“The Last Crown: Blackenrock” Developer: Darkling Room Publisher: Iceberg Interactive When I get an email to talk to a developer at an event I always do a little bit of research into the game before saying yes. What my research found when looking up “Blackenrock” was annoyed forum strings about…
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AtomP Discusses: Controllers, Keys, Mice and Sticks – Part Three
In the last article we looked at gamepads, a fairly profound shift away from classic PC gaming peripherals. Today we’ll be examining one of the older forms of PC peripheral, the joystick. This discussion on joysticks will look at regular joysticks and their usage scenarios, perhaps with recommendations for alternative…
Read MoreThoughts From the Cyberverse: Yogventures
Wow, we have not done one of these for a very long time, but something happened that makes me think that we need to talk about it. We like crowdfunding here at The Torch EG, we actively seek, admire and showcase projects that we think are worth your money. I…
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Atomp Reviews: Wolfenstein: The New Order [Machine Games]
Tom Hooper aka Atomp Wolfenstein has a strong pedigree in first person shooters with Wolfenstein 3D being up there with Doom in terms of genre significance. (Fun fact: Wolfenstein 3D can be played in-browser on the Wolfenstein website). Wolfenstein: The New Order is a modern take on the classic formula…
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Atomp (P)Reviews: Planetary Annihilation [Uber Entertainment]
Tom Hooper aka Atomp As the fantastic time of year that is the Steam Summer Sale is once again upon us I decided to “invest” in some games; enough to fill quite a few weeks worth of reviews in fact. One of these was Planetary Annihilation which is a spiritual…
Read MoreWeek In Game News [June 6th, 2014]
“As news weeks go, we are now at the point of maximum blackout. With E3 just around the corner (conferences starting this coming Monday) most companies are waiting till then to make their big announcements. So busy week next week. And my usual home-based stream watching news coverage and opinion…
Read MoreAtomP Delver [Priority Interrupt], (P)Review
Tom Hooper aka Atomp, (04-12-13) I got in on Delver fairly early and at that point it was an interesting concept with a great deal of promise. The skeptic in me expected it to continue much as is, but I was wrong. I came back to Delver a short while…
Read MoreWil Morris’: Late E3 Thoughts and Opinion
What do I think of this years E3? “It sounds like battleships. E3! Hit! You sunk my console!” “Speaking of sinking people’s consoles…” [Paul Goodman/Jon Bolding on Escapist Magazine Podcast] There was the dispute between Sony and Microsoft, or the ‘PlayStation 4’ and ‘Xbox One’. Frankly, it has been a complete mess,…
Read MoreWill Morris’: Accordin’ to Twitter
I just went on to my Twitter [you should follow my twitter for updates on my stuff] and saw that EDGE and Zynga where trending. So I thought I’d put on my journalism hat and give you the headlines in the gaming world. Firstly, EDGE Magazine ran with a front page saying…
Read MoreThe Bitcoin Bundle
Second Life and Linden Labs aren’t the only ones being affected by the rise of the Bitcoin. According to a press release from GamesPress.com, top indie game developers are showing their support for the virtual currency by creating a bundle that allows Bitcoin users to pay whatever they want for four…
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