Title: “Max Payne” Developer: Remedy Entertainment (PC) Publisher: Gathering/3D Realms (PC) Released: July 2001 Reviewed Version: PlayStation 2 Port Port Developer: Rockstar Toronto Publisher: Rockstar Games Released: January 2002 There are many film connections with “Max Payne”. The strongest is the film adaptation with ‘Marky Mark’. It was on the…
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The Torch Top 5, March 31st 2014
5) Minecraft retracts Oculus Rift support After the recent announcement that Facebook bought Oculus VR, Mojang announced they will drop all development for the virtual reality hardware. Mojang and Oculus were working on a virtual reality version of Minecraft but Notch Persson, owner and founder of Mojang, has decided to…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is well underway. With Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World proving that Marvel Studios is growing stronger and stronger, next in line is Captain America: The Winter Soldier. If I am being honest, Captain America has never really interested me…
Read MoreAtomp Reviews: Betrayer [Blackpowder Games]
Tom Hooper aka Atomp Blackpowder Games is a small game development studio that is made up mostly of ex-Monolith developers, which means that we’re looking at veterans from the likes of No One Lives Forever, FEAR and the Condemned games. This isn’t a bad starting point and from here we…
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Why I Relay and why should You?
With the RFL Fever going on, this time I will take a leap towards another direction and talk about Cancer. You all know about cancer and RFL. I have written articles in the past, if you wish to read type, “RFL or Cancer” in the search box on this site. Whenever I…
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Kevin’s Music Reviews – 8-in-a-row quickies
This week is a bit different. Instead of one review, Kevin brings you 8 quick reviews in a row! Andras Fox Embassy Café ~[Sounds from the marble dancefloor]~ One part minimal R&B, one part chic deep house. Mid-paced rhythms screwed by syncopated beats. Intelligently layered to keep things busy but…
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Retro Monday “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
Title: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” Developer: Atari. Inc Publisher: Atari. Inc Released: December 1982 Not much has happened this week. Not just was this article made rather later then planned, but also with in the game world. It is GDC (Game Developer Conference) time and so not much happens except…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – NEED FOR SPEED
Need For Speed is the latest video-game adaptation to hit the big screen. That is one reason to be cautious about Need For Speed, after all, video-game adaptations do tend to be pretty poor. Fast cars and outrageous stunts have worked wonders for the Fast & Furious franchise when it comes to earning a…
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Kevin’s Music: An Obsessive’s Guide to Obsessing
Listening to music can sometimes be a needlessly complicated process. It’s not hard to see why; for some people, listening to music is an incredibly substantial part of their lives, tuning in day-in, day-out, as often as they humanly can, consuming just about as much auditory stimuli as they do…
Read MoreAtomp Reviews: Game Dev Tycoon [Greenheart Games]
Tom Hooper aka Atomp When it was first released Game Dev Tycoon saw mention in various gaming news sources for one reason in particular; piracy. The developers had decided that the game would inevitably end up on torrenting services so they uploaded and seeded their own torrent, however there was…
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