If you’ll recall the first round of Orcs Must Die DLC was a bit of a disappointment after the high that was the game’s release. It was really just a handful of new weapons, that had open slots in the spell book ready and waiting for them. If I were a jaded man I’d say they were planned from the beginning and yanked out post production to reintroduce later and milk a few more dollars out of consumers. You know, the kind of jaded that would love the game DLC Quest? Anyways the new DLC is called ‘Lost Adventures’ and features 5 new levels, reverse courses for the old levels, 3 new monsters, and even a new trap. The DLC will be available on Steam November 8th, 2011 for the introductory price of $2.99. How about a little trailer after the jump, oh and a press release. Keep reading
A Minecraft Proposalcoaster
It’s easy during the hustle bustle of the gaming industry to forget just how big a part of peoples lives games are. A perfect example of this is one Minecraft player building one of the biggest moments of his life into the humble low res blocks that make up the Minecraft landscape. Although, did you notice how most of it was in lava? Yeah fire and brimstone! And as far as that glow stone goes, yeah that came from the hellish Nether. Pretty symbolic of marriage if you ask me — just kidding. I sure wish you two the best, assuming of course she said yes… Keep reading
Alone in Dreams intro and tutorial series kicks off
Alec Holowka is one of those indie guys that just can’t seem to stop. Since developing Aquaria with Derek Yu he has not only been highly active in the development scenes of Unity, FlashPunk and his own Monocle Engine, worked to port Aquaria to iPad, began development of a new 2d adventure story game called Marian, was instrumental in helping Indie Game The Movie off the ground, and a mind-boggling amount of other stuff. And now to coincide with development of yet another new game in production with artist Frederico Machuca called Alone in Dreams he is producing a series of videos to not only show off the game, but to provide some instruction on development of 3d games in Unity to the community at large.
You can learn more about Alone in Dreams on their tumblr, and visit Alec’s own website at infiniteammo.ca and finally check out the first of the video series below.
Review: War of the Worlds
The age of remakes and adaptations is definitely in full swing. But that’s where we are now, the remix culture. The realm of video games isn’t immune from this trend either, as recently we have seen the release of a new game adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel War of the Worlds. Sadly rather than expand the world of my imagination, it mostly just put me at war with my controller. Keep reading
Mommy, where do Creepers come from? ‘The End’
So it’s not canon, who cares. It’s still disturbingly creepy. I’m speaking of course of the video adaptation of deviant artist Patrick Jalbert’s “Worse Than Creepers” by voice actor and web persona Amtrax91. “‘The End’ provides you a charmingly haunting origin story to the creepers and clues you in on what you should really fear. Don’t fear them, pity them — after the jump. Keep reading
‘Stealth Bastard’ incontrovertibly stealthy decidedly bastardish FREE like a fox on PC
I haven’t the foggiest as to what I just wrote in the title field of this post, but I like it so it’s staying. More importantly we’ve got ourselves a great looking 2D stealth game for the overly reasonable price of free. Yeah that’s zero dollars, zero Microsoft points, and zero Wii thingers. Stealth Bastards was released today by Curve Studios the creators of the pretty rad Explodemon which also just recently made its PC debut. Looks like all us PC fans out there are in luck! Hit the jump and check out the trailer and find out where you can make said free acquisition. Keep reading
‘Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory’ offers high calorie trailer for IGF 2012
Well what do we have here? A delicious little main character having his existence threatened by being potentially used as a baking ingredient? The words of the great internet sage “om nom nom” can best describe my initial reaction to the proposition of Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory. It’s a 2d platformer featuring dynamic levels and an aesthetic that excels at endearing. Developer Turtle Cream is readying the game for release later this year with a beta phase starting as early as this month. Hit the jump and find the game’s IGF 2012 trailer of tastiness. Keep reading
A brief guide to the gameplay modes of Dungeon Defenders
It’s about time I started leveraging the 150 hours I’ve wasted invested in Dungeon Defenders to create some useful content for 2F beyond the already completed review of the game. So I suppose I’ll start with one of the most basic topics of all, the various gameplay modes. Not only that but I’ll be sure to toss in any pearls of wisdom I may have to offer. Keep reading
Blocks That Matter papercraft Tetrobot wont dig but will cute
This one looks like a papercraft that’s even within my limited papercrafting capabilities. Not to mention there is the bonus that if I am ever abducted it will autonomously come to my aid, right? Hit the jump and have a gander at a few more shots of this adorable Blocks That Matter papercraft Tetrobot. Then find your way to where you can get what you need to make your own. Keep reading
Review: Escape Goat
I’m sure you’ve often asked yourself: What would happen if Rube Goldberg had worked on NES puzzle favorite Adentures of Lolo?
You probably wouldn’t exactly get a game centered on the jailbreak antics of a determined goat and his hat wearing mouse friend. But, you just might end up with something that feels the way the latest game from the mind of MagicalTimeBean’s Ian Stocker does as you guide said goat in collecting keys, flipping switches, and calling on mouse magic in Escape Goat. Keep reading



