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BuckGB
June 24, 2010

Steam “Perils of Summer” Sale Begins, Lots of RPG Deals

Valve is hosting what looks to be an insane new “Perils of Summer” sale on their Steam digital download service, with the first day of deals including: – A Farewell to Dragons for $7.49– Aion: Tower of Eternity for $19.99–…

BuckGB
June 21, 2010

Irrational Games “From The Vault”, June Edition

This month’s “From the Vault” feature on the official Irrational Games website provides us with more scans from the original booklet the team used to pitch BioShock to potential publishers. Temperature mechanics, oxygen control machines, genotype upgrade machines (that would…

BuckGB
June 4, 2010

BioShock 3: Why 2K Should Wait

Assuming that 2K Games is already working on a BioShock 3, IGN has whipped up a two-page editorial that asks the publisher to rethink some of the series’ mechanics and bring something fresh to the table rather just than another…

BuckGB
June 1, 2010

Irrational Behavior Podcast Series, Episode 6

A sixth Irrational Behavior podcast is online, with this most recent episode featuring the Irrational Games team members talking about whether or not they, as game developers, approach video games differently than a regular consumer. Do game makers game differently?…

BuckGB
May 21, 2010

Irrational Games “From The Vault”, May Edition

This month’s “From the Vault” feature on the official Irrational Games website actually contains scans of the original booklet used to pitch the idea of BioShock to publishers. Interestingly enough, it sounds as though they intended for the game to…

Brother None
May 13, 2010

PC Gamer Readers’ Top 20 PC Games

PC Gamer held an “epic survey” amongst readers to determine the best PC games of all time, and has published the top 20. It’s a sobering read, but at least it’s RPG-heavy, featuring Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (#18),…

BuckGB
May 4, 2010

Irrational Behavior Podcast Series, Episode 5

A fifth Irrational Behavior podcast episode is online, and this time several Irrational Games team members discuss their personal fears, how fear influences their game development decisions, the challenges associated with creating a game that invokes fear, and other such…

BuckGB
April 19, 2010

Am I Evil? – Moral Choices in Video Games

The guys at Thunderbolt have conjured up an editorial called “Am I Evil?”, during which they examine the moral choices that video games have been presenting to us in recent years. BioShock, BioShock 2, Fable II, and Fallout 3 are…

BuckGB
April 6, 2010

Irrational Behavior Podcast Series, Episode 4

A fourth Irrational Behavior podcast episode is online, with this latest episode revealing “the nerdiest secrets” of several Irrational Games developers. What sort of secrets? How about building dollhouses, sleeping in bizarre cycles, dressing like a female, and creating video…

BuckGB
March 18, 2010

Irrational Games “From The Vault”, March Edition

The official Irrational Games website has been updated with another “From the Vault” feature, with this latest edition spotlighting five creatures that might have inhabited Rapture if BioShock’s early production plans would have stayed the course. Concept art is included,…