Right as rainy

This morning I caught a tweet from GameShark writer Todd Brakke on my twitter feed, about the price and DLC modalities of upcoming Bioware title Dragon Age 2 ¹. Granted, I removed that game from my shopping list a while ago, seeing that I never finished the original Dragon Age, and the add-on turned out to be a waste of money for me. But does it strike me as odd that the DLC shenanigans not only continue, but keep getting more ridiculous? Not really. (continue reading…)

The history of the Gothic franchise is one of ups and downs. While the first two games reached decent sales and a good reputation among RPG fans, Gothic 3 was released in a completely unfinished state, with game-breaking bugs and problems that aggravated players throughout. Original developers Piranha Bytes moved on to another publisher. JoWood kept the franchise and gave the job of creating the next game to Spellbound Entertainment, who are known for… well, not much really, only the real-time tactics series ‘Desperados’ comes to mind. All that didn’t do much to inspire faith in ArcaniA. However, the PC demo with good graphics and compelling gameplay raised hope that ArcaniA might be worthy successor to the Gothic series. Sadly, it is not so. (continue reading…)

There has always been a difference in prices between games for the current consoles and for the PC. While the general margin for both has gone up in the last few years, the gap has remained surprisingly stable. Until recently, that is. (continue reading…)