Adventure and Puzzles Await You in The Cave

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Coming from Ron Gilbert, a long time Adventure game creator, The Cave is a puzzling journey between seven unlucky adventurers forced to work together and accomplish an unknown goal. Problem is, the Cave is also a living being,not of flesh and blood, but of damp rock…and maybe some emotions, who’s determined to teach each adventurer [...]


The Cave to Arrive Next Week

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Exciting news came from Ron Gilbert’s twitter page and Sega’s official blog today, The Cave is launching for all major platforms next week! On January 22nd PlayStation 3 users will get first dibs on this fantastic adventure game, and in a mere 24 hours after that, the calendar says it’s January 23rd, Xbox 360 and [...]


The Latest Trailer for Kinect Party!

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Kinect Party will be arriving later this month, just in time for your family and friends to gather together and break down buildings, lay down explosive high-fives, shoot space lazers, and drop some mad dub step beats! It’s fun for the kids, and drunk adults! Our extended time with Kinect Party at PAX was extremely [...]


A Second Trailer for The Cave Surfaces

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The collaborative title from Sega and Double Fine, and the wonderful mind of Ron Gilbert, The Cave‘s second trailer surfaces. This time describing some of the unique characters you’ll be helping guide through the treacherous tests the Cave has waiting for them. My favorites are of course the Twins, and that’s only because the Knight [...]


23 Devs Enter, 4 Devs Leave. Double Fine Amnesai Fortnight Prototypes Chosen

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Double Fine’s Amnesia Fortnight has come to a close…and none of the games I voted for made the cut. Fortunately some of my moneys I gave to the humblebundle also went to charity.  The four survivors though range from a hacking Zelda like RPG, space base sim, first person robot building survival game, and an [...]


Double Fine’s Amnesia Fortnight Has Too Many Fun Prototypes

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I’m completely biased when it comes to Double Fine, the developer that essentially makes every game that caters to my comedic values and play styles, and now their Amnesia Fortnight campaign is blowing my mind. Amnesia Fortnight is Double Fine’s way of breaking the monotonous game development process, they stop everything, this year just happens [...]


Talking The Walking Dead With Telltale’s Kevin Bruner! PAX Prime 2012

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This years PAX was like nothing I’ve ever done before, besides getting hands on with everything I could and swapping germs with all the other expo goers, interviewing notable characters in the gaming industry was truly a dream come true. Having a normal conversation with the legend Ron Gilbert, the fun times we had playing [...]


PAX: We Play Kinect Party With Double Fine!

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Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you just happen to be at the right place at the right time, in our case at this years PAX Prime, we achieved both of these. Taking a shot in the dark we headed over to the Double Fine booth and asked if we could do an interview and play [...]


Sights From Day 3 Of PAX Prime 2012.

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Sadly one of the greatest PAX Prime’s I’ve ever attended has come to a close. But fret not my friends, the guys at Penny Arcade are making it FOUR DAYS next year! Four days of gaming, tabletops, cards, and cosplay insanity. Sundays tend to be a little slower, and for those that have 3-Day passes, [...]


Nerd Farmcast Episode 9. PAX Hotel Room After Party!

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Nerd Farmcast Episode 9 comes to you from PAX day 2. Sorry for no PAX day 1 podcast like we promised, but with after parties and an abominable hotel wifi connection, posting has been difficult. But we managed to get drunk and stay focused long enough to Jerry rig an ice bucket and turn it [...]