Before we get into the meat of this game, I’d like to start with the lesson I most sincerely hope every other studio takes away from Deus Ex: Human Revolution. How to handle morality systems. Straight, DX:HR has the best morality system ever implemented in a game. It handles player choices in a way that is meaningful, powerful, and allows you to genuinely effect the way the game plays out. How does it do that?
Read MoreKen and Alex Steacy were manning a table at Fan Expo, showcasing Alex’s project Shards, which highlights the artistic talents of a number of artists. Peter talks with them about the Shards project, as well as a wide range of topics from Ken’s Desert Bus stint, the shrinking role of middle men in the industry and what exactly is the best metaphor for Shards: apparatif, canape or hor d’oeuvres…
Read MoreRyan talks with Sam Sarkar, writer of The Vault, a 3 issue mini-series put out by Image Comics. Sam talks about Oak Island and its infamous Money Pit, which was the real life inspiration for the story, and about the comic being optioned for a film.
Read MoreWith Gears Of War 3 less than three weeks away from launching, a new trailer tracing the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad has been released. Gears 3 has already seen an unprecedented 1.3 million preorders, making it the fastest pre-sold exclusive for the Xbox 360 platform, and the same number of players spent more the 20 million hours fragging the enemy in the multiplayer beta a few months back.
Read MoreWhile he hasn’t had time to finish it (yet), Peter has nothing but praise for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. That’s why we decided he would probably be the best person to talk to Elias Toufexis, who plays the lead role of Adam Jensen in the game. With a lead time of about four years, it’s not surprising that Elias didn’t recognize some of his own bits of dialogue when he himself was playing the game. As a side note, now that I’ve put a few hours into Deus Ex, I have to say…
Read MoreScanners? We don’t need no stinkin’ scanners.
Read MoreSome of the best things to happen at conventions are totally random, and you don’t expect to have your camera running at the time. At Fan Expo this year, we all happened to be in the right place at the right time. The above video is the result of a bunch of random cosplay Ezios and Altairs milling around the Ubisoft booth when they’re starting a Just Dance 3 contest.
Read MoreThis month, the fine folks over at tdotcomics.ca started up a poll slash contest to find out which comic shops in the GTA are the best in a number of categories…
Read MoreWords fail me. Yes, it’s that good. Brought to you by Tamiya: The “Put It Together” famous conspiracies model series: the Roswell Saucer Crash, the JFK assassination with lone gunman on grassy knoll, Marilyn Monroe’s “suicide”, Elvis’ faked death and the studio-filmed Apollo “moon landing”. Apparently these models don’t exist but then where did the pictures come from? Check out the full set at GeekoSystem.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again, when nerds and geeks of all stripes descend on Toronto and congregate at the shrine of pop culture known as Fan Expo. To alleviate the major congestion problems of last year, the expo is returning to the larger South Building of the Metro Convention Centre, and has added a fourth day to the event.
Fan Expo 2011 runs from August 25th to 28th, and you can catch all the details in the press release below…
Read MoreWilliam Gibson said that when he reads a science fiction story by Alfred Bester he doesn’t get any ideas about the future but he does get a feeling for what it was like to be an adult living in New York in the Fifties. Science fiction stories are always set in the present. Science fiction movies are lucky if they even come close to the present. By the time a movie gets made it’s often referring to something that’s had it’s day. Film is at best a souvenir. Viewing Attack…
Read MoreTo the filmmakers in our readership- this might be of some interest to you come next year at “income tax time”. Yes, it is from an American perspective but a) some of our readers are U.S. citizens and b) Canadians shouldn’t feel too smug: our current government is unlikely to go after large corporations and it is very ambivalent about the arts and non-mainstream journalism. If Revenue Canada is trying to make itself look busy they might just decide to try some of the tactics that the IRS is presently…
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