After being exposed to Orcs Must Die! through the convention season, iTZKooPA finally got his hands on the title last week. Perhaps you realized that everyone else was doing the work during the week. Reports indicated that His Turtleness was in an orc-gibbing rage, eyes glassed over as crossbolt after crossbolt honed in on helpless skulls, supported by spinning blades, swinging maces and sticky tar.
While iTZKooPA promises us the last orc has yet to fall to his aim, he did take a breath to deliver this in-depth video review. Pay extra close attention, there’s a not-so-hidden treat in there.
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
