Be careful what you wish for...
Welcome to the first news edition of Nerds Without Pants, as we go weekly for the first time since our beginning way back in 2012! Join us for a second helping of Consumption Junction, followed by Headlines, and then we close out by hopping on the Email Banana Boat. Get into it!
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Since Portal hit the scene around a decade ago, it’s inspired a variety of other games that have chosen to use the first person perspective for puzzle solving and storytelling, rather than the typical shooting. The Spectrum Retreat is one such game and it does well in both telling an interesting story and providing some great puzzles. However, these two elements rarely coalesce and more often feel like oil and water, separated naturally by the construct of the experience. Though it’s too bad the two don’t come together, what’s presented is still compelling thanks to ever evolving puzzle constructs and the gradual realization of what's going on in The Spectrum Retreat.
The best thing regarding the year 2000 since Chris Jericho's WWE debut.
Welcome to one of the best damn episodes of Nerds Without Pants ever! Yeah, it’s a long one, but that’s only because we packed it with so much goodness. Let’s dig in!
At this year’s New York Comic Con, Namco Bandai brought a variety of games for con-goers to experience. Here are some of the highlights from their roster.
Why a gaming dry spell isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Usually when there’s a lack of huge releases, there tends to be a sense of dismay among gamers. We begin to worry about the state of the industry and we wonder why these machines that we’ve spent huge amounts of money on continue to sit idle. As a relatively new and proud owner of a PlayStation 4, it does bother me that I don’t really have many reasons to use it. The big, highly anticipated releases have been few and far between this year, and people are noticing. The games that I’ve personally been looking forward to are still months away, like Destiny and Super Smash Brothers for Wii U. However, after a brief period of boredom I’ve come to find this dry spell somewhat refreshing. After giving it some thought I’ve come up with a few reasons why this current gaming dry spell isn’t so dry after all.
Come share your thoughts in our fancy new forums!
Well, it's taken a while, but the work I've been doing to create PixlBit's forums is finally complete! No, we're not using some sort of out of the box tool, but hopefully you'll find these to work very much the same. The features, for the time being, are a bit on the thin side, but with your thoughts and feedback, they'll continue to become more robust over time.
