PC Advisor: Let’s talk about Passage. As tiresome and ultimately pointless the “are games art?” debate has become, it takes a game of rare quality or vision to become part of the discussion - Jason Rohrer made one, and all on his own to boot. Passage defies easy classification, but it manages to turn a narrow strip of chunky, scrolling pixels into rumination on life, loss and death.
The PC has a lot of indie titles in its enormous library to choose from. Picking a decent game out of the sea of crap is a tough nut to crack. We pick out 10 games worthy of your attention. Best of all, they won’t break the bank.
Necrovision is awesome, especially if you're a fan of the Painkiller series and made with most of the same key members of the first one. Never really considered it 'indie'.
Can't wait to play 'Lost Company.
Still, in a turn of fortune, Farm 51 are making Painkiller Hell and Damnation.
ComicsBulletin's Alex D. Jones reexamines the tropes of games with no end and the impact that they have on player formed narratives.
Guns, grisly death, and sex toy mayhem; the year's most powerful and outlandish uses of violence in video games.
I think 2011 was one of THE best years in gaming history. So many AAA games in one time. It almost makes me sad that we have so few to look forward to next year.
can't wait for mass effect 3 next year, violence will escalate in the battle against the reapers
