Since years, I believe the proprietary software model development is broken. The fact that games can be obtained easily over the net sweaten a bit the deal. But it’s fundamentally non-working. Paying for artistic works (images, sounds, story) is fine. … Continue reading Today video games support, from Sega scripted replies to Telltale and GOG hidden won’t fix
I waited a while before giving a try to Life Is Strange. It’s made by a french studio named DONTNOD Entertainment and, over years, I grew wary of frenchness/ubisoftness in video games: repetitive gameplay with teenager philosophy in disguise of an inconsistent plot. Plus Life Is Strange is a point-and-click adventure game and, these days, with Telltale Games, the standards are quite high. Gameplay wise, Life Is Strange forces you to click and move the mouse to a text string like “Do this” to do anything. I guess they thought it would be practical in case there are many actions … Continue reading Unhappy faces ain’t gonna get you in (Life Is Strange, 2015)
Presented as “The Detail combines the emotional impact of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead with the themes of a realistic crime drama like HBO’s The Wire, delivered with our own unique visual style inspired heavily by graphic novels.”, I was afraid it would be too-much. As the next prick, I both love The Wire (not that much season 2) and dislike pricks that love The Wire – I watched it first when it was on air though. So anything pretending to be related in any way to The Wire has to be treated with suspicion. But the game was on … Continue reading All is safe and all is good but lately I’ve had dreams of blood (The Detail, 2014)
I was in no hurry to watch The Wolf of Wall Street, even though critics are apologetic about it, even though I generally enjoy Martin Scorcese stuff. I don’t think traders of Wall Street are contributing to worldwide economy is a useful way for mankind and I’m not readily able to devote 179 minutes to hear about them and their life concerns, no matter how it’s done. But I had to watch it -it’s still Scorcese- and I did. Well, it’s unsurprisingly a good movie. Well played, well produced, blah blah. But in the end, I really don’t care about … Continue reading What prey for us today? (The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013; The Wolf Among Us, 2013-2014; Grimm, 2011-2014)
I’ve been a bit flooded by games releases and steam sales. As always, too much produce not enough. Hence, not enough posts here. But I’m bringing it back, bring it back, bring it back again. Let’s mention a few game I played these days and expect to play much more: A few years before, I enjoyed Total War Rome, even though graphics we’re already seriously outdated. Same goes for Total War Medieval. Napoleon Total War is ok multiplayer-wise but the campaign really bored me. Probably similarly to Hearts of Iron, the further you start in history and the less room … Continue reading Cruise around in a rag top ride (Total War Rome II, 2013; Don’t Starve, 2013-2014; Tales from the Borderlands, 2014; Game of Thrones, 2014; Evolve, ?; etc)
Several times I mentioned The Walking Dead, the comics, the TV show and the Telltale videogame (yeah, there is a second videogame but so far I did not feel like trying it out), see this. Long story short, so far I did not reviewed the videogame but the TV series is so so and the comics great. Telltale’s videogame, where you follow a group of survivors alike Rick’s, come by seasons and episodes. It fits with a comics released each month. First season is over, second is pending (I won’t put here screenshots because the one I have would be … Continue reading Tak tak – tam w lustrze (Telltale The Walking Dead, 2012-2013)
Zombies are hip. Don’t ask me why they are, or to prove it (hint: specific blatantly-off-topic game mods). Seems to me people talk about it everyday, or almost. I don’t know when the current trend started exactly. The Road? I Am Legend? I guess it is related to the fascination of post-apocalyptic world ; after all, eschatology is a major issue of most monotheims. Anyway, before that, I had in mind that zombies was somehow result of witchcraft. But now, it looks like an experiment that went wrong, a biohazard that went wild. It’s the case of the Infected in … Continue reading Its not in your head, you’re a living dead (L4D & L4D2 & The Walking Dead, 2006-2012)
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