Added: 01.06.2015 23:16 | 1 views | 0 comments


The Short Pause crew chimes in on the latest happenings within the video game industry. The topics this week include: - One member shares his thoughts on Nintendo's latest Wii U exclusive, Splatoon, and whether or not its lack of content affects the overall enjoyment of the game. - Another member rants about cooperative games and how playing with people who are not using a mic or working as a team can be a rage-inducing experience. - Two Short Pause contributors lament the way Nintendo has handled Amiibo's, and then turn around and talk about how many they own? The other two think their friends may have a problem! - One Short Pause member didn't fall for the rumor that Microsoft was in talks to buy the Silent Hill IP, but two of them hope someone shells out for it! - And much MORE!

Added: 01.06.2015 23:00 | 11 views | 0 comments

High scores, high tensions and high times

Added: 01.06.2015 22:17 | 2 views | 0 comments


The Short Pause crew chimes in on the latest happenings within the video game industry. The topics this week include: - One member shares his thoughts on Nintendo's latest Wii U exclusive, Splatoon, and whether or not its lack of content affects the overall enjoyment of the game. - Another member rants about cooperative games and how playing with people who are not using a mic or working as a team can be a rage-inducing experience. - Two Short Pause contributors lament the way Nintendo has handled Amiibo's, and then turn around and talk about how many they own? The other two think their friends may have a problem! - One Short Pause member didn't fall for the rumor that Microsoft was in talks to buy the Silent Hill IP, but two of them hope someone shells out for it! - And much MORE!

Added: 01.06.2015 19:16 | 7 views | 0 comments


The German Xbox site is currently running a promotion where fans can get consoles up to 150 off as long as they meet one requirement: having a high Gamerscore. The way the promotion works is that you request a voucher based on your current Gamerscore. So if you have 150,000 you get 150 off your console bundle. 20,000 gets you 20 , etc. The promotion is only available for German Xbox Live accounts and only for console bundles.

Added: 01.06.2015 18:16 | 3 views | 0 comments


Rocksteady director Sefton Hill has revealed that Batman: Arkham Knight will not contain loading screens in-game.

Added: 01.06.2015 17:16 | 3 views | 0 comments


GR: "Faceless zombies. Nightmarish chases. Nerve-jangling bursts of static. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories made no bones about wanting to terrify you. But the most shocking thing about it wasnt its monsters. It was the choice of lead platform. Released in December 2009 on Nintendo Wii, Shattered Memories was a bold some might say foolhardy attempt to take Silent Hill to a brand-new demographic: casual players. We thought, this is a chance for us to engage with what is potentially quite a large audience, remembers Sam Barlow, lead designer at Climax Studios. The pitch from us was always, How many people own a Wii? How many of those people have enjoyed watching a horror movie or psychological thriller? We thought there were quite a lot of people we could sell this game to.

Added: 01.06.2015 3:16 | 8 views | 0 comments


Marcus Estrada writes: "Of course, as any crowdfunding connoisseur is aware, projects take time. Heck, the oldest successfully funded Kickstarter video game project ever - High Strangeness - just launched this year! What we see occurring less frequently, however, is when a developer releases other games in between the period of crowdfunding a project and getting that project to market in some form. To most, it seems like an incredibly confusing decision at best, and as disingenuous and insulting at worst. Backers cant help but wonder what it all means. After all, if theres not enough time to complete a crowdfunding project then how on Earth is there time to put together a seperate game? Beyond that, dont backers have some sort of expectation of the game they backed being the priority of said development studio?"

Added: 31.05.2015 23:16 | 2 views | 0 comments


KSD: Silent Hill 2 is a game that tells a straightforward story about repressed guilt. Protagonist James Sunderland comes to the titular town after receiving a letter from his dead wife Mary, and he meets a woman named Maria who looks a lot like Mary. The direction the story takes is unsurprising in its broad strokes: James may have had something to do with his wifes death, and maybe somethings not right with Silent Hill! Whats unique about the game is the way it invisibly blends a hard-and-fast narrative with input from the player. Rather than obvious points of narrative divergence where the player picks an option or takes action when prompted, the game collates a long list of things youve done while playing to come up with one of six possible endings: all without ever cluing the player in on this process.

Added: 31.05.2015 21:16 | 3 views | 0 comments


KSD: Silent Hill 2 is a game that tells a straightforward story about repressed guilt. Protagonist James Sunderland comes to the titular town after receiving a letter from his dead wife Mary, and he meets a woman named Maria who looks a lot like Mary. The direction the story takes is unsurprising in its broad strokes: James may have had something to do with his wifes death, and maybe somethings not right with Silent Hill! Whats unique about the game is the way it invisibly blends a hard-and-fast narrative with input from the player. Rather than obvious points of narrative divergence where the player picks an option or takes action when prompted, the game collates a long list of things youve done while playing to come up with one of six possible endings: all without ever cluing the player in on this process.