Dante’s Inferno - The Video Game is Coming

December 15th, 2008

Abandon all hope … I never thought I’d see this. The first 3/4 is interested. That last bit of supposed video game action at the end is, um, disturbing (as it should be, I think). Like any video game trailer, it really doesn’t tell you what you do in the game exactly. Punish sinners? Beat [...]

Haunted Mansion Recreated in Counter Strike

November 25th, 2008

User-created maps for FPS games are often awesome and I remember being wowed by them so far back as the Unreal Tournament days. This new map for Counter Strike, however, truly takes the cake. Observe:

The entire Haunted Mansion ride from Disney World has been recreated here. It even includes the outside grounds, the line/queue, a [...]

Wall Street Journal To Disney: “Buy EA”

November 3rd, 2008

Wall Street Journal To Disney: “Buy EA”.
Electronic Arts (EA), the biggest video game distributor who makes games like Madden football and the upcoming Dante’s Inferno (as discussed here before), has not had the best financial year–well, nobody really has had a good year, financially. I’m sure Disney has taken a hit or two, but perhaps [...]

EA Developing Game Based On Dante’s Inferno

October 31st, 2008

Dante’s Inferno: EA Developing Game Based On Dante’s Inferno.
I fully expected a movie of Dante’s Inferno to come out and then, possibly, there would be a video game based on it. But like the essence of hell itself, everything is backwards; a video game is being made first, then a movie based on it.
This has [...]