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What The Game ‘Journey’ Is Really About

AlienLion Oct. 16 Article, Featured Views (153) no comments

This is a rather unusual piece by our returning guest writer, noBanana. We have no definite opinion here but the whole this is too bizarre not to feature! Weird games have a weird effect on people. Normally, gamers can’t put together an Internet sentence without emanating some serious psycho vibes but games like Journey [...]

Screens of DEATHFIRE: RUINS OF NETHERMORE

AlienLion Oct. 08 Article, News and Seasonal Views (228) no comments

As you may know, we like to keep up with some potentially awesome new games that may be a little off the general radar. This usually means Kickstarter, but today, we are happy to share some news, in form of actual in-game screenshots, from Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore, an independent first-person RPG, helmed by Guideo Henkel. [...]

4 Reasons Why We Don’t Need Anymore Consoles

AlienLion Jul. 25 Article, Opinion Views (1481) no comments

It’s not like you need more reasons to love the 50′s, but that’s when man invented both video games and lasers. The decade is basically the guitar solo of human existence but I digress. Ever since gaming appeared, we have been trying to use whatever available technology to make it more awesome, from vector [...]

6 Evil Facts About Nintendo

AlienLion Jul. 03 Article, Featured Views (2892) no comments

In all the recent outgushing of gaming news, Nintendo has remained as relevant as a pair of testicles on one of those Justin-Bieber-looking kids on Instagram. You couldn’t even tell they had a relatively new console out, which is quite crazy. I mean, it’s the freaking Nintendo! The name alone is synonymous with gaming. Everyone knows [...]

5 Points In Support of Used Games

AlienLion Jun. 25 Article, Opinion Views (270) no comments

This piece is a response, of sorts, to this video by The Cynical Brit (as if there is any other kind, right?). The Cliff Bleszinski linked to it in this blog post, as a self-explanatory, factual elaboration on the evils of used games, by simply saying: “Watch this video, and then come back.” We did watch [...]

6 Pieces of Suspiciously Familiar Video Game Music

AlienLion Jun. 18 Article, Featured Views (1542) no comments

Video game music is its’ own genre, wouldn’t you say? It’s always had a rather unique sound and mood, usually only fit for video games (as awesome as it is, you rarely see anyone moshing to Sonic 2 soundtrack, for example). Even outside of the NES/Genesis era, there is just something about the [...]

E3 2013 Conferences. Microsoft vs Sony

AlienLion Jun. 11 Article, News and Seasonal Views (4292) 3 comments

We’ve all waited for exactly a year and survived through a freaking apocalypse to get here, the end of June 10th, 2013. Arguably, the part of E3 we all give a crap about the most (let’s be honest) is over and there it’s time to try and make sense of it all. Well, not it [...]

Exploring the Gaming Atlas or What’s Next for Old Settings

AlienLion Jun. 08 Article, Opinion Views (229) no comments

By Ben Watkins, a first time contributor for AlienLion.com ____________ If you consider how many video games have been made in the history of the whole wide world, you’d expect a certain level of repetition, when it comes to the backdrop. Our options are obviously limited in general, but some genres require certain check-boxes to [...]

3 Compromises Microsoft Must Make If The Rumors Are True

AlienLion Jun. 06 News and Seasonal Views (419) 1 comment

In terms of importance, most of the Xbox One features that were announced at the May 21st unveiling paled in comparison to whatever was implied at the event or right after. Really, as far as a ‘grand reveal of a next generation technology” goes, the bullet points were rather underwhelming: there was the TV thingamajig, which [...]

Remaster Alpha Protocol! (Urgent Letter to Obsidian)

AlienLion May. 25 Article, News and Seasonal Views (1333) no comments

Prior to release, Alpha Protocol was everywhere. Every self-respecting ‘most anticipated’ list had to include it, even from those who ended up giving the game a low review score. For some, this title was supposed to be an ‘espionage Mass Effect’; for others, it was a big budget old school RPG from the talent at Obsidian… [...]