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Rick And Morty Creator’s Video Game ‘Quip Gun’ Is Awful
Image: Squanch Games Look, I would really rather not be a hater. It’s nice to like things. It makes life simpler, and we can all be happy together. Plus, humor is a highly subjective thing; what’s funny to you may not be funny to me. But, woof, man. The latest trailer for High on Life had me cringe so hard, my soul withered away from my body. The premise of Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland’s upcoming sci-fi shooter is as wacky as you’d expect: An alien cartel invades earth because they like to literally get high on humans. You become a bounty hunter and set out to stop them.…
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The video game industry has a COVID hangover
The video game industry is suffering from a COVID hangover even a bottle of Pedialyte and a bacon, egg, and cheese can’t fix. After explosive growth throughout the pandemic, game sales are finally plummeting back to Earth. Both Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SONY), two of the world’s leading game companies, revealed this week that their gaming divisions saw year-over-year revenue declines, as soaring inflation takes a toll on the industry. It’s not just hardware and games sales that are taking a hit. Gamers are also spending less time playing than last year. Both Microsoft and Sony reported less engagement on their respective online gaming services, Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus.…
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Analogue releases video game from 1962 on the Pocket
The world’s first video game is coming to an Analogue Pocket near you. Today, Analogue announced that it’s launching Spacewar!, a game originally designed for the PDP-1 minicomputer that predates Pong by a full decade, on the Pocket as a part of its larger strategy to bring pioneering video games into the modern era. The original Spacewar! was created in 1962 by a cadre of engineers led by Steve Russell at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Using a PDP-1 minicomputer and a 1024 x 1024 pixel CRT display, Russell and his colleagues programmed a game in which two spacecraft duke it out in the gravitational well of a star. Two…
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(Video) City unveils plan for indoor sports and events center | News
It’s been in the planning stages since at least 2019, and likely on local leaders’ minds even longer. But on Wednesday, July 27, the City of Cullman offered residents their first significant look at the multimillion-dollar mixed-use sports and civic complex that will anchor the burgeoning recreational district on the city’s southwest side. Calling the area a “district” is no longer a mere casual reference. With an ambitious eye toward marketing Cullman’s robust array of municipal sporting venues to the outside world, the city revealed that it’s rebranding the entire 140-acre municipal parks footprint that encompasses everything from Heritage Park (on the southeast) to Margaret Ingle Park (to the northwest)…
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Meet the gaymers: why queer representation is exploding in video games | Games
Fresh from a drag performance featuring a gender-swapped Mario and Princess Peach chasing each other around on stage, after watching a burlesque performer disrobe to the Tetris theme, I am standing at the bar waiting for a drink, surrounded by people in fabulous outfits. Famous drag queen Asstina Mandella is here in a stunning dress; I am in a purple bisexual-colours suit and I still feel somewhat underdressed for the occasion. I am not used to this at video games events – back in the 00s, it was mostly men in black T-shirts with logos on them, and I was one of about three women in the room. But this…
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We played ‘Stray,’ everyone’s favorite new cat-centric video game. It’s purrfection
We had to know: Was it really the cat’s meow? So we tried it out for ourselves, paying $30 to download it for a PlayStation 5. It was quickly apparent why “Stray” appeals to gamers (who like cats), people who simply like cats, and actual cats. It’s beautifully animated and offers a respite from video games that are often noisy and action-packed. Also, playing as a cat is unusual and amusing. You might even call it a-meow-zing. Though the dystopia of the game — which mostly takes place in a city that’s falling apart — can have a mournful, solitary feel, the adventure (and the choice of main character) served…
