and with XNA having been released for free, would be game designers can start working on their own games. While some of us can code and script like crazy there are still some stumbling...
64 bit Windows Vista Ultimate finally usable with latest nvidia drivers. by tditto at 02:06 PM
Hello again my naughty little meerkats! On a whim I decided that since I recently came in to a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (Full Version) that I did not have to pay the ridiculous sum of $400 to get....

Tuesday April 03, 2007
Beyond the Red Line... by Tim at 10:28 PM
While many are thinking that the end is nigh for Battlestar Galactica, I personally think the universe is due a video game or two. An obvious first choice is a flight sim type of game that follows in the...

Saturday March 10, 2007
Preview: Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar by Tim at 10:16 PM
That is one long title for the game.  This is a massively multiplayer game from the folks over at Turbine and Midway using the using the Lord of the Rings license (which should be obvious from the name.)  Turbine...

Thursday January 18, 2007
Sequels... by Tim at 10:18 AM
This is an idea that is used so much in movies and games that it can be both a bane and a blessing.  Some sequels are better than their original incarnations, but in many cases they tend to go downhill...

Monday January 15, 2007
PREVIEW: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas by scottsh at 07:20 AM
I picked up Rainbow Six Vegas this weekend and got to spend a few hours playing it, so I thought I would share my first impressions. This game is not like the Rainbow Six games that I remember. I think...

Friday January 12, 2007
Cheap Gaming by Tim at 04:11 PM
Over at TwitchGuru, Rob Wright has started a series of articles about the cost of gaming these days and has the first entry titled "How to Lower the Cost of Playing Games" up.   This seems to be a good thing to discuss...

Thursday January 04, 2007
Breathless With Anticipation by JP at 04:06 PM
Apparently, there are several good games coming out this year. Who knew? Anyway, here are several 'Most Anticipated' lists for you. First up, Firing Squad has their Most Anticipated PC Games of 2007. Kinda MMO heavy for me, but I...

Tuesday December 05, 2006
Gaming Tidbits For 12/05/2006 by JP at 09:50 AM
Its a doozy this time: Fancy a little RISK action using dice as the pieces? Then DICEWARS is for you! Supposedly very addictive. Unhappy that DICEWARS isn't multiplayer? Then KDICE is for you! Show those 12 year olds whose boss,...

Monday December 04, 2006
Popcrack Games by scottsh at 09:24 AM
The guys over at PopCap Games have no doubt made a bundle on their amazing casual games - like Bejeweled, Rocket Mania, etc. But rather than pull an EA and keep releasing new versions of effectively the same game or...

Monday November 20, 2006
Tidbits For 11/20/2006 by JP at 11:19 AM
Today we have several totally unrelated items. Except that they all relate to gaming in some way, duh. Do your kids, or you, eat PopTarts? Do you have a love of hats and all things Xbox 360? Then PopTarts has...

Tuesday November 14, 2006
PREVIEW: Need For Speed: Carbon by scottsh at 09:08 AM
I recently picked up and played through a little of EA's recent incarnation of the venerable street racing series Need for Speed. As pretty much the only racing game I've been interested in playing lately, I was intrigued to see...

Sunday November 05, 2006
1UP and Journalistic Integrity? by Tim at 12:24 PM
Yes, I do find those two things to be an oxymoron, but it is something that comes from 1UP's decision to pull a somewhat controversial review of Neverwinter Nights 2.  The "review" is found in the link from Joystiq,...

Sunday October 29, 2006
REVIEW: Sid Meier's Railroads! by Firaxis Games by scottsh at 06:42 PM
REVIEW SUMMARY: Brilliant production value and outstanding graphics can't overcome what has become lackluster gameplay. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Build a railroad empire during the all ages of rail! Bridge the US or assist in the war effort in...

Wednesday October 25, 2006
Post-Game Release Support? by Tim at 11:03 AM
This is always an area of interest since many games have issues when they are released.  This is a fact of life for software since it is almost impossible to solve every issue or predict every use case.  I...

Tuesday October 24, 2006
Battlefield 2142: Things that suck... by scottsh at 11:45 AM
I've been getting some fun times in BF2142 lately but I have a few gripes, and what better to do with them than to share them with the group. When logging in the first time, the game gives no indication...

Saturday October 21, 2006
What gaming magazines do you read? by Tim at 11:24 AM
This week I was picking up the mail and had a little surprise.  It was a complimentary copy of the Official Playstation Magazine.  I know it is slanted towards Sony (and some folks will say meh), but I think...

Monday October 16, 2006
Computer Gaming World for free? by Tim at 11:26 AM
Yes, it is true!!! The wonderful folks over at FileFront and CGW have made the back issues of the magazine available on-line for free. Now you can go off and remember the days long since passed in computer gaming,...

