Tagged:  Bastion

By Anthony LaBella, June 5, 2014 0 VG Review

Transistor both strives and stumbles in its ambition. It uses the isometric foundation of Bastion, but only as a means to innovate and explore the limits of narrative fragmentation and mechanical innovation. The story’s complexity hinders its emotional impact and… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, July 21, 2013 0 GN Show

Eddie, Dan, and Greg discuss death in games from design and mechanical perspectives. Eddie Inzauto is joined by Dan Crabtree and Greg Galiffa on Episode 30 of the Versus Node Podcast to talk about death in gaming, specifically how developers… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, September 8, 2012 0 Columns

It’s time for another edition of The Sandbox, the weekly feature in which the GamerNode team members reveal what we’ve been playing over the past few days and what we’ve got on our plates for the weekend. The main attraction… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, September 1, 2012 1 Columns

It’s time for another edition of The Sandbox, the weekly feature in which the GamerNode team members reveal what we’ve been playing over the past few days and what we’ve got on our plates for the weekend. This week we… Read More »

By Aled Morgan, May 31, 2012 0 GN, Videos

The Humble Bundles have frequently gathered together some of the most quirky and imaginative games from the indie scene and sold them together for a price that’s completely up to you. The fifth iteration of the Humble Bundle is no… Read More »

By Jason Fanelli, May 4, 2012 0 Columns, Videos

It’s been a long while since Listen Up shared some of the greatest music video games have to offer, so I wanted Listen Up’s return to be something special; something grand! I polled my fellow GamerNode writers, and we all… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, January 17, 2012 0 Features, GN Show

You’ve seen the nominees and winners for GamerNode’s Special Honors and Best of 2011 Nodie Awards; now it’s time for the biggest virtual trophy of them all. It took a lot of deliberation, some of which you can listen to… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, January 12, 2012 6 Features

GamerNode’s 2011 Nodie Awards are back and, once again, bigger than ever. We’re even outdoing our monstrous 2010 Nodies! For 2011, we ‘ll be bestowing a grand total of 35 awards, and will be splitting the virtual ceremony into two separate sections:… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, January 10, 2012 2 Features

GamerNode’s 2011 Nodie Awards are back and, once again, bigger than ever. We’re even outdoing our monstrous 2010 Nodies! For 2011, we ‘ll be bestowing a grand total of 35 awards, and will be splitting the virtual ceremony into two… Read More »

By Eddie Inzauto, November 29, 2011 0 Big Red Potion

Sinan Kubba welcomes the return of regular contributor Xantiriad alongside Jeffrey Matulef and Joe DeLia to talk about the rise of new alternative purchasing models for games and how they are affecting designs from on the iOS platforms right to… Read More »