He might be about four months late with this review but I shouldn’t complain about a new Clueless Gamer segment with Conan O’Brien. This time out, he reviews WWE 2K14. It was one of my 13 favourite games of 2013 but where does it land on the ever-changing Conan scale of game ratings?
Comic Book Pull List for March 12, 2014
You know, we’re just four weeks removed from a Ms. Marvel reboot and now Marvel gives us the Captain Marvel reboot. Note that I said it’s a Marvel reboot because DC’s Shazam was previously known as Captain Marvel. Anyway, this week is the return of Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel #1.
Meanwhile, over at DC, they’re still continuing through the Forever Evil storyline. This week, we apparently learn the fate of the Justice League in Justice League of America #13. Over at Dynamite, they celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Six Million Dollar Man TV series with The Six Million Dollar Man: Season Six #1.
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Telltale Reveals First Tales from the Borderlands Details
We’ve heard little about Telltale’s upcoming Tales from the Borderlands series since its reveal at the 2013 VGX but Telltale used a special panel at SXSW in Austin this weekend to shed some light on their take on Gearbox’s signature franchise.
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Is EA Not Issuing Review Copies of Titanfall on PC?
I’m used to not getting review copies of games from publishers. In fact, I would be exaggerating if I said that my success rate is better than 1 out of 10. So I wasn’t surprised when I didn’t get a copy of Titanfall to review.
However, I quickly noticed something. Not only was I not doing a Titanfall review but nobody is doing a Titanfall review. At least, not on PC. A quick look online shows that either nearly no one is getting PC review copies or Microsoft swung a deal so the PC embargo is later than the Xbox One embargo.
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The Walking Dead: Season Two – Episode Two (Spoiler-Free) Review: Trust Me
After establishing themselves as some of the best storytellers in gaming with Season One of The Walking Dead, Telltale Games certainly didn’t set the world on fire with either Season One’s 400 Days DLC or Season Two premiere All That Remains. While the pieces that made TWD great were there, the heart that made TWD special was missing.
Fortunately, despite having four games on the go right now, Telltale hasn’t bitten off more than it can chew. Episode Two of Season Two is a return to form for The Walking Dead series.
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Sony Changing PS3 Box Art
I’ll readily admit that this weekend was a slow weekend in the gaming news sphere. I assume that’s because all the big sites were busy reviewing Titanfall. However, I did see this news item that I found interesting, albeit not earth shattering.
Very quietly, it appears that Sony is changing the design of the box art of PlayStation 3 games to keep it more in line with that of the PS4 and PS Vita. Gone is the greyscale top bar and in is the new Sony standard of blue and white branding.
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NASL Shuts Down, ESL Takes Over WCS America Production
The company in charge of production of the Americas region of the StarCraft II World Championship Series announced on Friday that they would be ceasing to produce WCS effective immediately. In a statement on their website, the North American Star League announced that they would no longer producing StarCraft content.
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Geek Links of the Week
In news that should surprise absolutely no one, Naughty Dog’s hit The Last of Us is going to become a feature film. [Deadline]
Goat Simulator is actually happening. It’s coming April 1st which almost makes me question if this isn’t a joke but April 1st is a Tuesday. Here’s the developer’s tale of going from goofy test footage to an actual game. [Gamasutra]
Twitch is starting work on bringing streaming to iOS and Android games. You’re going to be able to stream everything before long. [Joystiq]
I’ve never really considered doing it before but the dumpsters behind GameStops can be treasure troves of free, discarded games wares. Just make sure it’s not illegal in your city first. [IGN]
Steve Ballmer’s departure as CEO of Microsoft may have been as a result of his legendary temper getting him in hot water with the Microsoft board of directors. Stuff like that tends to backfire. Personal experience talking. [Computer World]
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Fourteen Game of Thrones Deaths as GIFs
Good news! It’s Friday! The work week is just a few hours from ending which means that it’s time for Fridays of Ice and Fire. This week, I have something definitely more spoilerish. It’s a look at some memorable deaths from the first three seasons (and there have been a lot of them) in 8-bit GIF form.
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Microsoft to Unveil DirectX 12 at GDC
Despite some beliefs to the contrary, Microsoft’s next gaming API is coming soon to your PC and mobile devices. Microsoft will officially unveil DirectX 12 at the Game Developers Conference in two weeks time.
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