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[Featurama] An Interview with Firebase Industries on Crafting Nostalgia

There was a time where playing a video game was something you left the house to do. Inside a dark building illuminated only by neon lights lay some of the best video games of the time. Games that would funnel your hard earned cash in to giant machines called plastered with game art. It is a time long forgotten, but two developers at Firebase Industries are looking to recreate the feeling of the arcade in the hot new indie game [...]

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Mike Eaton
October 7, 2012
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[Preview] Dollar Dash Proves There Is No Honor Among Thieves

You know, when you sit down and think about how much video games have advanced technologically and narratively over the years, it really is quite staggering. Sure, games with fully formed stories have been around for a long time (and some were arguably better than games today), but there is still a place for arcade-style simplicity. Kalypso Media is aiming directly for this niche with Dollar Dash, its newest multiplayer ‘grab and dash’ title.

[Review] Bloodforge (XBLA)

Maliciously tricked into murdering his wife, anti-hero Crom sets off to begin his journey to take revenge on the one responsible, all while slaughtering fallen gods in the most violent ways possible. No, this isn’t another popular Sony licensed triple-A title, but an XBLA exclusive. Bloodforge is set in a dark, Celtic universe where everything feels like a hellish nightmare. A high-contrast art style, brutally styalized action, and more than enough blood to keep the Red Cross happy may give this game [...]

[Featurama] SXSW Day One At the Screen Burn Arcade

South By South West (SXSW) is a huge entertainment event for the city of Austin, Texas. It covers most major media with the festival being broken in to film, music and interactive. The interactive segment has largely curved toward the mobile phone and computer programming side of things, however there is still a great love for gamer culture at the Screen Burn Arcade. The Screen Burn Arcade would be akin to a smaller version of PAX. They have demo booths, [...]