"When I heard that a friend of the site, Justin Korthof, better known as SixOkay and the community manager for Robot Entertainment, was putting out a game, I was excited to get behind it. But when I saw the gameplay trailer for Orcs Must Die a few weeks ago, I was so disappointed. The game seemed like a very generic hack third person hack and slash with middling graphics…"- Shanghai Six
Genevieve at Skewed and Reviewed recently spoke with composer Chris Rickwood about his busy career and about some of his recent game compositions such as the soundtrack for Orcs Must Die and many other amazing games. They talk about his work and what it takes to be a success scoring games.
More and more video games are entering the board game market these days. With the likes of the X-COM, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Gears of War and Civilisation being converted into board game format I imagine more video games series aren’t far behind. Here is a list of some that I would like to see.
Player 2 looks back at why Orcs Must Die 1 & 2 are some of the best examples of the Tower Defence genre
Looks kinda cool.
This blew me away at PAX. I was so surprised to see how good this looks; very TF2 looking with some WoW mixed in.
One of the few games I didn't play at pax.
I approve any game that encourages genocide of an entire species.
Looks interesting. Great work!