Taking Lessons from Valve

In the floundering economy, where layoffs and budget cuts are a stone’s throw away, eyes hungry for guidance are turning to symbols of success. Gabe Newell of Valve Software is one such guru of the videogame industry, who’s business philosophy… Read More »

Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Review

Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier is an extension of Banpresto’s long-running strategy series, only this time Monolith Software has taken the reigns and created a turn-based RPG that is both by the book and off the wall at… Read More »

Man, Is It Good To Be Back…E3 '09 Predictions!!

Hello people! How I’ve missed you all these long days without GamerNode. I think I speak for everyone here at the website when I say that I missed writing about that which I love: gaming. Now that we’re back, I’m… Read More »

Official Black Mesa trailer

[flash width="480" height="392"]http:/www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=293049[/flash] If you don’t know about Black Mesa: Source (now just Black Mesa), now’s the time to learn. BMS, as it’s been fondly referred to by its followers, is a total conversion mod for Half-Life 2 that aims… Read More »

Eddie & Christos weigh in on the nominees for the Golden Joystick Awards. In Episode 2 of vs. Node, Eddie Inzauto and Christos Reid talk about crashes, closed doors, pulling out, losing money, a rumored console redesign, and this show’s… Read More »

Eddie & Christos get their shovels and pails, and dive into a discussion of sandbox gaming. In the very first episode of vs. Node, Eddie Inzauto and Christos Reid talk about swine flu’s videogame debut, a flash game that outraged… Read More »

Do Gamers Secretly Want to be Criminals?

Today, I watched my fiancé frantically call debit card companies, her parents and various other hotlines as her wallet was stolen on the way home, bag zipped, wallet secure, or so we wrongfully assumed. It got me thinking about how… Read More »

The Dark Spire Review

When a reviewer’s best (and only) analogies for a game come from 1980s classics, one can be certain that the title is decidedly niche. Such is the case with The Dark Spire, a dungeon-crawling first-person role-playing game from Atlus and… Read More »

Zeno Clash is an independent, PC-only first-person beat ’em up, released for digital download on Steam and Direct2Drive. It was created by Chilean studio Ace Team, and has turned many heads even prior to its release, its hype (for lack… Read More »

I need to make a confession. I’m a cheater. Now before you harangue me, let me explain. I don’t use hacks. I don’t exploit maps, camp spawns, or bunny hop to the frustration of multi-player opponents. But I do have… Read More »