Wednesday October 04, 2006
Decisions, decisions... by Tim at 10:50 PM
While, I would love to throw some more mud at those folks we mentioned in our previous posts.  I have been trying to figure out what I should do about upgrades.  Do I upgrade my PC to something that...

Monday October 02, 2006
Does DICE Really Not Care? by JP at 04:42 PM
Over on Kotaku, blogger Florian takes the opportunity to rip DICE over statements made by their senior producer, Marcus Nilsson about Battlefield 2. Nilsson pretty much says that the vocal minority of BF2 gets all the attention in gaming circles,...

Tuesday September 19, 2006
Preview: Company of Heroes by scottsh at 11:59 AM
I know Tim has already discussed the demo, but I've had a few hours with the final relased version of the game and figured I'd add my take. Certain elements have been taken from the venerable classics as well as...

Tuesday August 22, 2006
Company of Heroes, the demo by Tim at 11:05 PM
I consider myself a fan of real time strategy (RTS) games.  I also like a good World War 2 game.  What happens when you combine the two?  You get Relic's new RTS game Company of Heroes.  I have been...

Monday August 14, 2006
Microsoft and Home Brews by Tim at 09:08 AM
Well according to the folks over at Gamasutra, Microsoft wiil be releasing the XNA development platform as a development package to individuals with Window XP PCs. Furthermore, they will begin offering a $99 subscription based service called "Creator's Club" which...

Thursday August 10, 2006
First Impressions: Titan's Quest by Iron Lore by Tim at 08:50 PM
First, I want to preface this by saying that this is really not a full review in that I have not finished the game. I would venture that I am only just one third of the way through this...

Tuesday June 13, 2006
Is Steam WAY Too Hard For Mere Mortals? by Kevin at 01:43 PM
So Half Life 2 Episode 1 came out last week so I re-installed Half Life 2 on my system, fired up Steam and got a Steam Busy error. After fooling around with it for about 1/2 hour I went out...

Thursday June 08, 2006
It's Funny Because It's True by JP at 10:39 AM
The Pwned Life is a hilarious mockumentary detailing the lives BF2 soldiers lead, as told by the soldiers themselves and with actual combat footage. I'm still laughing. Their home page can be found here. Whose up for some BF2!...

Wednesday May 31, 2006
Indie Games!!!! by Tim at 12:01 AM
Well there was some news this week about Independent Games and as such I have decided to link them here: GameTunnel has published its top ten Indie games for the month of May. They publish the list every month and...

Monday May 29, 2006
Casual MMOs by JP at 10:57 AM
I've been messing around this weekend looking at the MMOs oriented toward the casual gamer from Three Rings Design. The first you've probably heard of, its called Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates. Puzzle Pirates is, as the name suggests, a game oriented...

Friday May 12, 2006
E3 Video Link Dump by JP at 10:22 AM
Wow, a lot of E3 videos for you today. Sweet. Amaze! at the Tabula Rasa in game action videos. Wow! to the Draenei and Blood Elf dances! Wonder! at the in game Mass Effect clip! Thrill! to the sites of...

Wednesday May 10, 2006
Cross Gaming Platform Communication!!! by Tim at 04:11 PM
For many years there has a been a divide between console gamers communicating with other console gamers and PC gamers communicating with other PC gamers. Most often communication is nothing more than trash talk and sexual orientation, but I digress....

Thursday April 27, 2006
Gaming Tidbits For 04/27/06 by JP at 09:05 AM
Some interesting, if targeted, stuff for you today: First up, TooHuman.net is a website dedicated to the upcoming Silicon Knights game, Too Human. Some interesting articles here, especially the series covering the influence of the Norse mythos on the story...

Wednesday April 26, 2006
Computer Gaming World grows up by scottsh at 09:16 AM
I'm not sure everybody has access to it, but if not you really owe it to yourself to pick up a recent copy of Computer Gaming World. The last couple of months have featured fantastic articles - actual intelligent, well-written...

Monday April 24, 2006
Gaming Tidbits - 04/24/06 by JP at 01:19 PM
Some random gaming news, to cover for that slacker Tim...: EA is working on an 'Oblivion killer', called Project Gray Company. It's supposedly a next-gen, open-ended RPG game that lets the player decide how things unfold, much like Oblivion. No...

Wednesday April 05, 2006
Oblivion micro-content by scottsh at 12:47 AM
Bethesda opened their site that allows downloading of micro-content for The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion today. Over at obliviondownloads.com you can buy horse armor for $1.99. Future content will include the ability to rebuild the orrery and a mage tower you...

Monday March 27, 2006
First Look: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by scottsh at 03:28 PM
I got my copy of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion last week (thanks to a little help from my friends) and got a chance to really play it for the first time this weekend. Here are my first impressions -...

