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Plus Alpha is a weekly column that explores life in Japan from the perspective of American expatriate and game-industry veteran Jarik Sikat. Having worked in numerous areas of the game industry since 1994, Sikat relocated to Japan in 2010. Just one class away from completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, …

The Thing (1982) The Poster: A black-and-white ensemble that oozes atmosphere. Sparing flourishes of red add depth and drama. Coolest Detail: Kurt Russell’s hardened hero, of course, armed to the hilt for a clash with an otherworldly nasty. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) The Poster: Inspired …

Our stunning literary line-up continues with Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Ken MacLeod, Michael Cobley and Benedict Jacka joining our live festival of SF and fantasy in February 2012

Be honest: you didn’t know what to think when Telltale announced that they were making a Jurassic Park game. What would it be, a funny point-and-click adventure? A first-person shooter? How could the Jurassic Park experience be translated into a videogame by the people who made Sam & Max games? …

(opens in new tab) The Hosts The Content The times, they are a-changin’, and TalkRadar is changin’ with them. This week we talked about the release of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, as well as the hack-and-slash Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and the latest Sonic game. The …

Despite being downgraded to an XBLA/PSN download after having initially been announced as a full-scale AAA game, I Am Alive has managed to grab our interest again. Yesterday, we got our first look at the post-apocalyptic survival game, and saw four different areas that gave us a good picture of …

The Pokemon series is surprisingly full of creepy stuff, from itsmorbid Pokemon designsto its eerily discordantLavender Town theme. Pokemon’s disturbing side is well-represented by its Ghost-types, with dolls possessed by pure hatred, ghosts posing as balloons to drag children to the underworld, and plenty of Pokemon that will steal your …

So there’s good news and there’s bad news: the bad news is that The Old Republic isn’t drastically different than the other MMORPGs you’ve played in the past ten years. You still talk to NPCs that wander around a small area, you’re still assigned arbitrary assignments that involve traveling to …

PC gaming has gone through a shift in the past few years. While analysts have been predicting its demise at the hands of pirates and consoles, the industry has adapted not by charging more, but by charging less. Now, publishers that scrambled to adapt their business to support console development …

More Resident Evil Revelations, a geeky Breaking Bad theory and how well does Eliza Dushku know her Star Wars ? All in this week’s Tweets