Category: Article

Xbox One Reveal. Our (negative) Impressions.

AlienLion May. 21 Article, Featured, News and Seasonal Views (2013) 2 comments
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  So, the eagerly-anticipated ‘Xbox event’ has come and gone, and as always, it’s time for our impressions. Before I personally start, I would like to note that we do our impression pieces without taking into account any information that comes after, or in addition to, what was revealed at the actual event. This way, [...]

Always-on: Not Always Awful?

Isaacmo May. 18 Article, Featured, Opinion Views (120) 1 comment
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AlienLion is that particularly vocal bunch, in front of the angry anti-DRM mob. As someone who always pays for gaming, we perceive the very idea of aggressive DRM insulting, like a stinky finger poking us right in our faces and calling us thieves, while we’ve done nothing wrong. And we don’t mind publishers doing whatever they have [...]

3 Innovations We Actually Want From ‘The Next Gen’

AlienLion May. 16 Article, Featured, News and Seasonal Views (1460) 6 comments
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  New consoles used to be easy: more polygons, more bits, stereo-er sound, what have you. Most of us had no idea what the fuck those terms even meant (I still don’t), but they made the technological progress somewhat quantifiable. We knew that the audio and the video were to get better, and we also [...]

5 Famous People Who Need Their Own Games

AlienLion Apr. 12 Article, Lists Views (284) 3 comments
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Previously, we’ve looked at some really pointless celebrity involvements with video games. This time, we’ll do the opposite and put together a list of a few currently famous people, who deserve to have games made about them as soon as possible:   5. Chuck Norris Duh! Right? We have somewhat covered Chuck before, but this (or [...]

Top 7 Trash Talk References in Video Games

AlienLion Mar. 29 Article, Lists Views (564) no comments
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    If rap has taught us anything it’s that people love beef (unless they’re hindus or something), especially when it’s between two or more publicly recognized entities. So how about a list of some outstanding or notable cases of trash talk in video games? Here we go:   #7. Valve is a SiN _________________________________________________________________________________ [...]

5 Types of Achievements/Trophies That Must Die

AlienLion Mar. 23 Article, Lists Views (684) no comments
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If you’ve been with us for awhile, then you know that we love trophies and achievements. Hoarding aside, they are fun little incentives to spend some extra time with the games that we enjoy (and some that we don’t), or at least… they are supposed to be. All too often, game developers entirely miss the [...]

Planescape’s Guido Henkel Talks Torment, His New Game and More!

AlienLion Mar. 19 Article, News and Seasonal Views (1491) 3 comments
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Our very own Allen got his very first interview with Guido Henkel, the producer of the amazing Planescape: Torment, which Allen has covered for us before. Congratulations to Allen and massive thanks to Guido, from all of us, for taking the time. AL: Apart from being the face of Torment (sorry, I couldn’t resist), you were also the [...]

5 More Things You Never Noticed In Your Favorite Games

AlienLion Mar. 12 Article, Lists Views (878) 2 comments
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You know that TV show, Breaking Bad? After so many seasons, have you realized that the only black guy in the show sells fried chicken and meth? It’s one of those things that you don’t think about, until they are pointed out to you, even though they are in plain sight. What follows is another [...]

7 Disappointing Games That Broke Epic Promises

AlienLion Mar. 05 Article, Lists Views (1245) 4 comments
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2005 – 2013, or the seventh generation of gaming (let’s call it that), was certainly fun but it will probably not be remembered for its’ lack of disappointments. Plenty of releases did not live up to expectations, and others never happened at all. I bet that nobody is as bothered by this fact as the [...]

6 Worst Game Titles of the Seventh Generation

AlienLion Feb. 13 Article, Lists Views (413) 2 comments
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As the seventh generation of consoles nears its’ mud dive, we feel the need for yet another round up, as part of our send off. This time, we will provide six examples of the most regrettably titled games of the past seven or eight years. Again, we will avoid the more obscure titles, because otherwise, [...]