August 2011 had its share of great PC games, including several instant classic PC-exclusive indies, and at least one AAA mega hit. Let’s take a look back at the games the PC Department reviewed this month at Player Affinity.
With “A Short Time in Paradise,” Alphas‘
producers tried again to provide a self-contained episode allowing them
to focus on the team. They failed (again), even with the story line
involving the most likeable characters. Rachel’s issue with her family
was at times annoying, the relationship between Nina and Cameron was as
awkward as ever, and Dr. Rosen was dragged into an amateurish sub-plot
about guns. Ironically, the Alpha-of-the-week story line — which was
probably not meant to be — proved more interesting than the others
despite also failing to deliver.
As with the past few major movie seasons, we of the PAM staff have pooled together our collective 10 most anticipated movies of Fall 2011. All we can say is this is not a fall you’re going to want to sleep through on your way to Holiday Season.
It may be the last official day of blockbuster season, but 2011 still has five more months. Our featured trailer this week, The Rum Diary stars Johnny Depp in an adaptation of the best-seller of the same name.
Fringe show-runner Jeff Pinker has confirmed that new episodes in the upcoming fourth season of the sci-fi drama will return to the future. In the show’s acclaimed third season finale, Peter (Joshua Jackson) was erased from history after traveling to a dystopian future world and subsequently altering the universe with the power at his disposal.
“The future that we saw in 2026 will now not have happened, because by altering the past, inevitably you set in motion a new chain of events that lead to a different future,” Pinkner told TV Guide. The executive producer also revealed that the fourth season ofFringe will include more glimpses into the past.
The Xbox Live Indie Summer Uprising approaches its conclusion with today’s game Train Frontier Express, a multiplayer train simulator by the two person development company of Team Train Frontier.
Surges in summer sequels have been beginning to wear on the average moviegoer. Returns on sequels have dipped sharply from their predecessors in almost every instance and reviews have been consistently middling. In 2011, adding another level of intrigue has been the rapidly expanding importance of the international market and the gargantuan surge in 3-D offerings.
Avadon: The Black Fortress just came out last week on Steam, and today we bring you a scoop about this exciting old-school RPG, including an interview with Jeff Vogel – the brains behind Avadon’s development studio Spiderweb Software! Avadon: The Black Fortress has been favorably reviewed so far on Steam, and is available for both PC and Mac platforms. You have been recruited as a Hand of Avadon. What does a Hand of Avadon do? Basically, the dirty work of Avadon, a military and diplomatic force that was created by the banding together of five great nations – and this force answers to no one but itself. This set up alone might not be too intriguing, but the Hands of Avadon are being picked off one by one, and it is up to you to figure out why – and who wants them gone.
The ‘80s sci-fi flick Tron didn’t catch on with audiences immediately, but over the years it proved to be a cult classic and formidable presence with home video. It was over 20 years until the sequel, Tron: Legacy, arrived, but it won’t be that long before we get another installment.
A brief teaser for The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, debuted last night toward the end of the MTV Video Music Awards with a brief intro from Oscar nominee and star Jennifer Lawrence
