Category Archives: video games

Check This Out: Gemini Rue

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jason L Blair

I’ve been following the development of Joshua Nuernberger’s Gemini Rue for a while. I first heard about the game a couple months ago and, as a fan of point-and-click adventure games of days past, I was pulled in by the … Continue reading →

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Conduit 2 Gets a Release Date

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jason L Blair

The Wii-exclusive FPS Conduit 2, published by Sega and developed by the great folks at High Voltage Software, is coming at you soon! GamingBits.com reports the shooter has a North American release date of February 15, 2011. That’s 02.15.2011. Nice! … Continue reading →

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Conduit 2: New Trailer & Release Date

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Jason L Blair

High Voltage has been nose-down on Conduit 2 for a while now and the stuff I saw over the summer looked great. But now there’s a newly released trailer showing off their hard work and a release date came along … Continue reading →

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Death of a PlayStation

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Jason L Blair

I awoke Sunday morning to some terrible news: My PlayStation 2 was dead. Some kids were playing around and one of them, a friend of my daughter, had accidentally stepped on the disc tray, shattering it. As far as I … Continue reading →

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Conduit 2 Box Art Revealed!

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Jason L Blair

I really enjoyed my time on Conduit 2 working with the great folks at High Voltage Software. While I can’t share much about the game, I am very happy that Sega has released the cover art for it, which I … Continue reading →

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I’m Writing CONDUIT 2

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Which I knew. But it wasn’t general knowledge until this morning when developer High Voltage Software revealed the fact at a closed-doors presentation that included the Wii-exclusive FPS amongst its other titles. WiiNintendo.net has the brief here, if you want … Continue reading →

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Onward to Adventure!

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Jason L Blair

I’m a big fan of games, no matter their stripe, but I have a particular fondness for point-and-click adventure games such as the Monkey Island series, Grim Fandango, the Gabriel Knight trilogy, and others. And as much as I’m not … Continue reading →

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Hear Me on Chronic Rift

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Jason L Blair

John S. Drew and the other good folks at the Chronic Rift podcast invited me to appear on their podcast as a member of a roundtable discussion on “Science Fiction and Fantasy in Video Games.” Geek Radio Daily‘s Billy Flynn … Continue reading →

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Article up at GamePlayWright

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Jason L Blair

I had been anticipating the PS3 title Heavy Rain for years. When Sony released the game on February 23rd, I tore through it, posting reactions to the experience on my Twitter account. These ravings caught Jeff Tidball’s attention and he … Continue reading →

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