The Mary Sue Review: The Video Game That Makes You the Star of a Horror Film, Alien: Isolation
Final report of geek journalist, Jill Pantozzi.
Don't breathe. Don't move. Don't even think. Survive. If you can.
Read MoreSigourney Weaver on the Legacy of Ellen Ripley, Women in Games, and Her Return in Alien: Isolation
Be my mom. Please. (Sorry, mom.)
A magical thing happened a few months ago. I spoke with Sigourney Weaver on the phone. I'm not fully recovered. Find out what the actress, soon to be heard reprising her Ellen Ripley role in the video game Alien: Isolation, had to say about women in film, women in games, her sci-fi legacy, and Ripley's daughter.
Read MoreShogun: Total War 2 Screenshots Arrive: Ninja Archers, Flaming Castles, and So Forth
Creative Assembly is churning Total War games out at a serious clip! The upcoming Shogun 2: Total War represents the seventh entry in the series, which for those of you who don't know, blends grand, continent-wide military strategy with brutal, small-scale tactical battles where you can see individual little figures crushed by elephants, and blown apart by cannons, and so on.
Anyway -- onto the screenshots!
Will Shogun II Be the Next Total War Game? [Update: Yes.]
Creative Assembly's Total War series remains a high-water mark in PC gaming and strategy gaming: Of the six games released since the series began in 2000 with Shogun: Total War, not a one has gotten lower than 84% on Metacritic. But only one of the Total War games has gotten a sequel: 2002's Medieval: Total War was followed by 2006's Medieval II. Soon, that may change: According to a leaked press release, the authenticity of which has not been confirmed, the series may be returning to its beginnings in its next game: it claims that Shogun II: Total War will be next in line.
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