This month, Kris leaps into the first in the Uncharted series, comparing it to a famous stunt show featuring a certain whip-cracking archaeologist. How similar are the two and how is this reflected in the level design of Drake’s Fortune? Video footage of the Stunt show can be found here. …
“Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away… forever.” The Joker Batman: The Killing Joke This month Kris enters Arkham Asylum to see how its inmates cast it as a sufferer of dissociative identity disorder, turning to both …
Romantic Love. Just why is it so difficult to get right in gaming? Kris, joined by Pete, Sam and Dan attempt to answer this question, finding out what has worked, what hasn’t and why. Go listen!
Strider kicks off 2012 with a jaunt down Tale of Tales The Path, experiencing something that changes his perception of videogaming and took him to an uncomfortable place. This podcast contains adult themes and is not suitable for children. You can find The Path here. Its awesome soundtrack here. The Freeplay episode in which we …
In this episode Kris looks at the relationship between food and gaming calling upon his colleagues at InRetroSpect and Sinan Kubba from Big Red Potion. What do gamers like to eat? How does food effect our playing of games? And why does Portal have cake in it? Find out. Warning, make sure you have eaten …
Have you ever been ‘in the zone’ or ‘in the moment’? In this month’s Digital Wanderlust Strider applies Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of ‘flow’ to Flower to look at how it facilitates creativity through relaxation and challenge. Go with the flow. Featuring an extract from Aleas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjliwSJGDiU …