“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.”
Those words by Obi Wan Kenobi echo in my ears as I hear the news from Game Informer that Disney is axing its game company LucasArts.
![Post-it Note Arcade - Stop Motion Animation [HD]](http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/1/7/2/f/e/172fe04f399105200206b68d21ad3bc4.jpg?stmp=1364946560 "Post-it Note Arcade - Stop Motion Animation [HD]")
“Post-it Note Arcade – Stop Motion Animation [HD].” (SCREENSHOT)
Are you an old school arcade game fan? If so, you may be interested in checking out Michael Birkin’s stop motion homage to Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.
William Shatner fights the Gorn in this video screenshot.
In an exclusive ad on Yahoo for Star Trek: The Video Game, William Shatner, the one and true Captain James Tiberius Kirk, once again battles his nemesis the Gorn – a reptilian humanoid alien he fought in the original Star Trek episode Arena.
Here is the latest from the controversial mother of a nine-year-old girl who launched a Kickstarter to make her own RPG. And it looks quite promising.
Got something on your mind, gamers? Why not chat with Button Masher Steve Tilley about it.
Ask him about the latest games and consoles, the rise indie games, women in the gaming industry, or whatever else is on your mind at our live video game chat at 2.p.m. ET. today. Trust me, this dude knows his stuff.
Or, be a lurker watch along below:
What began as a cute and inspirational story about a girl gamer has turned into a major divisive issue.
When news first broke about nine-year-old Mackenzie Wilson’s Kickstarter to create her own RPG, the coverage — including ours — was largely positive Her goal was to raise $829 to cover the cost of a programming camp. She’s since earned more than $21,000.
Since the story went big, folks have been digging up info MacKenzie’s mom, Susan Wilson, who is managing the Kickstarter. Among their findings: She’s the former CEO of a debt-collecting firm, she was named one of Fortune’s Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs and she was among CNN’s most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. Also, she once bought a very expensive pair of shoes.
I hate first-person shooters. My character never has any peripheral vision and even when I can see my arms, I never have any sense of where the rest of my body is. So I invariably get caught on walking up stairs or end up running into a wall.
But if you’re an FPS fan, you might get a kick out of a couple of music videos by Russian indie punk band, Biting Elbows. Admittedly, I know very little about the band, other than that they formed in Moscow in 2008 and released an album and EP in 2011.
Move over, brogrammers. The next generation is here, in the form of an entrepreneurial nine-year-old blonde girl on a scooter.
As of writing this, Mackenzie Wilson, 9, has raised more than $14,000 on Kickstarter to create a role-playing video game. She — or, more accurately, her mom — set up the page two days ago, asking for a paltry $829.
Most people call me Kenzie. I’m 9, in 3rd grade, and I’m getting straight A’s. I’ve always been the tallest person in my class and this year I’m actually taller than my teacher. I love computers, video games, apps, and role playing games – especially Magic the Gathering and Borderlands 2 that I get to play with my Dad (because my 15 & 16 year old brothers are too mean to play with me). But we do have D&D tournaments on the weekends which is cool. My favorite PS3 game right now is Dragon Age II.
An anonymous developer has come under fire for building a Counterstrike map set in Vancouver’s Port Moody Secondary School.
