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The new Vanistendael is very promising

8. December 2011

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Only a year ago, SelfMadeHero published the English edition of Flemish cartoonist Judith Vanistendael‘s moving graphic novel, Dance By The Light Of The Moon (which was an official “Sélection” for the prestigious Angoulême Festival, usually a great mark of quality comics work), a gripping story about life, love, differences and similarities and how you never [...]

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Mick McMahon draws for Warhammer

28. September 2011

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The very fine Mick McMahon has been creating artwork for the popular Warhammer gaming series, more specifically for the Warhammer 40k game on the N-Gage phone, and he has a pile of artwork and screengrabs up on his blog here (thanks to Matt B for the link).

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Pearson and Beiber, a new pop cultural phenomenon?

30. June 2011

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With Sony about to launch the new InFamous 2 computer game, the fantasy superhero game for the Playstation 3, they decided on a bit of comics fun to go along with the launch. In InFamous the decisions players make all have consequences, be they good or ill and deciding that the people who know most [...]

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Jim Lee talks DC Online

30. December 2010

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Sony’s videocast talks to DC Comics’ Jim Lee about the new multiplayer DC Universe Online: Interview with Jim Lee about DC Universe Online – SGNL from SonyElectronics on Vimeo.

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DC Universe Online trailer

29. July 2010

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There’s an HD trailer out for the upcoming DC Universe Online, coming later this year and it looks awesome (via the Geek Syndicate):

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World of Warcraft Will Help You Survive the End of Humanity

13. April 2010

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Robert M. Geraci, lecturer at Manhattan College and author of Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality, writes on the Oxford University Press blog about ten ways playing World of Warcraft will help you cope with the collapse of civilisation as we know it. Snip: “After countless hours of farming [...]

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Elite, 25 years on

23. September 2009

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For those of us of a certain age it will be hard to believe its been 25 years since Elite first appeared in the nascent computer game market on the old BBC Micro. The starship trading and combat game, created by a couple of students in the mid 80s, revolutionised video gaming with its 3D [...]

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Alex’s Thursday audio round-up

11. June 2009

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As clouds skip across the sky here’s Alex Fitch to act as the bursts of sunshine between the showers with details of the latest upcoming shows he’s involved with; as usual check the Panel Borders site for more details and to check out archived podcasts of previous shows. Strip!: The Art of Shaun Tan, tonight [...]

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3D Realms goes bye bye

9. May 2009

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The BBC reports that 3D Realms, who had a huge impact on a generation of computer gamers and programmers with Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem 3D and their shareware model of distribution, has ceased to be. It seems from the report that it isn’t so much a victim of the global recession, however, but appears to [...]

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BAFTA Video Games Awards

11. March 2009

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The BAFTAs for the video gaming industry were held last night, with Call of Duty 4 scoring three awards (Gameplay, Story and People’s Choice) but in a surprise win was beaten to the coveted Game of the Year gong by Super Mario Galaxy. In another surprise GTA IV went home empty handed despite numerous nominations; [...]

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Animex animation festival kicks off in Middlesbrough

2. February 2009

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Today marks the start of the Animex Festival in Middlesbrough and also the tenth anniversary for the event, which was started when some animation students from the University of Teesside were entered into the British Animation Awards and which has since grown from a one day event to a much larger festival with guests from [...]

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Wolverine Origins – the game

5. December 2008

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Gaming site MaxConsole has a peek at the first image from the video game X;Men Origins: Wolverine which will tie in with Wolverine‘s solo movie outing in 2009. Certainly looks very Jackman-esque. (thanks to Lee for the link)

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“Curse you, Red Baron!!!!”

7. November 2008

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GameTrailers has a video up for a forthcoming Peanuts-based game, Snoopy Flying Ace. Snoopy! Woodstock! Sopwith Camels! The Red Baron!!! You know, normally I wouldn’t be overly fussed by a game like this at all, but the fact that is is Snoopy speaks directly to the kid in me who first read Peanuts and wondered [...]

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New Lara

12. August 2008

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Alison Carroll, a 23 year old gymnast from London, has been announced as the new ‘Lara Croft’. With a new Boob Raider… Terribly sorry, I meant Tomb Raider… game, Underworld, due for release this November, some twelve years on from the original, ground-breaking game, Alison has been announced as the official Lara model, following in [...]

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Marvel splits from EA Games

29. January 2008

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MCV and other sources are reporting that Marvel and EA Games have dissolved their relationship formed in 2004 and which has only produced one game so far, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects in 2005. Naturally this has lead to some speculation that the House of Ideas may have ideas about setting up their own [...]

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