Sunday March 12, 2006
The Sims to teach programming by scottsh at 07:25 PM
Carnegie Mellon University has been given the use of The Sims by Electronic Arts for its next version of Alice, a programming environment designed for beginning students. Alice is already used in hundreds of schools nationwide as an easy, user-friendly...

Friday March 10, 2006
MMOBraaaaiiiiinnnnssss! by JP at 10:54 AM
Exanimus is a new, horror-based MMO that is in the work. Players will be able to take the side of either a zombie or a survior, based in a post-apocalyptic world (of course! What other type of world is there...

Friday February 24, 2006
CGW Magazine Drops the F-Bomb by Kevin at 04:18 PM
I was reading through the new issue of CGW, minding my own business, when I saw a Penny Arcade comic that usess the 'F' word. It also happens to lampoon Christianity, but that's another story. It's not a huge deal...

Thursday February 23, 2006
Ticket To Ride On The PC by JP at 04:21 PM
You loved Ticket To Ride the boardgame, now you can play Ticket to Ride on the PC! Yes, that's right. On the PC. Against other people over the internets. Sadly, LAN play is not included, so we can't kick Kevin's...

Tuesday February 14, 2006
Review: Crimsonland by scottsh at 11:25 AM
My Rating: Pros: Interesting gameplay that compels you to play one more level. In the best spirit of Berzerker and Robotron where its all about the killing! Cons: There isn't much depth, but that isn't always required. Bottom Line :...

Monday February 13, 2006
Halo 2 PC: Windows Vista Only by stacy at 07:47 AM
So Microsoft announced that Halo 2 for the PC will be an exclusive to Windows Vista. What I want to know is what do the rest of you folks think about this? I've bought a console system just to play...

Thursday February 09, 2006
First Impression: The Movies by JP at 02:00 PM
From guest reviewer Doug (and long over due!): My Rating: Pros: Eye popping attential to detail; relatively simple controls allow user to pick up and go reasonably quickly; addictive subtasks or markers to unlock more and cooler toys, er, sets...

Tuesday January 31, 2006
Stargate SG-1 MMORPG by JP at 04:49 PM
What the heck? Do we really need a Stargate SG-1 MMORP? I can understand the appeal of the exploration side of things, but is there enough there to make an appealing MMO to the more casual gamer? It is SciFi...

Thursday January 26, 2006
Best PC games of all time by scottsh at 11:00 AM
Back around the turn of the century several sites published lists of the 'best ___ of the decade' for various categories like movies, books, music, etc. It's not a special date, but I still think it is worth a look...

Sunday January 22, 2006
How To Hack Star Wars: Empire At War by JP at 07:28 AM
Definately not for the faint of heart, Zach from Technical Difficulties shows how to Empire at War demo, with included tools. Looks like EaW is getting some decent reviews, but I haven't tried it yet. Anyone else?...

Wednesday January 18, 2006
Star Wars: Empire at War by John at 10:02 PM
Lest SF Signal get all the Star Wars hulabaloo, I hereby contribute this morsel to Gaming Signal... The single-player demo for Star Wars: Empire at War is now available at www.empireatwar.com. (Does this mean Gaming Signal gets a Star Wars...
More Interesting Upcoming Games by JP at 04:02 PM
Following up on a previous post, I've run across several new games that look really cool, in a mix of 360 and PC games, including MMOs....

Friday January 13, 2006
Alternate Gaming Displays by scottsh at 11:06 AM
In what I find interesting trend, extra displays are showing up on all sorts of products marketed at gamers. Is this just a blip, or the future? Does this help or hurt your gaming? What other displays make sense? I...

Thursday January 12, 2006
Battlefield 2 News by JP at 09:45 AM
Some interesting BF2 news for you this morning. First up, EA has announced two new booster packs for BF2. Euro Forces will contain 3 new maps, a European Army and new weapons and vehicles. The Armored Fury pack will also...

Tuesday January 10, 2006
NWN2 Screenies by JP at 10:27 AM
Worthplaying has 16 new screenshots of the upcoming NWN2 game. Looks really cool. Hopefully the game play will be up to par....

Monday January 09, 2006
2005 PC Game of the Year by scottsh at 04:05 PM
I've been thinking a lot about my pick for 2005's PC Game of the Year. I had several games I enjoyed a lot this year including Battlefield 2, Civlization 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Brothers In Arms, Need for...

Thursday January 05, 2006
And You Thought WoW Was Addictive by JP at 01:59 PM
Journalist Jim Rossignol reposts an article of his covering the gaming culture in Korea. Wow, those Koreans are crazy. Starcraft? Still? After all these years? Time to move on! I'm surprised the entire nation hasn't crashed to a halt becuase...

Wednesday January 04, 2006
The Best Game You Never Played? by JP at 09:08 AM
Is supposedly Enemy Nations . It's a SciFi RTS and it has received some good reviews. But, the kicker is, it's free to download! Yup, free. You just need a Bittorrent client and it could be yours for the low,...