Electronic Arts’ promotional blitz for Dante’s Inferno continues with a look at the sixth circle of hell: Heresy. It’s Satan’s backyard, according to lead designer Steve Desilets, who proclaims: “You’re now in the sh**.” As you’ll see, it is indeed quite brutal, and certainly not for children, South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson, or the [...]

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Sit down and strap yourself in. I’m about to turn your world upside down. After this, you might question everything you know. Does the combination of blue and red really make purple? Is Tupac dead? Are Vienna Sausages really made with chicken, beef and pork? It’s highly possible that you could be driven to the [...]

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Christian Slater. Elton John. Jake “The Snake” Roberts. What do they have in common? They have nothing to do with this topic. I just needed an introduction for my article.

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Editor’s note: This is yet another in a long list of kick-ass Sarcastic Gamer Survival Guides. If you want to check out the others in the series, click here for the list of guides, which includes GTA IV, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Far Cry 2.
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Visceral Games’ upcoming adaptation of Dante’s Inferno has been a lightning rod for controversy. Since the official reveal, it’s been one big ado after another. The game has been decried as an affront to the revered poem, and Electronic Arts’ marketing tactics haven’t been safe from scrutiny either. Of particular note was the ill-advised “Sin [...]

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It’s no secret that I’m a huge Tim Schafer fan. I’ve been pretty open about it since day one. Dude could mail me a letterhead featuring a simple doodle and vague release date, and I would probably set aside $60 without a thought. There aren’t many game designers who command that level of respect from [...]

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Electronic Arts registered the trademark for Jack the Ripper for “computer game software” last week.  In July, Visceral Games, the folks that are bringing you the epically ridiculous Dante’s Inferno, announced they would be putting a game together based on the Jack the Ripper case.
Visceral: (adjective) not intellectual; dealing with crude or elemental emotions, raw
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At first glance, BioWare’s launch DLC for Dragon Age: Origins seems like an evil scheme to charge consumers for content that could have been included on the disc. That’s the conclusion I jumped to anyway. Good thing I read the press release in its entirety, rather than rushing to WordPress to post a spirited reaction.

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I’m going to avoid hyperventilating as I write this. You see, it’s the excitement.  It’s causing me to breathe too quickly and I could pass out and bang my head on the rnklja;nmavmkvmv..vf.fv..

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