Recent content by Phaeton99

Well, I have this feeling that it will simply be abruptly cancelled without fanfare, one day, and the last episode will be unremarkable and pretty bad. But, should the end be foreseen and budget available, I would not be surprised if they try something all-out weird with a "Matt Groening (or...

It's gratifying ? if surprising ? to see the local sci-fi fest appear in The Escapist. And it seems I missed a few interesting cosplayers this year, too ? but at least I could see them here.

When one considers the harbingers, this looks not unlike the lead-up to an industry implosion on par with the console crash of 1983: the obsession with buzz-word tech specs over entertainment value, the burgeoning attempt to introduce new hardware that no-one asked for, the disconnected...

Almost makes one nostalgic for when Americans blamed everything on "witches" and the devil.... Seriously, what can one expect from a member of the House of Rabble? It is not like it made up of qualified experts or well-informed citizens or the like (such attributes seems to disqualify...

This is just so very wrong... on so many levels. Tasteless? Yes, but the zombie apocalypse is nothing if not tasteless. This, however, does not seem to quite fit that specific variety of tastelessness. There is "body horror" and whole "living dead" aesthetic, but this is more like...

Given the article graphic, I was hoping for some mention of Shadow of the Colossus, which is, arguably, nothing but boss battles with all the fodder between removed. One thing that sticks with me about that game was how inevitably, one could not use a single tactic to defeat a colossus. In...

Given how dull and repetitive "survival horror" has become as a genre, this "Untitled Cyberpunk Cruise Ship Game" concept could actually be the fresh and unnerving tact required to remind people what the experience of contextual uncertainty and fear should be. And the followup "Dark Harvest"...