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'Painkiller: Recurring Evil' Facts & Features

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 7:46 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Battle never ceases in the realm known as Hell. This time around it's a battle for the freedom of your very own soul.

'Guild Wars 2' - 15 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 7:04 a.m. PST | Filed under News

While Guild Wars 2 adds a persistent world, it retains the unique characteristics of the original game, including a strong narrative, extensive instanced game play, an anti-grind design philosophy, and strong support for competitive play.

'Adam's Venture 3: Revelations' Goes Gold

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 6:37 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Adam's Venture is an adventure game franchise that is focused on non-violent gameplay set in the early twenties of the 20th Century. In this third and final installment of the Adam’s Venture series, the story arch of Adam, Evelyn and the Clairvaux Corporation comes to a shocking conclusion.

'Gary Grigsby's War in the East: Don to the Danube' - New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 5:56 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Gary Grigsby's War in the East: Don to the Danube comes with a wide array of later war scenarios ranging from short but intense 6 turn bouts to immense 37-turn engagements taking place across multiple nations.

'The Banner Saga' Announced By Former Bioware Devs

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 5:37 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Banner Saga is a role-playing meets turn-based strategy, wrapped into an adventure mini-series about vikings.

'Men Of War: Condemned Heroes' - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 12:56 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Men Of War: Condemned Heroes fuses tactical thinking with the action-packed direct control mode, and tells the story of one of the infamous Soviet penal battalions during the WWII.

Try To Be A Little Less Than Your Frivolous Self, 007

by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under MOTD

Good progress has been made on the server drama. One of our file servers is operational again, and the new WP server is nearing completion (80% done), so if all goes smoothly, we will be able to flip the switch sometime this week.

We watched the latest episodes of Fringe and The Walking Dead, both quite good. I'm especially happy that the latter show has stuff happening instead of running around in the woods for hours on end like it did earlier in the season. A close-up view of somebody getting his face eaten perks you right up.

I forgot to mention this a few days ago, but our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Insomniac gameplay programmer Michael Kuehl, who passed away last week.

The Fastest Way To Clean Your Gun Is To Shoot A Couple Of People With It

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under MOTD

We ended up watching Red Tails yesterday, and while I love war movies, this one is not among my favorites. On the contrary, it's probably going to rank somewhere among the worst. From the start, it was already a hit and miss, as the introduction credits were in red (most likely as a wink to the title), but they totally distracted from the action during the opening sequence. While I'll admit that is nitpicking, the rest of the movie did not fare any better. For its lineup of stars (Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, and even Method Man), the acting was weak sauce. What frustrated most of all, however, was the sound quality. The dogfights had no punch, you weren't blown away by explosions, and everything sounded hollow and tinny. When you have some lame music to build up a major air combat scene, you really have to wonder what Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox were thinking.

'TERA' Recaps Successful First Closed Beta Test - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 18, 2012 @ 2:13 a.m. PST | Filed under News

TERA: The Exiled Realm of Arborea is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game where you battle epic wars and protect your kingdom from demise. TERA is developed to bring you thrills never experienced before in traditional MMOs with its action-filled gameplay and riveting visuals.

'Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II' (ALL) - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 18, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Armed with all-new character animations and a completely reworked physics engine, Episode II will expand the Sonic 4 storyline with new areas to speed through and new challenges to face.