Should Games have a story? Americans are getting dumber. Sorry to point it out, but your kids are getting a shitty education, being fed brain rotting cartoons and the media treats them like they are too stupid for their own…
So last night was my official birthday outing. I was planning on going to ‘Insert Coins’ the new Video Game Nightclub in Minneapolis, then I read it was basically ladies night. See that wouldn’t bother me normally, but the amount…
This is more of a rant than my normal mostly thought out articles. I reached a boiling point today because of DRM bullshit and WiiU hatred coming from reviewers. So here’s what my personal thoughts are… I’ve been having pseudo…
I never write 2 articles in one day, however I finally got around to the DMC demo that was released 4 days ago. After playing it, I felt compelled to write… I’ll admit, when I first saw the updated DMC…
I’ll be honest and say that I am a Grasshopper Manufacture fan boy. Killer 7, No More Heroes, Shining Soul, Sine Mora, to me they just make great games. I think the reason is because what they do is quite…
Usually, I don’t get too into mobile phone gaming. I have a Gameboy emulator and Pokemon on my cell and that’s about it. Mobile gaming for me usually was a Gameboy RPG… However at a IDGA Twin Cities meetup last…
Nerds worldwide had a collective aneurism when it was announced that Disney was buying Lucasfilm. Some fans are bummed, some are looking forward to Episode 7, one cynical writer called it a Deathblow. That’s a bit melodramatic, as recently LucasArts…
Well… this is a unique treat. This game surprised me, I got much talk about it on twitter so I decided to check into it myself. This game, which started out slightly odd to me, won me over almost instantly…
Seriously reviewers, its easy to whine about how not scary a game is, how you can melee the whole time and fail to mention the good qualities of a solid title. So instead of showing a video, I will actually…
So there is a video for this, but when I was playing it “Goddamnit” came out of my mouth so much I feared that I’d be cursed. I will instead talk of it, and you can watch me suffer. Imagine…
I have a fairly absurd collection of games. I did inherit quite a few from my buddy Nick, however I’m always checking stores for games I’m missing or have been stolen over the years. However as of recent, I’ve noticed…
No game this article, as I figured I’d write something a bit more personal. My description says I’ve been making games since 2003, however I didn’t have the balls to start Queuethulu Games LLC until 2011′s “Rapture” threats were floating…
The 1990′s introduced us to some great 3d fighting games. We got Tekken, Soul Edge (Soul Calibur’s predecessor) Toshinden (well after 2 it really tanked…) Killer Instinct… I could probably name more, but let’s get going. Sega had… well still…
You ever hear of a browser called OPERA? It’s on the Wii, which I just had to use to log into my Facebook account because their McAfee checkpoint claims that I’m infected. …but Netscape also works… huh… that’s weird… I…
Well let me start out by thanking Laura Gerald for the guided tour, which helped immensely. Also Id like to thank the Gaylaxicon party and the “save the princess” party for answering some questions for this article. Kiki Snell, Chris…
Editor’s Note: Our Gaming editor, Josh Flaherty, shares this video on AniMinneapolis, 2012. Josh Flaherty is an independent game designer from Minneapolis, MN and owner of Queuethulu Games LLC. He has worked on independent video games since 2003 and is…
Over the years, many crazy games have been made, and depending on the region, have had some slight changes made to them. Robots replaced Marines in Half-Life and Contra is called Probotector in Europe, Wolfenstein is banned in Germany (way…
This is not an anti-gay article, I myself am a gay dude and a game designer. I’m just here today as ‘Gay Pride Month’ draws to a close to let everyone they’ve been playing with gay characters in video games…
My only gripe about studies setting out to prove something is that some go out of the way to make sure they succeed. The entire video games/violence argument is silly to me, considering they only time I ever got “violent”…
The 90′s had some great games, franchises, fun, exciting and original games. BUBSY WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. He was Accolade’s attempt at a mascot, however unlike Mario and Sonic, they went overboard with the personality… giving him shades of…
Everyones all about supporting the indie developer, from Braid to Minecraft to Fez, there are quite a few big name indie games out there. However for every indie game that makes it big, there are those that toil away in…
I don’t know if anyone knows, but there is this little franchise I hate out there called ‘Halo’. My college roommate was so into Master Chief he ruined any amount of fun I might have had playing it. “You can…
If you were a kid and a gamer in the 1990′s you got a plethora of some of the most critically acclaimed games in the world. Contra: The Alien Wars, Final Fantasy 6, Dynamite Headdy, Gunstar Heroes, and the original…
Original illustrations from artist Jed Henry out of Provo, Utah. Classic video game characters, imagined as Japanese Ukiyo-e. “Well, I’m a professional children’s book illustrator by trade. After a solid year of illustrating books, I was looking for a…
After three years of planning and prepping I finally have my outdoor herb garden. No, you fucking potheads, not that kind of herb. I’m talking about a different kind of green stuff. My herb garden is filled with things that…
