Is this the real life? Or is this just sci-fi? Seriously, WHAT IS HAPPENING. Has anyone else noticed all the cool sci-fi stuff is coming out, like… right now? Did I miss the memo about sci-fi becoming super trendy and profitable? First, I saw an ad for this little darling on the old T-and-V: If you want the CliffsNotes: Crazyman Tom Cruise. God. In a sci-fi thing. Yep, sold, moving on.
Tag: post-apocalypse
How to Make Me Squeal With Joy
At the risk of turning this blog into a place where I just repost updates on upcoming games, I feel compelled to mention this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hQWqtxXPU If you’ve ever wondered what happiness looks like, here it is. Okay, it may just be me as an old PC gamer, but watching this video gave me goosebumps and a fluttering in my chest. It made my day, my week, my month maybe. “Don’t be silly,” you say, but I can’t help it. This is a game steeped in all sorts of oldschool sensibilities; sensibilities from a time when I was just cutting my
Radio the Universe
Stop me if you’ve heard about this one already. I’m usually the last to know about these projects. I’ve followed a lot of Kickstarter projects over the last six months or so. Mostly videogames (surprise, surprise). Many of the big ones were hard to avoid, of course: Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, The Banner Saga, Shadowrun Returns, Project Eternity… After all those heavy-hitters and the massive campaigns that they ran, you might be experiencing some Kickstarter fatigue. I sort of am. Still, it’s worth keeping an eye out for the smaller gems that often fly under the radar, especially now
Adventures in the Dark
This isn’t my house. I must have missed the end of the world; here we are taking shelter in some abandoned house. The lights are out. The water hasn’t run in ages. We scope the place out, sweeping flashlights over a silent, dusty landscape. We scavenge cans of beans from the cellar staircase. The TV sits there dead no matter how long we stare at it and wish it would work. Outside, another arm of the storm rolls in. The branches groan and strike the sides of the house. Rain beats on the roof over our heads. And that’s all