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Watch us play Octodad: Dadliest Catch (and flop around like a cephalopod out of water)
By Jim Squires
Parenting - it's a real challenge. Especially when you're an octopus pretending to be a man. But that's exactly the challenge you'll have to face if you're playing Octodad: Dadliest Catch -- a new QWOP-like game that's just hit Steam.We went hands-on with Octodad: Dadliest Catch today in a Twitch livestream, and have captured the goodness here for your enjoyment. If you like it, be sure to give us a follow on Twitch and/or YouTube. There's plenty more where this came from! (well… there will be in the coming days).We had some sound balancing issues on this one, but never fear! They'll be remedied before the next Let's Play.Free Games and Sales: The Room Two, European Mystery: Scent of Desire and more!
By Joe Jasko
Every now and then I love to take a break from playing all of the hot new releases in gaming and spend some time playing through some of the old faithful titles from years ago. Whether I never got a chance to play them way back when, or whether I just wanted to revisit their magic for pure nostalgia's sake, there's no denying that the lovely world of free games and sales has been making this feat all the more obtainable each and every day.This week we've got quite a few older games making the sales roundup, but just because they're old that doesn't make them any less fan-flipping-tastic! In addition to those, we've also got a catalogue-wide sale of 2K Games titles going on over at the App Store, and another Android game bundle that's truly out of this world."Decisions, decisions. Do you have any idea which games your money is going to flock to this weekend? Know about any other great deals in gaming that we may have missed? As always, don't forget to let us know by leaving a comment down below!Game of the Month: The Banner Saga
By Joe Jasko
Wow, what a way to start off the year on a high note! We're only a month into 2014 right now, and we've already seen a number of wonderful game releases that put a big ol' smile on our faces. And not only were these games all great in their own right, but we even went as far as to call some of them early contenders for our next Game of the Year. Think I'm kidding? Well let's not forget that Gamezebo's Game of the Year 2013 was released at the tail-end of January last year, so anything is possible at this point!There's no question that January 2014 has been a month for long-awaited games to finally come to fruition: games that have been in development for so long that their names were starting to become something of a legend in of themselves. But boy are we glad that we actually got to play them now, because when it comes to an epic Viking-themed quest across the frozen tundra and a frantic multiplayer sword fight, I think it would be an understatement to say that it was more than worth the wait."So do you feel the same way as we do about January's shining stars in gaming? Were there any other strong contenders you think deserved a spot on our list? Don't be shy - we want to hear about them! And at least we can all agree on one thing for certain: if this past month was any indication, then we have an unbelievable year of games to look forward to.12 year old takes a joyride to the border, blames video games
By Jim Squires
When scouring the globe for the latest in gaming gossip, it's not often that a story comes out of my local paper - but hey, it had to happen sometime.On Tuesday, January 28th, a 12 year old boy from St. Catharines, Ontario decided to take his grandmother's Nissan Altima for a joyride. Unlike most kids who do such silly things and crash before the end of the block, this kid got pretty far. All the way to the Canada/US border, in fact.The Queenston-Lewiston Bridge acts as one of several gateways in Niagara between Canada and the United States, and it's a good 20 minutes from St. Catharines (possibly more depending on where in the city he started from). Not only that, but it requires some serious highway driving - including a trek over the monstrously tall Garden City Skyway that still terrifies me on every trip I take.Amazon will Conquer the Games Market
By Ross Avner
It faced down long-established booksellers in 1994, expanded that fight to big box retailers a few years later - and, in 2011, it took on Apple and Google with the launch of the Kindle Fire tablet. Now it has its eye on the mobile gaming market - and to win this fight, it will need to take its gloves off.The Kindle Fire is already a decent gaming device. 70% of all users play games on it - with ARPU's that are higher than Google Play and neck-to-neck with Apple. But there's room to grow. And while Amazon might be behind to the gaming world, Microsoft was also a latecomer in the console space - and it went on to be a leader.In fact, Amazon appears to be following a trail similar to the one Microsoft blazed, using a three-pronged strategy: Implement a top-down approach; invest in the necessary talent; and create a developer friendly ecosystem and platform.The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot to enter full open beta in February
By Joe Jasko
We've been patiently waiting for quite some time now on the full-fledged release of The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, the humor-induced fantasy game that has players taking control of a Knight, an Archer, or a Mage, and battling across the realm of Opulencia to snag as much enemy loot as they can possibly hold.Well now that the final Open House game event has come and gone for those lucky enough to get an early crack at the game, Ubisoft has announced today that The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot will officially be entering an open public beta on February 25th. That means that the potential loot that will be up for the taking will truly reach epic proportions next month!"In addition, the grand debut of the fourth playable character, The Runaway, will also be coinciding with the launch of the game's open beta. So set your calendars for the 25th of February my fellow loot hunters, and more importantly, make sure you guard your own shiny stash extremely well!Jazzpunk might just have the greatest game trailer (that has nothing to do with its game) ever
By Jim Squires
Remember Johnny Mnemonic? Me too. In a career plagued by stinkers, Johnny Mnemonic might just be Keanu Reeves very worst. Still, those memories will serve us both well when checking out the comedy gold that is the trailer for Jazzpunk from Adult Swim and Necrophone Games.Weighing in at a hefty 2 minutes and 4 seconds, they only manage to squeeze a moment or two of gameplay in at the end - but it's certainly enough to whet our appetites. If you're looking for more, Necrophone's earlier teaser trailer from 2012 will give you a much better feel for what the game is about. But why would you want to know that when you could watch fake-Keanu flailing around like a fish out of water?Expect to see Jazzpunk, "an adventure comedy game and poorly made word processor," according to the developer, hit Steam for PC, Mac and Linux on February 7.The Game Journo Guides Series: An Interview on Interviewing with Nathan Meunier
When we last spoke with Nathan Meunier, freelance writer and video game journalist extraordinaire, he had just published the first entry in what was to become a series of guidebooks for hopefuls looking to follow in his inky footsteps. That book, Up Up Down Down Left WRITE: The Freelance Guide to Video Game Journalism, covered a plethora of topics that are bound to hound the would-be journalist, including composing pitches, covering gaming conventions, and even getting your pajama-clad daily routine in order. His next entry in the series, Interview Fu: The Game Journo Guide to Conducting Killer Interviews, explores one of UUDDLW's many topics in greater depth and is already available for purchase in print or Kindle formats. We soaked up all of the knowledge present in this new guidebook and used it to pry even more wisdom from the mind of 10-year writing veteran Meunier."While interviewing is covered at a high level in UUDDLW, Interview Fu provides a hyper-focused expansion of the topic that was previously confined to a single chapter. Meunier also expanded the section on pitches into a longer, specialized PDF titled "12 Ways to Improve Your Pitches" after readers responded with overwhelming positivity to its coverage in UUDDLW. "Interview Fu wasn't driven as much by reader response as it was by my own desire to fill an inadvertent void in UUDDLW," Meunier told Gamezebo. "It's one of several areas that I didn't get into very deeply in the first book, in-part because it's a big enough topic to merit an entire separate book. It's also a subject that's near and dear to me, as readers of the book will discover."